The Together We Speak Civicus Annual Campaign

On 18th November, Key Populations Uganda with Happy Family Youth Uganda organised a dialogue with refugees youths tackling the Sustainable Development Goal 16 Creating harmonization among youths with refugees counter parts , under the CIVICUS World Alliance #TogetherWeSpeak campaign. Starting.
The dialogue enabled sharing experiences from youths especially the refugees youths from Congo and South Sudan, about their experiences, while in camps and the huddles that they go through to

Half Yearly Report January to June 2018

Key Populations Uganda (KPU) is a nonprofit support Organization for LGBTIQ And Male Refugees Sex worker people focused on the Sexual Health, advocacy, Safety and Security, Community mobilization and HIV/AIDs awareness and prevention for al LGBTIQ and Male Refugees Sex workers Persons. Formed on 5^th March 2017 first as a group led  by LGBTIQ, who are coming out as well as men and women who already out or having feelings or loneliness or isolation due to sexuality or sexual orientation.

This half-yearly report covers the period from January-June 2018 where key activities and its achievements are highlighted. During this period KPU has faced a number of challenges widely hurdles and blockade, threats among others – to which some have continued and these created obstacles to the deadlines as well as Activities targets. Despite all these challenges, the KPU team was committed to implement the planned activities with success.

The KPU Activities conducted

        i.            VCCT LGBTIQ Community Outreach,

      ii.            Dialogue on Treatment as Prevention among LGBTIQ Youths,

    iii.     Organized LGBTIQ Community Score Card dialogue on HIV/AIDS , with support from Theta  Uganda,

    iv.            Organized LGBTIQ Peers Counselors training Organized LGBTIQ Peers Counselors training

      v.            Co- Organized the LGBTIQ Valentine’s Day Special Fundraising event

    vi.            LGBTIQ Needs Assessment Dialogue with support from Reach out Mbuya.

We believe that KPU will accomplish the designated activities with remarkable achievements at the policy level through the continued support in the future.

Key Populatons Youths Community VCT Outreach

Key Populations Uganda in partnership with Triam  Medical Center organized a Voluntary Testing and Counseling Outreach for the Youthful KPs enabling the access to health services by the young Key populations free health services were  provided such as:-
HIV test and treat (TT) .
STI screening and treatment .
Lubricant and condom distribution.
Interaction and safe sex couselling sessions through teaching the KPs youths how HIV transmission

Local Initiative Community Score card for #HIV AIDS Service Delivery For Key Populations

 

 
Key Populations Uganda with Support from Theta Uganda held a Local Initiative Community Score card for #HIV AIDS Service Delivery monitoring Workshop at Kawaala Health Center 3.
Among the issues evaluated are:-
HIV Prevention Services , Condom Accessibility, Lubricants availability and Accessibility, PEP and PREP services availability and Accessibility, Antiretroviral Therapy care services and Sexual Reproductive Health services availability and accessibility within the locality and to the Key and Priority Populations.

Key Populations Uganda At The Nakawa Division Medical Health Camp

 

 

Key Populations Uganda team at Nakawa Division Medical Camp 2018 In collaboration with Marps Network, demonstrating the female condom and distributing condoms and lube to the community HIV Prevention  for Key Populations.
During the health camp the audiences was sensitized on the proper ways on how to use both the Male and Female condoms, and how the application of water based lubricants reduce the risk of causing

Five Days Key Populations Peer Counselors Training

    


The Five Days Peer Counselors training Organized through Children of the Sun and Supported by The Aids Support Organization resolved about the fact topics on HIV/AIDS , with the following true facts as trained such as:-
Causing HIV, not curable, encompasses all other diseases ounce infected.
Went through the stages of HIV such as window period, Sero conversion, Asymptotic HIV, Clinical Illness Insufficiency and Clinical Illness Sufficiency.
The training involved in the Drivers to HIV AIDS like:-
Behavioral factors, Extra Marital relationships, low condom use, Cross generational sex, High risk

Reflections on the Conceptualization and Readiness to implement the World Bank Global Financing Facility (GFF) in Uganda

Key Populations Ugand Programs Research Innovations Director  in attendance of the Validation Meeting at Hotel Africa organized by CEHURD
Reflections on the Conceptualization and Readiness to implement the World Bank Financing Facility (CFF) in Uganda.

Following the submission of Uganda's investment case to the World Bank, CEHURD undertook a study to explore the quality of engagement of different stakeholders in the conceptualization, negotiation and implementation of the GFF grant/loan. The overall goal is to identify existing capacity needs, gaps as well as opportunities for bridging the governance for health issues in the conceptualization, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the GFF project in Uganda

The project had five specific objectives;
Interrogating the level and quality of  participation by Ugandan technocrats in the design

of the GFF and (b)explain the effect it might have had on the local content if any?

Interrogating the quality of participation at national and subnational levels (b)and how that affected local content and ownership