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Programs

ProFam, Uganda

last updated Dec 14, 2011

Overview

Implementing organization: 
Population Services International (PSI)
Implementation Partner(s): 
United States Pharmacopeia (USP), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), AC Nielson, Ministry of Health, Medicines for Malaria Ventures, the National Drug Authority, PACE, Surgipharm, IDA solutions, Malaria Consortium, The Uganda AIDS Commission, The Ministry of Water and Environment
Legal Status: 
Year Launched: 
2008
Stage: 
Existing/expansion stage
Income Level of Target Population: 
Bottom 20%

Funding

Primary Source of Funding: 
Out-of-pocket payments
Additional Source(s) of Funding: 
Donor
Funders: 

Scale

Personnel Employed: 
100<
Number of Clients Served: 
20,912
Number of Facilities Operated/Networked: 
145
Summary: 

PACE, formerly PSI Uganda, serves as a significant contributor to Uganda Ministry of Health's priority health areas including, but not limited to, HIV/AIDS, child health and reproductive health.

Key program components: 

Under the ProFam brand, PACE has programs in reproductive health, safe water, child survival and HIV/AIDS. PACE promotes products, services and healthy behaviors that enable low-income and vulnerable communities to lead healthier lives.

With reproductive health, projects include:

Reproductive Health Commodity Security Project (RHCS), designed to improve the Reproductive health commodity security, specifically contraceptive commodities and condoms at district and lower level health structures in Uganda, based on public-private partnerships.

Reproductive health in emergencies, initially focused on improving the health status of internally displaced persons.

Women's Health Program, also branded as "Profam", to increase access to and demand for affordable, high quality long-term family planning services through a network of private healthcare providers.

Clean Delivery Kits, containing essential items for a clean and safe delivery by mothers.

With safe water and child survival, projects include:

PUR Purifier of Water, leveraging PUR as part of a safe water education program to reduce sickness and death caused by diarrheal diseases among children under five.

WaterGuard, a low-cost liquid Sodium Hypochlorite water purification solution.

With HIV, projects include:

Anti Cross Generational Sex Program, implemented in universities and secondary schools to address cross-generational sex.

The Go Red Campaign, a multifaceted campaign to address faithfulness among the married in Uganda.

Condom Social Marketing, in collaboration with Trust condoms to increase accessibility and availability of condoms in Uganda.

Basic Care Package, or BCP, offered to people living with HIV/AIDS.

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