1. Community Health And Information Network (CHAIN) in partnership with patient and
consumer organizations including;
• Sickle cell Association Uganda (SAU)
• Epilepsy Support Association Uganda (ESAU)
• Joyce Fertility Support Center
• Uganda Women Cancer Support Organization (UWOCASO)
• National Care Centre (NACARE)
• Action Group for Health Human rights and HIV/AIDS (AGHA) Uganda
• Uganda Child Cancer Foundation (UCCF)
• Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI)
• The AIDS Support Organization (TASO)
• Naguru Teenage Information Centre
• Uganda Young Positives
• Consumer Education Trust (CONSENT)
Organized a public dialogue on health literacy in Gayaza with support from MSD
3. Objectives of the public dialogue;
•To engage patients and consumer organizations to raise
public awareness on health literacy
•To identify health literacy gaps in the community
•To dialogue with the public on their role in promoting health
literacy in their communities
Activities
• Key stake holders dialoguing on health literacy
• HIV Counseling and testing
• Cancer screening
• Exhibitions
• Awareness through Music dance and drama
8. key stakeholders dialoguing on health issues
The guest of Honor Dr Kaggwa Muggaga the
NCD focal person from World Health
Organization gives his perspective on health
literacy
9. key stakeholders dialoguing on health issues
Dr Innocent Mwesigwa of World Health
Organization speaks out on hepatitis B disease
10. key stakeholders dialoguing on health issues
Regina Kamoga CHAIN country manager
informs the community of their role in
promoting health literacy
11. key stakeholders dialoguing on health issues
A member from the Sickle cell Association
Uganda speaks out on sickle cell
12. key stakeholders dialoguing on health issues
A member of Uganda Women's Cancer
Support Organization speaks out on cancer
13. Participants take notes as key stakeholders give their
perspectives on different health conditions.
14. EXHIBITIONS
Patient and consumer organization exhibit
Information education and communication
(IEC) and behavioral change communication
(BCC) materials. Participants ask questions
and also pick materials
19. Dr Kaggwa Mugagga
and Dr Innocent
Mwesigwa of WHO
interact with Jackie
Idduso from MSD and
CHAIN country
manager Regina
Kamoga as they move
to the exhibitions
22. Uganda Young Positives pose for a photo with the WHO representatives, MSD
Uganda representative and CHAIN country manager
23. Home Based Care Alliance- Uganda (HBCA) is a Community Based
Organization (CBO) that provides home based care to People living
with HIV/AIDS, and through CHAIN empowerment programs, they
are able to do small scale enterprises, they exhibited some of their
products
24. Dr Kaggwa inquires about the organic charcoal
exhibited by HBCA
p
id soa
liqu
25. A patient care group exhibits hand made
fabrics, table mats and cloths, necklaces and
ear rings
26. Technology which uses solar energy to
purify water exhibited
It was introduced by CHAIN to reduce
water borne diseases and fuel wood
consumption in the community
27. FORUM THEATRE
Forum Theatre is an interactive form of
theatre that encourages audience interaction
and explores different options for dealing with
a problem or issue.
37. TASO drama group creates awareness on
HIV/AIDS through music and dance.
38. Group discussions
The participants were divided in groups of men,
women, youth (male and female) to discuss
the health literacy gaps and their roles in
bridging the gaps
39. The men's group shares knowledge on the
different disease areas, and their responsibility
as men on maternal health
40. The male youth group discusses the different
health conditions
41. a youth shares knowledge on cancer in the
male youth group
42. CHAIN FC- disseminates IEC
materials usually in the
community.
A youth from CHAIN football academy teaches
fellow youth on how to improve health seeking
behaviors.
43. youth excited as their member talks about
signs of sickle cell in children
50. A doctor from Uganda Cancer
Institute explains how cancer
screening is done
51. With the use of model breasts
participants learn how to do
breast self-examination
52. Nutrition
As Doctor Kaggwa talks about good nutrition
as being very important to the participants'
health, CHAIN was able to emphasize his
message by providing a well balanced diet
meal to all participants.
55. the dialogue attracted over 600
participants.
82 participants engaged in cancer
screening, 67 females and 15males.
305 tested for HIV, and 20 were found
positive.
58. special thanks to;
MSD
Uganda Alliance of Patients’ Organizations(UAPO); Epilepsy Support Association
Uganda(ESAU),Sickle Cell Association Uganda(SAU),Uganda Women’s Cancer
Support Organization(UWOCASO),Action Group for Health, Human rights and
HIV/AIDS(AGHA), Joyce Fertility Support Centre Uganda(JFSU), THE AIDS SUPPORT
ORGANISATION(TASO),Uganda Child Cancer Foundation(UCCF), National Care
Centre(NACARE), CONSENT and Community Health and Information
Network(CHAIN)
World Health Organization(WHO)
GENERAL PUBLIC
59. Community Health and Information Network (CHAIN)
For more information contact;
www.chainproject.co.ug
Tell +256048660484
info@chainproject.co.ug
regina@chainproject.co.ug