{"id":3487,"date":"2023-11-20T10:53:19","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T10:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faayocommunity.org\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=3487"},"modified":"2023-11-20T10:53:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T10:53:19","slug":"faayo-provides-psychosocial-support-to-people-living-with-heart-disease-in-rural-uganda","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/faayocommunity.org\/index.php\/event\/faayo-provides-psychosocial-support-to-people-living-with-heart-disease-in-rural-uganda\/","title":{"rendered":"FAAYO Provides Psychosocial Support to People Living with Heart Disease in Rural Uganda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-US\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Katusiime Nuru is a mother of two, living with RHD in rural Wakiso District, Magudu Bussakya Village. Nuru was diagnosed with RHD in 2015 following chest pain, a discomfort she had felt for a long time. Nuru used herbal medications and painkillers to treat her pain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-US\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">One evening, Nuru was seated on a chair at home when she collapsed and was rushed to Kayunga Hospital. From there, she was referred to the Uganda Heart Institute in Kampala for treatment. Nuru\u2019s condition did not improve until 2015, when she had a balloon valvuloplasty performed at the Uganda Heart Institute to repair her damaged heart valve. Since then, Nuru\u2019s life has stabilized with minor health challenges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-US\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Nuru lives with her children at her late mother\u2019s home, where she inherited land when her mother passed. Nuru does small-scale crop farming as a source of income to enable her to take care of her children and her medical treatment. She grows maize, cassava, bananas, and green vegetables on her plot. However, due to a lack of capital and formal skills, she has low returns from the garden.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3489\" src=\"https:\/\/faayocommunity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/support2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"266\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-US\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Just like many PLWRHD, Nuru\u2019s financial challenges lead to poor treatment choices. For example, Nuru sometimes misses hospital appointments and skips her medication for some days to save money. She believes that social and financial factors are the essential contributors to the successful management of RHD for an individual. Nuru believes that if PLWRHD are empowered with improved vocational skills and supported economically, they can overcome many of their health challenges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-US\" align=\"justify\"><em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Empowering PLWRHDs who can act as patient role models drives healthy change for many. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katusiime Nuru is a mother of two, living with RHD in rural Wakiso District, Magudu Bussakya Village. 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