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MARPs, Key and Vulnerable Populations Strategic Public Health Work in Uganda: 25 Lessons to Share with You This is a collection of lessons learnt from the Grassroots Based Communities around HIV, TB, Malaria and COVID-19 Response and Recovery. Lesson #1: All PLHIV need to receive TB preventive treatment #StopTB #StopMalaria #StopHIV Lesson #2: All PLHIV need to receive ARVs and take them promptly #StopTB #StopMalaria #StopHIV Lesson #3: Antimalaria Support services and products are necessary #StopTB #StopMalaria #StopHIV Lesson #4: 6M PLHIV need ARVs/targeted person-centered care #StopTB #StopMalaria #StopHIV Lesson #5: In Africa 322 000 children and young adolescents (aged 0—15 years) living with TB #StopTB #StopMalaria #StopHIV Lesson #6: Africa has a third of tuberculosis cases among those under 15 years #StopTB #StopMalaria #StopHIV Lesson #7: Among children under five just around a third (32%) are diagnosed #StopTB #StopMalaria #StopHIV Lesson #8: Childhood t...

This is part of the The Most At Risk Populations' Society in Uganda (MARPS in Uganda) UN Observances' Advocacy Work. This time it is about the World Malaria Day! The world's poorest and most marginalised people are hardest hit by malaria, and they are also likely to be the most affected by #COVID19 #HealthHeroines #HealthHeroes. This #WorldMalariaDay we are reminded of the importance of building secure health systems to defend against disease. 🏥 #HealthForAll #Unite #HealthHeroines #HealthHeroes. We are in the middle of a global health crisis. Now more than ever, it's time to call on governments to ensure we have strong health systems in place to protect against existing diseases like malaria and emerging ones like #COVID19, and secure #HealthForAll. 🏥 🩺 #WorldMalariaDay #endmalaria #Unite #HealthHeroines #HealthHeroes. This #WorldMalariaDay, we urge leaders to sustain and increase their investments to #endmalaria which prevent almost 100m cases and...