Public Policy & Advocacy: Conference Focused on Ending Pediatric HIV and AIDS in Uganda

Posted by Sanyu Nkiinzi Kagwa
Kampala, Uganda
September 18, 2012

First Lady of Uganda Janet Museveni at the
6th annual National Pediatric HIV and AIDS
Converence in Kampana, Uganda.

Last week in Kampala, more than 500 people gathered to discuss our shared mission to realize a generation free of HIV and AIDS in Uganda. Learn more about their findings, a policy analysis report prepared by EGPAF, and a special appearance by an EGPAF Foundation Ambassador after the jump.

Uganda: A Campaign to Know Your Child's HIV Status

Posted by Sanyu Nkiinzi Kagwa
Kampala, Uganda
March 29, 2012

Some of the children the turned up for the
"Know Your Child's Status" campaign in Isingiro
district. (Photo: EGPAF)

In the final blog of a three-part series this week, the Foundation’s Uganda Communications Officer Sanyu Nkiinzi Kagwa writes about the importance of testing infants and young children for HIV.

In one district in Southwestern Uganda, the Foundation’s USAID-funded STAR-SW program helped implement a “Know Your Child’s Status Campaign” to encourage parents and caretakers to bring their children for HIV testing. The results showed how campaigns such as these can ensure that children are made a priority in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

Uganda: Involving Men in PMTCT Programs

Posted by Sanyu Nkiinzi Kagwa
Kampala, Uganda
March 27, 2012

Eridad Kabuti and his family wait to receive HIV
test results at Kisoro Hospital (Photo: EGPAF)

In the second part of a three-part series this week, the Foundation’s Uganda Communications Officer Sanyu Nkiinzi Kagwa writes about the issue of male involvement in reproductive health services like prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT).

The Foundation’s USAID-funded STAR-SW program is applying creative methods to encourage men to take advantage of HIV programs, and to make PMTCT more of a family affair.

Uganda: Addressing Gender-Based Violence

Posted by Sanyu Nkiinzi Kagwa
Kampala, Uganda
March 26, 2012

A mother in Uganda receives her first HIV test
(Photo: EGPAF)

In the first of a three-part series this week, Communications Officer Sanyu Nkiinzi Kagwa writes about issues related to HIV/AIDS being confronted by the Foundation’s STAR-SW program, funded by USAID in Uganda’s Southwest region.

Today’s blog addresses the problem of gender-based violence, and how the Foundation is helping to combat its devastating effects in one community of refugees.