After completing an hospital centre and equipping an ambulance to provide health care to the nearly 15,000 inhabitants of the Kikaya area (Uganda), this time, UCAM health professionals who participated in the humanitarian expedition organised by the NGO Worldproject also provided health education to the local communities, ‘with preventive measures, and not just reactive ones, to treat the disease before it appears,’ says Manuel Pardo, UCAM Vice-Dean, who was accompanied by Artiom Lijnev, lecturer at the Bachelor’s Degree in Dentistry in English.  

New health resources were also added to the clinic to allow them to extend their services, for example, in the dental area. They were also able to replace the defibrillators installed both in the medical centre and in the ambulance, thanks to the donation made by EGS Emergency Global System. 

The students of the school and the rest of the inhabitants of the area learned CPR techniques, as well as the basic concepts to prevent traffic accidents, especially motorbike accidents, the main mean of transport there, and they also distributed helmets among the population. 

It is worth noting that this international cooperation is not limited to face-to-face help during the summer. Despite the nearly 5,500 kilometres that separate the town of Kikaya from Murcia, the health professionals and UCAM lecturers do not lose contact with their patients throughout the rest of the year and solve any doubts that may arise in their daily lives thanks to new technologies. Last year, Universidad Católica de Murcia donated four virtual reality headsets to the clinic's staff, which allowed them to continue their virtual training. This year, two more headsets were donated, which will be in the educational centre, where the staff have been taught the different uses they have.