Intergrated Health Program

Our health programming focuses on prevention, early action, access to care and continued support.

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HIV Prevention and Care

We support communities with HIV prevention information, HIV counselling and testing, condom promotion, risk-reduction education and referral to appropriate health services. We support people living with HIV to access treatment, viral load monitoring, TB screening, STI services, nutrition support, home-based care and other services that improve their quality of life. We also support pregnant women, mothers, children and adolescents through health information, referrals and linkage to appropriate services, including prevention of mother-to-child transmission and early infant diagnosis.

Key Activities

HIV prevention and services

• HIV awareness, prevention and risk-reduction education

• Community mobilization, sensitization and demand creation

• HIV counselling and testing and referral for further care

• Condom promotion and distribution

• Support for couples with different HIV statuses

• Prevention of mother-to-child transmission through referral and linkage

• Early infant diagnosis and follow-up for HIV-exposed infants

• Support for adolescents, young people and other vulnerable groups

HIV and TB care and support

• Linkage and referral of people living with HIV and TB to care and treatment

• Support for ART access and continued engagement in care

• TB screening and referral for treatment

• STI screening and treatment referrals

• Support for management of opportunistic infections

• Viral load monitoring and treatment support

• Home visits and home-based care

• Nutrition support and health education

• Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention services

 

Malaria Prevention

We promote practical malaria prevention at household and community level. This includes community sensitization, promotion of mosquito-net use, distribution of insecticide-treated nets where available, and information on early care-seeking. We give special attention to pregnant women, mothers, infants and children who face greater risks from malaria. We also advocate for policies, resources and health services that improve access to malaria prevention and treatment, including equitable distribution of mosquito nets to communities.

Key Activities

• Community education on malaria prevention and early care-seeking

• Promotion and distribution of insecticide-treated mosquito nets

• Special attention to pregnant women, mothers, infants and children

• Integration of malaria prevention into community sensitization, dialogues and outreach

 

Sexual and Reproductive Health

We provide women, men, adolescents and young people with information that helps them make informed decisions about their sexual and reproductive health. Our work includes sexuality education, family planning information, safer-sex education, condom promotion, community outreach, social and behaviour change communication, and referral to appropriate health services. We work with communities to address misinformation, harmful beliefs and barriers that prevent people from accessing SRHR services.

Key Activities

• Sexual and reproductive health information for women, men, adolescents and young people

• Family planning information and services through referral and linkage

• Sexuality education for in-school and out-of-school adolescents

• Safer-sex education and condom promotion

• Community outreach for women and young people

• Social and behaviour change communication

• Referral to appropriate health facilities and services

 

Primary Health Care and Healthy Living

We promote health at the community level by encouraging early health-seeking behaviour, hygiene, safe water, sanitation, nutrition, physical activity and healthy living. Our community dialogues and outreach activities provide opportunities to discuss health as part of everyday life. We also use simple activities such as fitness and dance during community engagements to promote physical wellbeing and encourage people to take an active role in their health.

Key Activities

• Community health education and sensitization

• Promotion of early health-seeking behaviour

• Household and community-level health awareness

• Hygiene, sanitation and safe water messages

• Nutrition and healthy living information

• Referral and linkage to appropriate health facilities

• Health and wellbeing activities that encourage people to take care of their physical and emotional wellbeing

 

Health Advocacy and Accountability

Advocacy is part of every health service we provide. We engage communities, health workers, local leaders, cultural leaders, religious leaders, local governments and national decision-makers to address barriers that affect access to essential health services.

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Our advocacy focuses on issues such as HIV prevention and care, malaria prevention, family planning, SRHR, adolescent health, primary health care, health financing, availability of essential supplies and equitable access to services.

We use community dialogues, evidence, stakeholder engagements, policy discussions, radio programmes, campaigns and partnerships to bring community concerns to decision-makers and promote practical solutions.

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For example, through our collaboration with the Uganda Family Planning Consortium, we have engaged in advocacy around the unmet need for family planning and the importance of strengthening family planning education. Our advocacy also addresses the social and cultural barriers that can influence acceptance of health services.

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We engage religious and cultural leaders as partners because they have strong influence within communities. Rather than treating them as barriers, we create space for dialogue, share accurate information and encourage their participation in promoting healthier communities. This approach is consistent with Uganda's family-planning advocacy framework, which identifies religious and cultural leaders as important partners in building support for family planning.