Center for Health Market Innovations (CHMI)

Programs

Yer Yotkom

last updated Jan 16, 2013

Overview

Implementing organization: 
International Medical Foundation
Implementation Partner(s): 
National Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda (NACWOLA)
Legal Status: 
Private (not-for-profit)
Year Launched: 
2010
Stage: 
Short-term project
Income Level of Target Population: 
All income levels

Funding

Primary Source of Funding: 
Donor
Funders: 
Positive Action for Children Fund

Scale

Personnel Employed: 
<10
Number of Clients Served: 
approx 600 per month for family planning & HIV prevention
Number of Facilities Operated/Networked: 
1 facility, weekly outreaches in-communities in Lira and Dokolo Districts.
Other Measures of Scale: 
People reached with family planning People reached with HIV prevention
Upscaling: 
Over the first 3 years of project implementation, the team plan to prepare the activities for scale-up.
Summary: 

The Yer Yoykom project aims to contribute toward prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV/Aids through increasing access to, and demand for, Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) services.

Program goals/rationale: 

HIV prevelance in Lira and Dokolo Districts, of Northern Uganda is about 80 percent, 60 percent being women. Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) services in these two districts is limited. The Yer Yotkom project aims to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV/Aids and to increase access to integrated SRH services for men, women and youth in these two districts.

Key program components: 

Yer Yotkom translates: ‘Choose Health’ in Lango, the language spoken in parts of Northern Uganda.

The Project provides an integrated model of community and clinic based services in SRH in two areas: prevention of HIV and reproductive health. Prevention of HIV is addressed through empowering community members, 80% HIV positive, to provide primary HIV prevention and SRH information, education and communication (IEC) to their peers. Reproductive health services are provided through clinical and outreach provision of family planning accompanied by SRH IEC, with strong referral linkages to HIV and STI testing and treatment services, with targeted sessions for people living with HIV ( PLWHIV) and other high-risk groups.

The project delivers community Involvement through peer-to-peer teaching, expert patients, and community consultation teams. The project has a patient-focus strategy which uses community score cards, community feedback sessions, ‘expert patients’, and capacity building with all providers with an approach grounded in patient empowerment and patient-provider dialogue.

Program history: 

The Yer Yotkom Project came as an idea borne out of both IMF & NACWOLA responding to gaps and needs identified on the ground. The project is in the 1st year of implementation and is funded for a total of 3 years.

Hide this

Need help?

Using the CHMI Programs Database

  • Browse: Browse the database by applying one or more filters to narrow your search by characteristics. Click the "x" to remove any of the filters you've selected. Click "reset search" to remove all filters and start over.
  • Search: Search the database for a specific program by typing a name or keyword into the search box.
  • Add: If the program you're looking for is not in the CHMI database, submit the program to the CHMI pipeline by clicking here to add a program profile.
  • Update: If you notice incorrect or outdated information, or would like to help complete a profile for a CHMI pipeline program, request a change by clicking here, or at the top of the program profile.

Have a question? Check the FAQs first. Don’t see your question? Contact us.