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AOET Rural Health Initiative

last updated Sep 27, 2011

Overview

Implementing organization: 
AIDS Orphan Education Trust (AOET)
Legal Status: 
Private (not-for-profit)
Stage: 
Existing/expansion stage
Income Level of Target Population: 
Bottom 20%, 20-60% (lower to lower-middle)

Funding

Primary Source of Funding: 
Donor

Scale

Number of Clients Served: 
The clinic in Jinja treats approximately 900 HIV/AIDS patients and serves a population of 20,000
Summary: 

AOET operates a pharmacy and mobile clinics with nurses, doctors, clinical officers and counselors providing treatment, counseling and home based care for people suffering from HIV/AIDS in 63 different villages.

Program goals/rationale: 

Uganda is at the heart of the sub-Saharan HIV/AIDS pandemic and is home to more than 1 million AIDS orphans, with rural areas greatly lacking in services and HIV/AIDS awareness. AOET Rural Health initiative was started to help with the treatment and counseling of both the infected and affected HIV/AIDS victims, especially those living in rural communities.

Key program components: 

AOET operates a mobile clinic that visits the rural villages twice a week to provide medical access to locals through counseling, screening and treatment. AOET also recruits and trains community-based representatives to continue the follow-up with counseling and to carry out home visits and provide medical care to those living with AIDS.

Awareness programs are provided through educational films, music and drama (usually conducted by people living with HIV/AIDS) at the community level, to schools and institutions, and at the personal level by giving information about HIV/AIDS, dispelling myths and teaching preventive measures that can be used to curb the spread of the disease.

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