Thematic Areas
Thematic Areas
What We Do
a) HIV care and Treatment Program:
Transforming HIV Care in Uganda
For more than two decades, Reach Out Mbuya Community Health Initiative has been at the
forefront of Uganda’s HIV response, delivering compassionate, comprehensive, and community-driven services. Today, ROM supports over 116,000 clients on treatment, achieving viral load suppression rates above 97 percent, far surpassing national and global targets. The HIV program offers a full continuum of care from testing and counselling, linkage, lifelong treatment, and adherence support to medication-assisted therapy (MAT) for individuals with substance use disorders. Services are tailored to meet the needs of women, children, adolescents, youth, men,
and key populations, ensuring that no one is left behind.
Photo ideas: ROM clinician attending to clients in a community clinic; counsellor offering MAT support in a private session.
Continuum of Care for All
Integration with maternal and child health services has strengthened prevention of mother-to-child
transmission. Adolescents and young people benefit from peer-led adherence support through the
Young Adolescent Peer Supporters (YAPS) initiative, while adolescent girls and young women
receive a comprehensive package of HIV prevention, sexual and reproductive health services,
psychosocial support, life skills, and economic empowerment. ROM also expands prevention
options through pre-exposure prophylaxis, HIV self-testing, and community outreach for high-risk
populations including sex workers, fisherfolk, truck drivers, and uniformed personnel.
Photo ideas: YAPS mentorship session or AGYW peer-support group.
Integrated HIV, TB, and Reproductive Health Services
Recognizing the close link between HIV, tuberculosis, and reproductive health, ROM provides
fully integrated screening, treatment, and prevention services. The program includes TB
preventive therapy, cervical cancer screening and treatment, sexual and reproductive health
education, and laboratory diagnostics such as viral load monitoring and TB/HIV testing. Through
drop-in centers, mobile clinics, and household outreach, ROM reaches those living in remote or
informal settlements, bringing quality health care closer to people’s homes.
Photo ideas: Mobile health teams conducting outreach or TB/HIV screening in the community