By Venus Okello, Stigma and Discrimination has always been an obstacle to effective responses to HIV.  The y+ beauty pageant is one of the strategies being used to end stigma and discrimination of People Living

Reach Out Mbuya Community Health Initiative (ROM) has over the years partnered with Kampala City Council Authority to improve the health and social outcomes for vulnerable people in Nakawa Division. Together with KCCA we have continued to build and foster increased awareness of the

By Dereck Musooka,   Last week, Reach Out Mbuya Community Health Initiative (ROM) was represented at the first Digital District Health Information System version2 (DHIS2) Annual Conference organized by the Department of Informatics-University of Oslo,

Reach Out Mbuya Community Health Initiative (ROM) has been implementing the Sustainable Outcomes for Children and Youth Project (SOCY) is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the President’s Emergency Plan

BY PATRICK JARAMOGI KAMPALA, Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA| Since its outbreak in Wuhan in China in December last year, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused much uncertainty around the world, including for people living with and affected by HIV

By: Michael Buwembo, Community Support Officer-ROM Reach Out Mbuya Parish HIV/AIDS Initiative (ROM) has a unique holistic approach to care for the body, mind, family, and community needs of the beneficiaries; restoring hope to the

Reach Out Mbuya Parish HIV/AIDS Initiative Announces New Corporate Name Reach Out Mbuya Community Health Initiative KAMPALA, September 11, 2020 – Today, Reach Out Mbuya Parish HIV/AIDS Initiative (ROM) announces the change of the organization’s

By Esther Opade Reach Out Mbuya Parish HIV/AIDS Initiative (ROM) is involved in the distribution of mosquito nets to clients.  Through this initiative, ROM received 1000 pieces of mosquito nets from Joint Medical Stores (JMS)

By Esther Opade ROM uses peer supporters to speak to youth living with HIV. This is to ensure the youth achieve viral suppression to reduce the probability of infecting others as well as increase the

Victor Amos Bamutana. -Orphans and Vulnerable Children supervisor      When COVID-19 hit the world, many countries went under lockdowns including Uganda. Children are at home away from schools where they would meet with teachers and be

The 23rd International AIDS Conference – known as AIDS 2020 – has been hosted in San Francisco and Oakland, US, from 6-10 July 2020 with the theme, Resilience. AIDS 2020 will gather more than 20,000

By Ofwono Opondo, In these times of COVID -19, cases of Gender-Based Violence cases have spiraled due to economic insecurity and poverty-related stress and quarantine of citizens. Whereas the lockdown is meant to control the

Today May 17, Reach Out Mbuya Parish HIV /AIDS Initiative joins the world to commemorate the International Candlelight Memorial. The memorial serves as a community mobilization campaign to raise social consciousness about HIV and AIDS.

By Rebecca Nantondo Baagala The current statistics from the Ministry of Health indicate a scary rise of COVID -19 imported infections by interstate cargo drivers commonly known as the truckers. As we closed the month