Project Title:
To increase adolescent access to youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health services.

Objectives:

• • To address the high STI/HIV/AIDS prevalence.
  • To respond to the increased number of unwanted/unplanned teenage pregnancies.
  •  To address the increased incidences and prevalence of unsafe abortions.

The minimum package of youth-friendly SRH services included;

1.  Information and counseling on sexuality, safe sex, and reproductive health.
2. Contraception and protective method provision.
3. STI diagnosis and management.
4. HIV counseling (and referral for testing and care).
5. Pregnancy testing and antenatal and postnatal care.
6. Counseling on sexual violence and abuse (and referral for needed services).
7. Post-abortion care (PAC) counseling and contraception.

Achievements:

1. Training of staff in the quality provision of youth-friendly SRH services.
2. 7,893 women and youth utilized modern family planning services through facility-based and community outreach programs.
3. 3902 were treated syndromically for STIs.
4. 150 were managed for post-abortion care.5234 were counseled and tested or HIV/AIDS.

Project Title:
To reduce HIV incidences through sensitization on condom use during sexual intercourse.

Program objectives:
To contribute to the increase in condom use in both general and high-risk populations to reduce the incidence of HIV and STI transmission.

Achievements:

• Condom promotion and sensitization to slum communities within Makindye division
• Distribution of 5,000,000 free condoms to the community especially high-risk groups using village health teams.

Project Title:
To contribute to the socio-economic empowerment of HIV positive single mothers living within Makindye division.

Objectives:

• To increase uptake and access to sexual and reproductive health services especially antenatal care, family planning, and PMTCT/EMTCT services to 220 HIV positive single mothers.
• To increase economic opportunities for HIV positive single mothers by equipping them with key entrepreneurship and employment skills, as well as with social/life skills to enable them to confidently negotiate life options with clear perspectives.
• To establish a support system for peer mentoring within the HIV positive women on issues concerning health and entrepreneurship creation.

Achievements:

1. Entrepreneurship and vocational training to 220 women.
2. Provision of comprehensive family planning services to 143 women.
3. Enrolment of 40 HIV positive women into care.
4. Establishment of Katwe New Life women Sacco for savings and loans with 100 members.

Project Title:
To increase the percentage number of men, women, and adolescents who know their HIV status through free counseling/testing.

Program objectives:

1. 1. To expand the availability of HIV testing and counseling services, including a focus on key populations and marginalized communities that are hard to reach.
   2. To increase the number of people who know their HIV status from 30% to 60%.
   3. To assure the quality of HIV testing and counseling services.
   4. To assure the existence and quality of effective and efficient referral and linkage systems.

Focus populations to be focused on HIV testing and counseling services include the following:

• Adults and adolescents wishing to have an HIV test.
• All children, adults, and adolescents attending clinical services.
• All adults, adolescents, and children who present in clinical settings with signs and symptoms or medical conditions due to HIV/AIDS infection.
• In all epidemics, all adults attending services for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), family planning and tuberculosis (TB).
• All pregnant women first presenting for antenatal care, retesting of pregnant women in the third trimester or during labor or postpartum if the HIV status has not been determined.
• All children born to women living with HIV.
• Parents of unknown HIV status who have children living with HIV.
• Key populations (people who inject drugs, sex workers, men who have sex with men).
• Men presenting for circumcision for HIV prevention.
• HIV testing and counseling can be either client- or provider-initiated, and provided at the individual or couple.

Achievements:

1. 168,000 youth, women, men and children were tested during project implementation from 2012-2015.
2. Approximately 100 HIV positive pregnant women enrolled into care.
3. Approximately 300 HIV positive people enrolled into care.
4. 320 clients enrolled in TB.
5. Strengthening of existing referral and linkages systems.
6. Training of involved personnel on how to conduct HIV testing and counseling, including training on couples testing and counseling in generalized epidemics.