Kampala Key, Vulnerable and Priority Populations (KVP) News

Tusitukirewamu Group Bwaise with a membership of 390 is a women-led organization that started in 1998.    Our major aims: to be the go to for Safe Motherhood, parenthood, childhood,; provide opportunities to incorporate Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) lifespan events in day to day planning and conversation to promote SRHR equity and optimal SRHR seeking practices; to mobilize women and girls into anti-stigma, anti-discrimination champions; to address the rampant domestic violence and abuse; to join the stable housing coalition for low income earners; to attach and care for OVCs; to enrol many participants Clinical Trials; to be the urban model for community response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Kawempe Division.   Tusitukirewamu is a model semi-rural and urban support space with extensive experience working with government and private practitioners in these key areas: Putting OVCs into school or placing non-school going ones with benefactors; HIV/AIDS care; sc...

What are the verbalised and non-verbalised concerns of the Person Living With HIV? What are the  verbalised and non-verbalised concerns of the provider? This is what this report seeks to bring to light. We hope it will inform your approach to caring for people living with HIV. Despite of ARVs being around for over 20 years, we still have untreated people living with HIV, we still have people living with HIV who cannot get full ARV doses, we still have people living with HIV with high viral load. We developed this report as an advocacy tool as well. We wanted to share a perspective whose narrative is not mainstream because other issues take up the agenda. Yet, the issues we raised here make up the bulk of work needed to eradicate AIDS in Uganda. This report concludes that there are four factors   (subjective motives) which are significant in determining viral suppression:  1.   The time one has taken ARVs;  2.   Optima...

This is the third and final part on the series on Fistula: A fistula: A fistula is a hole, or abnormal opening, in the birth canal, that results in chronic leakage of urine and/or feaces. Obstetric Fistula:   An abnormal opening between a woman’s genital tract and her urinary tract or rectum. According to  fistulacare.org , each year, more than a quarter million women die in pregnancy and childbirth. Of those that do not perish, an unknown number suffer long-term health problems. The maternal injury with perhaps the most devastating aftermath is  obstetric fistula .   Obstetric fistula due to  obstructed labour is by far the most common form of genital fistula, constituting an estimated 80-90% of all genital fistula cases.   Obstetric fistula is usually caused by several days of obstructed labor, without timely medical intervention or cesarean section. During this time, the soft tissues of the pelvis are compressed between t...

This is the second of a series on Fistula: A fistula: A fistula is a hole, or abnormal opening, in the birth canal, that results in chronic leakage of urine and/or feaces. There are many resources one can use to get information on fistula condition. In a resource by Amie (2019), symptoms and types of fistula are listed. Symptoms: Symptoms of fistulas vary depending on their location and severity. However, some symptoms are common in most cases. People often feel very unwell and run a fever. They also feel pain or tenderness at the site of the fistula. Itching may develop, especially if the fistula involves skin. Fistulas often exude pus, which may have an unpleasant or foul smell. Risk Factors:   Certain conditions place a person at a higher risk of developing a fistula. Crohn's disease and diverticular disease are two conditions highly likely to cause fistulas. Around one in three people with Crohn's disease will get a fistula at some p...