AFFCAD Health Program
We’re protecting the welfare of young Ugandans through access to medical services and health awareness training.
HIV is one of the most severe health conditions in Uganda. Turning the tide against the condition requires a concentrated effort on checking and educating Ugandan adolescents. Looking after their wellbeing and informing them about keeping healthy and clean are critical if they’re to build sustainable and fulfilling livelihoods – health is wealth.
Our Goal
The AFFCAD Health Program aims to increase the access of Kampala’s youth to healthcare services, as well as education in the areas of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), gender-based violence, water and sanitation, nutrition, mental health and substance abuse.
This reduces the prevalence of harmful health conditions and minimises the damaging effects of prejudice against those suffering from them.
Youth & Female Empowerment
Our Health Program is particularly focused on empowering adolescent girls and women to take control of their health and protect themselves from abuse.
Under the Adolescent Girls Power Project, girls in Kampala learn how to make their own sanitary towels and liquid soap, and are provided with ‘safe spaces’ to discuss their challenges. They’re also given vocational items and training.
We’ve managed to reduce physical and emotional harm for youths and women in Kampala by:
- providing over 3,000 young people—1,000 of whom being adolescent girls—with access to medical services and SRHR information;
- testing over 300 youths for HIV; and
- rehabilitating sex workers by providing them with vocational skills for alternative incomes.
Improving Interventions
Under the Health Program, AFFCAD conducts Social Behavioural Change activities that address key areas of health by engaging stakeholders at all levels to determine the most effective health-related interventions.
These meetings give a voice to more vulnerable young women, who are able to share their first-hand experiences and concerns. This helps our work remain practical and significant.
