| Activity |
Intervention |
Partner |
| Awareness/
Prevention |
‘Stay
Alive’ health and lifeskills education program
in schools and for out-of-school children |
US
grant (Until There’s a Cure) and Ugandan implementer
(Reach the Children) |
| Awareness/
Know Your Status |
Road
show and drama to lower income/ densely populated
communities with onsite counselling |
Kampala
City Council, Makindye Division and Joint Clinical
Research Centre (JCRC/TREAT) |
| Awareness/
mobilisation to test |
Distribution
of leaflets in English, Luganda and Swahili on 6 topics
of HIV including VCT, prevention, stigma and care
for those with HIV |
Developed
by USAID Business PART, printed by Aggreko International
(whose staff also received HIV awareness training
from Hope Clinic, following the PART curriculum) |
| Outreach,
counselling and testing |
Mobilisation
to community, reducing stigma and providing pre and
post test counselling at the Hope Clinic |
Aggreko
International paid for 1 year. HCL is a Prime recipient
from the US Embassy Small Grants team allowing HCL
to keep counselling free. Now in it's third year of
award. |
| Test
Kits |
The
three types of test kit used for HIV at Hope Clinic
Lukuli |
The
kits are supplied through the Uganda Government's
National Medical Stores. HIV test kits and PMTCT drugs
are funded with donations to UNITAID, managed by CHAI. |
| Laboratory
Services |
Improved
microscope and centrifuge equipment and safety for
lab staff |
DFCU
Bank financed new equipment and renovation of the
laboratory with technical advice from CDC Entebbe. |
| Basic
Care Package (C,S&T) |
The
boxed kit comprising two LLIN, a water container with
purification chemicals and condoms |
Funded
by PEPFAR through CDC and the PSI contractor. Initially
provided to HCL through PREFA project, Muyenga. |
|
Septrin and self-care materials (C,S&T) |
Anti-biotic
provided at Hope Clinic to all clients confirmed as
HIV positive. |
Positive
Living literature, peer groups and outreach home visits
HCL obtained a US grant from Until There’s A
Cure (www.utac.org) for first 200 clients. Then self-funded
and now provided by JCRC-TREAT partnership. Peer groups
funded by PSI. |
| Testing
for opportunistic infections |
Positive
clients need prompt diagnosis of infections including
STI and malaria |
Aggreko
paid for laboratory staff and reagents for 12 months
to allow free to PLHA and free to youth lab testing. |
| Care,
Support and Treatment for OI/ STI |
Drugs
for treatment of opportunistic infections, including
malaria and STI, for PLHA. Mosquito nets to pregnant
women and children under 5 years. |
Coartem
(ACT) from the Global Fund is free to HCL via Kampala
City Council. Hope Clinic Lukuli bears the cost of
drugs for other OIs. The Safe Injection Project gives
syringes. |
| CD-4
count and ARVs |
Monitoring
of CD-4 from date of test and access to ARVs when
required. |
JCRC
TREAT partnership involves fortnightly visit of team
to HCL and free CD-4 counts. Since March 2009 ARVs
are from Government of Uganda and its partners: UNITAID,
Clinton Foundation and Global Fund. |
