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Community Prevention of Mother To Child HIV Transmission Project

last updated Nov 18, 2011

Overview

Implementing organization: 
Integrated Community Based Initiatives (ICOBI)
Implementation Partner(s): 
Ministry of Health, District Local Government, PACE
Legal Status: 
Private (not-for-profit)
Year Launched: 
2008
Stage: 
Existing/expansion stage
Income Level of Target Population: 
Bottom 20%, 20-60% (lower to lower-middle)

Funding

Primary Source of Funding: 
Donor
Funders: 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Scale

Number of Clients Served: 
Approximately 120,000 pregnant women and their spouses
Summary: 

The project builds partnerships with People Living with HIV/AIDS, Village Health Teams (VHTs), government departments, districts, hospitals, health units, and other service organizations to carry out awareness campaigns, produce and distribute appropriate IEC and offer counseling and testing services to couples while identifying and giving referrals for early infant diagnosis .

Program goals/rationale: 

The objective of the project is to improve of child survival through increased uptake of Prevention of mother to child HIV transmission (PMTCT) services and providing care & support to infected parents and their families using community based and family centered strategies.

Key program components: 

The project offers HIV Counseling and Testing of couples in communities and in relation to this, appropriate counseling and support is provided to women living with HIV to enable them make informed decisions about their reproductive lives and avoid unwanted pregnancies.

The project builds the capacity of Resident Parish Mobilizers (RPMs) and Community PMTCT Officers (CPOs) through training workshops, who then carry out home visits to do counseling, referrals, follow-ups, distribute appropriate Information Education and Communication(IEC) materials and any other family planning commodities.

Community awareness campaigns are carried out using community drama, weekly radio shows, sporting events and film shows among others.

Program history: 

In July 2008, ICOBI received a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to implement a Community PMTCT program in Uganda with special focus on Ankole region to increase the number of people that can be reached by PMTCT programmes.

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