THE PROJECT At the suggestion of the RENA Foundation, in 2017 Pobic sent an exploratory delegation to the Rwenzori Region, Uganda.                                     

Mission objective: to understand the reality of the territory, to delve into the problems and needs for a possible intervention, to verify the conditions of existing health facilities and the preparedness of currently active personnel.

Following this exploratory mission, Pobic signed a Cooperation Agreement with the RENA Foundation, aimed at developing healthcare cooperation projects through the supply of equipment and personnel training.

By virtue of this Agreement, the Foundation has proposed to our Association that we develop a project beneficial for the treatment of tropical ulcers and sores, particularly the so-called “Buruli ulcer” which, due to many complications, including debilitating ones, has a significant social impact in the Rwenzori Community.

Pobic decides to launch the “Ozone Therapy - Uganda” Project, to be developed over six years, and identifies the Mayohoro village Health Dispensary as the first facility to partner with for the installation of an “Ozone Therapy” clinic.

Thanks to its properties, ozone, which has exceptional bactericidal and virucidal powers, is of great utility precisely in areas like the Ugandan forest where patients arriving at the dispensary are affected by sores of such severity as to often require hospitalization.

The objectives of this project are:

the treatment of Buruli ulcer or other tropical sores and ulcers, avoiding the practice of “surgical curettage”;

the reduction of complications due to scar contractures and functional impotence in patients;

the improvement of the social impact of the disease, from the perspective of restoring the patient's functional abilities, pain-free treatment, and cost reduction;

the implementation of an intervention, requested by the concerned Community, to improve the quality of local health services;

Training of medical and paramedical personnel in the use of the supplied equipment.

In March 2018, a delegation from the Pobic Association, led by President Novellini, along with a delegation from the Intermed Onlus Association, led by Dr. Antonella Bertolotti, traveled to Uganda to set up an ozone therapy clinic at the Mayohoro Dispensary.

The equipment, intended for generating medical ozone, was previously purchased by our association and transported to the site.