Message from the Chair Person Board of Directors
Our dear stakeholders, I greet you all in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. In this Annual Report, I am pleased to inform you that Reach Out Mbuya Community Health Initiative team has remained focused and faithful to the holistic service of the most vulnerable members of the community. In 2022, ROM business was […]
Message from the Executive Director
Improving the lives of vulnerable people living with and affected by HIV is not only a moral cause for the team at ROM, but also a contribution to national and global efforts to end the further spread of the virus. At ROM, we believe that transforming the individual through our holistic model of care is […]
7435 PLHIV were served in 2022
“At ROM, providing HIV/TB prevention, care, treatment, and support services to extremely vulnerable populations while promoting a holistic approach is crucial and has been prioritized. However, although substantial progress has been made towards eMTCT, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) integration, orphans and vulnerable children care, geriatric and adolescent care across all ROM sites, more work still needs […]
Introduction
Reach Out Mbuya Community Health Initiative (ROM) is a faith-based non-government organization, started in 2001 to curb the further spread of HIV/AIDS in the slum areas of Nakawa Division. ROM has since evolved on her holistic model of care to a national organization providing health care services, psychological and economic support to over 50,000 needy […]
Care and Treatment
In 2022, ROM was able to provide members of the community with comprehensive HIV/TB services that included HTS, prevention services, Key & Priority population and viral load monitoring as well as a number of various community engagement activities aimed at raising awareness about HIV and the importance of HTS services. Success is attributed to best […]
HIV Prevention
a). Prevention ROM carried out prevention programs among target groups; PLHIV, their partners, youths and others to reduce the HIV burden and its financial implications. Activities included dissemination of information about HIV/AIDS, HTS, adherence to ART, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Gender-based Violence and other behavioral change information to build beneficiaries’ self-confidence, communication skills, critical thinking […]
Special report on best practices
a). Men’s Night clinic In the history of HIV care and treatment, men and boys are dying of AIDS because they are less likely to test for HIV, initiate on ART and remain in care as their female counterparts. ROM has continued reaching out and encourage men to actively participate in the fight against HIV […]
Male involvement in HIV Care & Treatment
ROM attracted men to actively participate in their partners’ or relatives’ lives as far as living with HIV is concerned. In 2022, menwere encouraged to attend both HIV counseling and testing for their pregnant wives for purposes of eMTCT and much more.Some men accompanied their partners to get treatment for NCDs, attended in community engagements […]
Community and Social Support.
a). Community and Social support In 2022, ROM offered social support to clients and their families to ensure they do not miss clinic appointments, adhere to their medicine and have stable families. Targeted visits were organized for clients under PMTCT, missed appointments, poor adherence, high viral load, newly enrolled into care, the very sick, and […]
The Grandmothers project
To improve the well-being of extremely vulnerable older persons, ROM, with support from the Stephen Lewis Foundation (SLF), implements the Grandmothers’ project in Butuntumula Sub-County Luweero district and in Nakawa Division Kampala District. Beneficiaries are on annual basis provided with medical care, economic empowerment and psychosocial support, in addition to vocational skilling for Adolescent Girls […]