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Peer to peer support brings positive outcomes among adolescents in Northern Uganda
Thirteen-year-old Betty is HIV positive and depends on antiretroviral drugs to keep her immunity strong. In July 2020, Betty stopped taking her tablets. One month stretched into two, then six months of no medication and Betty’s health took a downturn as she was in and out of hospital with malaria. “I feared the t...
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Meet Eric, the peer educator
As the tall young man walks towards the brick house at a homestead in Mugusu Town Council in Kabarole District, 12-year-old Harriet jumps up and greets him with a huge smile on her face. “Eric teaches me how to swallow my medicine. When I go to the health centre, he takes my temperature, measures my weight, and c...
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From 9,000 to 30 in two years
The party in Awacha Village in Soroti District may not have been a big one but certainly was a very joyful one as Florence Anyito’s family celebrated the news that Joseph - his brother, was virally suppressed, meaning he has very low levels of HIV virus in his blood (less than 200 copies per millilitre of blood). ...
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Learning to dream again
At 15 years of age, the average teenager dreams of a better future and becoming a high achiever. 15-year-old Doreen Kengonzi from Karago Village in Fort Portal is no different, she has a big dream. Not even HIV will stop her, although it almost did. Two years ago, Doreen was very sick. She didn’t want to take he...
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Namayingo’s inspired health workers motivate parents
Godfrey Samanya can rightly be called an elder, for he exhibits both age with wisdom. His is scientifically based wisdom. Samanya describes a typical case at Buyinja Health Centre IV where he is a counsellor and Linkage Facilitator: “I get a pregnant woman who is neither eating right nor enough. I get her husband...
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UNICEF support keeps HIV positive mothers healthy and happy
The cheerful middle-aged lady welcomes us like we were long-lost friends. We found her outside one of the houses lining the highway to Kampala just a kilometre from Namayingo town, found on Lake Victoria’s shore in eastern Uganda. She calls out to her teenage daughter who quickly brings us stools to sit. The equal...
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541 people living with HIV and AIDS in Yumbe traced and linked back into care
When Uganda’s President, H.E. Yoweri Museveni, announced a nationwide lockdown in March 2020, he also banned mass gatherings. This was done to control the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. To Amati Odraru, prohibiting gatherings meant limiting her monthly visits to the HIV clinic at Yumbe Health Cent...
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Innovative pellets ease HIV treatment among children
The Government of Uganda with support from UNICEF and other partners are implementing several interventions to save the lives of children exposed to HIV. Some of the interventions include point of care testing for early infant diagnosis of HIV that allows for same day results and prompt enrolment onto treatment fo...
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Uganda is leading the way in eliminating paediatric AIDS
Since 2015, the Ugandan Government, with support from international partners, has been at the forefront of implementing two innovations to improve care for HIV-exposed infants and young children living with HIV. Some of the interventions include Point-of-Care testing for early infant diagnosis of HIV and new bette...