Jussy Mujuni a 37 year old widow of Bwegiragye cell, Ward IV, Bushenyi Ishaka Town Council .has four children and a person living with HIV. She tested for HIV in 1992 having had frequent illnesses and at the same time her husband had developed Herpes Zoster. The husband had tested for HIV but had not [...]
Giramatsiko post test club started as a small group of 7 members who had tested for HIV and were HIV infected (they later nicknamed HIV/AIDS “smart”). Faced with this situation they started this group to support each other. They believed that one cannot fully access care and support services with out disclosure, family and community [...]
“I used to be weak, with frequent fevers, skin rash and I had lost weight” Mawanda Magezi a 42 years old resident of Buccuma village, Kigoma parish- Nyabubare-Bushenyi district, narrates as he recalls how his health conditions used to be before he knew his HIV status. Mawanda is farmer but a retired solider and a [...]
Integrated Community Based Initiatives-ICOBI started to implement the Community Pathways to Family Planning Project in February, 2013. ICOBI received support from Mariestopes Uganda to conduct community mobilization activities for Long-term and permanent methods. ICOBI works through the VHT network in both Districts with very close collaboration with the District Health Officers of the respective Districts. [...]
ICOBI is partnering Uganda Health Marketing Group (UHMG) and John Hopkins University (JHU) and is implementing the USAID Uganda Integrated HIV Counselling and Testing in all the 5 divisions in Kampala City. This program which started in September 2013 will run until September 2015. The program aims to increase access to, coverage of, and utilisation [...]
