Prevent HIV infections to children in Uganda

Summary of project activities

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This is the third quarterly activity report of Kagumu Development Organization on offer PMTCT services to 2300 poor Ugandan women implemented by the Organization in Eastern Uganda, in the Districts of Kibuku, Budaka and Pallisa in collaboration with our donors under Global Giving arrangements. The organization and beneficiaries appreciate the support of all stakeholders to this project that is in cash, materially, morally and in kind. Thanks are goes to global giving team for the wonderful work being done. The report expresses quarterly project advancement and therefore, compiled and disseminated to our stakeholders for their consumption. The report gives details on the current status of the orphans, challenges during project implementation, recommendations and testimony from at least a beneficiary. The organization prays that the almighty God rewards you abundantly.

Project activities includes; monitoring and evaluation, procure stationery for the office, facilitate transportation of blood samples for CD4 Count, Community mobilization and sensitization on PMTCT, contribution to health workers welfare, procure medical drugs and sundries and testing kits and procure mama kits and dissemination to mothers during their labour periods and delivery coaches

Current Status of Offer PMTCT Services to Ugandan Women Project

PMTCT services are still poor in the community because there is limited male involvement during antenatal and maternity visits. In addition, mothers still deliver in the villages by traditional birth attendants and are exposed to HIV/AIDS.

In the last quarter, the organization managed to implement the following;

1. Provided health education to 24 HIV positive women on family planning and prevention of unwanted pregnancies
2. Tested 128 mothers during antenatal visits
3. 118 mothers attended antenatal visits
4. 18 male spouses tested for HIV/AIDS with their female spouses
5. 32 women tested for HIV/AIDS during their labour periods
6. 19 pregnant mothers had safe delivery in the health center
7. Made 7 trips of blood samples of infants for PCR-HIV DNA
8. 64 mothers attended postnatal care

Challenges

1. Limited financial resource
2. Low community awareness on PMTCT
3. High expectations from the beneficiaries
4. Limited support by local leaders to the project
5. No mother received mama kits during deliveries in the quarter
6. Low male involvement in EMTCT

Recommendation

There is need for increased community awareness on EMTCT in order to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS among the infants and improve the health conditions of HIV pregnant mothers.

Testimony from one beneficiary

This testimony is from Florence, a pregnant child mother aged 17 from Dodoi village in Kadama sub county kibuku District. When she got pregnant, she never attended antenatal clinic for check up because she was not having any complications in her pregnancy. On her days of delivery, she started feeling pain and went for health advises from a tradition healer. The tradition healer tried to deliver her and failed. Eventually she was referred to our antenatal clinic. When the midwife checked Florence, the child was dead in the womb and eventual had a still birth. The health workers report was that Florence spent a lot of time at the traditional birth attendant and she had a sever malaria which affected the pregnancy. She was advised to be going for antenatal services with her husband whenever she becomes pregnant. She pledged and vowed that when will be antenatal services as required and also promised not to undertake any traditional medicine and advises.

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This story is true and explains the work of KADO in the health center and in relation to EMTCT and this is what is happening in rural communities in Uganda. And this is also how child mothers joke with their lives under pregnancy

Prepared by

Samson Namwoyo

Project leader

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