Country |
UGANDA |
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Yearly expected new RB |
100 |
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New RB cases welcomed in 2022 |
21 (in 2021 in Kampala) |
|
RB teams in the Country | Kampala: 1
Mbarara: 1 (out of program AMCC)
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Hospital:
Uganda Cancer Institute Ruharo eye hospital |
Available treatment modalities | Intravenous chemotherapy | Yes and yes |
Enucleation | Yes and yes | |
Eye salvage | Yes and yes | |
Intra-arterial chemotherapy | No and no | |
Teams members | Ophthalmologists trained on RB | - Anne Musika Ampaire (at Curie)
- Mwanja Pius |
Ocular prosthetists | - Franklin Wasswa (at Accra) | |
Paediatric oncologists | - Joyce Kambugu
- Racheal Angom - Fadhil Geriga |
|
Pathologists | - | |
Equipment available and functional | Laser Diode + Helmet | 1 |
Operating microscope + Adapter | 0 | |
Fundus Camera | 0 | |
Cryo machine | 0 | |
Surgical box (enucleation) | 1 | |
Indirect ophthalmoscope | 1 | |
Ocular prosthesis + consumables | 0 | |
RB early diagnosis activities | Ocular primary healthcare | No |
Childhood primary healthcare | No | |
General population | No | |
RB Genetics | Laboratory : non available | No |