Uganda

80/80 districts

In Uganda we’re aiming to reach 1 million vulnerable children with high quality comprehensive care by 2015.

There are an estimated 1.2 million children who have been orphaned by AIDS in Uganda. Services are currently reaching less than a quarter of these children. In addition, the quality of these services is inconsistent, and often very poor.

Thanks to USAID funding, the SUNRISE-OVC project hopes to change this. You can read more about SUNRISE here.

SUNRISE-OVC stands for ‘Strengthening the Ugandan National Response for Implementation of Services for Orphans and Vulnerable Children’. The project works with local government and communities to improve services for children. It is implemented by Alliance Uganda and its partners who were awarded $22.9 million through the five-year project.

The Alliance’s partner is International HIV/AIDS Alliance in Uganda (Alliance Uganda). Currently an Alliance country office, Alliance Uganda is on its way to becoming an independent Linking Organisation.

Alliance Uganda is also:

• Improving the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of young people who are affected by HIV as an implementing partner of the Link Up programme (2013-16). Link Up works to ensure that SRHR is integrated into existing HIV services for young men and women and vice-versa. The programme works with youth as an entry point to reach those most in need.  You can read more about Link Up here and a case study on the 2013 country mapping here.
  
  
• Keeping mothers and children healthy by supporting prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT).
  
• Expanding the role of people living with HIV and communities in increasing access to PMTCT services. This project is funded by ViiV Positive Action and is based on a networks model. You can read more about the project in the article by Key Correspondent James Kityo.
  
• Working with Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) to support the rights of LGBTI people and improve their access to HIV services. You can read more about the fight for gay rights in Uganda in this article by SMUG’s Executive Director Frank Mugisha on the DFID website.

Key achievements

• 70,524 women were reached with maternal and child health and HIV related information, education and communication materials as part of a DFID funded project to reduce maternal mortality from 2010-11. It aimed to mobilise communities, change policy and improve referrals of HIV positive women. Read more here.
  
  
• Played a pivotal role in the development of the Maternal Health Coalition, a campaign that demands improvements in health care for mothers. The campaign was sparked by a law suit taken out against the government following the deaths of two mothers in government hospitals. Read more.
  
• Find out more about our annual achievements in Uganda on our interactive map.