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Organization Contact Information | |
| Name: | Access Youth Initiative Uganda |
| Street 1: | Mengo Hill Road |
| Street 2: | Kampala |
| City: | Kampala |
| Province: | Central |
| Post Code: | 256 |
| Country: | Uganda |
| Phone: | 256755267550 |
| Organization Email: | accessyouth2010@gmail.com |
| Web Site: | http://www.accessyouthug.org |
| Other Online Presence: | https://www.facebook.com/AccessYouthInitiativeUganda/ |
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General Information | |
| Board Constituency: | None |
| Is your organization legally registered in your country: | Yes |
| If yes, please enter your registration number: | S5914/10299 |
| Organization Type - Primary: | Non-Governmental Organization |
| Organization Type - Secondary: | Other Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) |
| Organization Description: | |
| Access Youth Initiative-Uganda is a youth-led nationally registered NGO established to respond to the poor health conditions and rights violations of marginalized young people especially children, girls and young women in Uganda. Since then, the organization has integrated activities consistent with health advocacy and awareness in HIV/AIDS and TB including fighting stigma. We are most interested in Tuberculosis as Uganda is one of the 22 high TB burden countries in the world which has cost the country millions of Dollars whereas a substantial labor force has been lost reducing economic progress. We are currently conducting grassroot awareness on HIV and TB screening, sensitizing local communities on the importance of early testing and seeking treatment. We engage local leadership at sub county and district levels in a bid to increase their activism in lobbying for better service provision in as afar as TB treatment is concerned. |
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| Do you know about the UNHLM declaration: | Yes |
Specializations / Areas of Work | |
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Advocacy Civil Society and Community Engagement Delivery of health services and care Engaging political leaders and ensuring inclusive leadership Research and Development Working on Community, Rights and Gender (CRG) Working on Key Populations related to TB |
Other Organization Information | |
| Total number of staff in your organization: | 6 - 10 |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 1 - 5 |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 1 - 5 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: | 6 - 10 |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: | Stop TB communications |
| If you were informed or referred by another partner of the Stop TB Partnership please tell us who: | |
| Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: | Unknown |
| Are you a member of a Stop TB national partnership: | Unknown |
| Are you in contact with your national TB programme: | |
| Please tell us how your organization is contributing to your country's national TB control plan: | |
| We are currently conducting grassroot awareness on HIV and TB screening, sensitizing local communities on the importance of early testing and seeking treatment. We engage local leadership at sub county and district levels in a bid to increase their activism in lobbying for better service provision in as afar as TB treatment is concerned. We believe in the fact that any contribution no matter how small can go a long way in saving people's lives and our action so far has helped in changing people's mindsets including that of local leadership in our reach areas in prioritizing TB control and treatment. |
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Geographical Reach | |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: | Uganda |
| Which countries do you do operate in: (This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
Uganda |
Contribution | |
| Please tell us how your organization will contribute to the Global Plan to Stop TB by briefly describing its involvement in any of the areas of work listed below: | |
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TB Care Delivery: Since 2014, we have worked in Kampala, Mpigi and Butambala districts in creating awareness on TB/HIV co-infection, diagnosis and treatment. We have supported the co-creation of over 21 sub-groups at community level to carry out social mobilization and support sensitization activities. We have created patient linkage and referral programs to enable easy linkage of TB patients to health centers. TB-HIV: We participated in the developing of TB/HIV collaborative activities and district couples HIV counseling and testing communication strategies in Mpigi and Butambala. We have implemented collaborative activities in 3 districts since our inception. |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: No conflicts of interest were delacred. | |
| Application date: | February 26, 2019 |
| Last updated: | February 26, 2019 |