International Medical Foundation has been delivering an HIV/AIDs outreach programme to the people living in and around the hospital at Namuwongo, Kampala.
In the last year more than 4,750 people have received counselling and testing. Of those, 514 have tested positive; 43 are receiving Anti-Retroviral Therapy and 291 are being given other treatments and are continually monitored for any change in their condition that might trigger the need for ART.
More than 130,000 Ugandans are enrolled on the government’s free antiretroviral programme, but more than 250,000 people are estimated to need treatment.
Touch Namuwongo is supported by funds managed by the Civil Society, from sources such as the Irish Government.
Suubi Trust helped to get this programme started by meeting the initial project costs and by providing assistance in the creation of the proposal for funding.
