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Engage youth in productive activities to keep them away from tobacco consumption

 Every 31st May, the world comes together to commemorate the World No-tobacco Day. This year, we take the opportunity to reflect on the life of the youths who are among the largest tobacco consumers, compared to other age groups. Tobacco consumption among youths is associated to a number of causes including the broken household and […]

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People Living with HIV should avoid tobacco smoking as impacts are irreversible

On Wednesday 31st May 2023, Uganda will join the rest of the world to commemorate World No-Tobacco Day under the theme “grow food, not tobacco.” Despite the efforts to discourage tobacco consumption among humans, some of the People Living with HIV have continued to use the dangerous substance which affects their health. Smoking is one

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Reach Out Mbuya wins Best Innovation Award for E-health HIV Service Delivery during COVID-19

The E-health for HIV Service Delivery program has emerged as the winner of Makerere University School of Public Health —MakSPH’s innovation challenge focused on addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. The program outshone five other innovations to earn the coveted award. Reach Out Mbuya Community Health Initiative —ROM, a community-based non-governmental organization working with urban and rural poor communities

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Reach Out Mbuya holds Spiritual Retreat, staff encouraged to love one another

Spending time in prayer alone with God is such a wonderful thing to do! At a Spiritual Retreat organized at Reach Out Mbuya Community Health Initiative (ROM)-Banda site over the weekend, staff were seen deeply talking heart to heart with God and this was a sign that the Holy Spirit was at work. Over one

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Age is no limit for Nakabugo to promote health, social well-being of fellow grandmothers

On 8th March 2023, Uganda will join the rest of the world to commemorate the International Women’s Day. This year, the theme is gender equality, an important aspect in the lives of women as highlighted in the fifth United Nations Sustainable Development Goal. All women, regardless of their age deserve living respectable and self-sustaining lives

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Celebrate women making a difference in communities – Abalo brightens up faces of PLHIV

It is International Women’s Day once again! On 8th March, Uganda and other countries around the world will come together to celebrate the women we live with for all the remarkable things they have achieved. Marked for the very first time in 1911 and the United Nations first celebrated it in 1975, this year’s theme

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I had lost hope and wished I could die; a success story on improving adherence to antiretroviral therapy, an essential task for successful HIV care

Richard (not his real name) is a 27-year-old HIV-positive male living in one of Kampala’s suburbs. Before moving to Kampala, Richard and his family lived in a small village in South Western Uganda. Richard is the last born in a family of seven children. His happiness ended when his parents fell gravely ill and passed

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