By Samson Namwoyo | Project Leader
Summary
This is June – August, 2018 quarterly report on Prevent HIV Infections to Children in Uganda with support from donors, government and the community through provision of PMTCT services.
KADO therefore appreciates all development partners for the continuous support to the project.
Current status of prevention of HIV Infection in Children in Uganda
In the last quarter KADO implemented the following activities:-
(i) Tested 103 mothers for HIV during antenatal visits
(ii) 175 mothers attended antenatal services
(iii) 01 male spouse tested for HIV with his female spouse
(iv)35 women tested for HIV during their labour
(v) 37 pregnant mothers had safe deliveries at KADO Health Centre III
(vi)37 mothers attended postnatal care services
(vii) 37 mothers mama kits
Challenges
The under listed challenges still exist and need to be addressed in order to realise the project outcomes and impact:-
(i) Supply of mama kits and gloves among others is inadequate in public health facilities are quite expensive for mothers in private Health facilities. In addition, mothers still deliver in the villages by traditional birth attendants and are exposed to HIV/AIDS
(ii) Limited financial resources. KADO is a donor dependent organisation and realised limited from its income generating activities. Inadequate funds to procure mama kits for mothers during labour.
(iii) Low male involvement in EMTCT due to lack of community awareness, male involvement in supporting their spouses for antenatal visits is limited. This gives chance for rural women to seek antenatal services from traditional and unprofessional Health workers.
Recommendations
The project is vital and therefore, KADO requests partners to continuously support the project.
Success story
This story is from Joyce a 34 year old mother from Kamonkoli village, Kagumu Sub County, who has been giving birth with the assistance of a Traditional birth attendant in the village. She got complications when she was giving birth to her fourth child with the assistance of a Traditional birth attendant who failed to manage Joyce’s condition. The Traditional birth attendant referred her to KADO Health facility for further management. KADO recognised that it was a complicated birth which required a professional Health worker/midwife, and was successfully managed. However, when she was asked why she was not seeking antenatal services from Health facilities, she answered that she didn’t have money to secure health services. Therefore, KADO provided Health education and she is now in the community advising her peers to always seek antenatal services from professional health workers. This is a true story of how rural and economically incapacitated women suffer in communities.
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By Samson Namwoyo | Project Leader
By Samson Namwoyo | Project Leader
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