Have you ever imagined what door-to-door health campaigns can achieve?
Access to health services is important in promoting good health and wellbeing. Having realized the gap between the health and wellbeing of under-served populations in Uganda’s Isingiro District, the door to door integrated health campaign was rolled out in the United Nations’ Millennium Villages cluster to promote access to health services to those most in […]
Can malnutrition be prevented in our communities?
Crisent, a 2 year old boy from Karundi village survived death due to malnutrition after the intervention of community health workers. His mother became pregnant again, only two months after Crisent was born, subsequently interrupting her ability to breastfeed. As a result, at just over one year old, Crisent had become severely malnourished. Crisent was […]
Imagine an HIV Free Generation!
What if mothers and their babies lived healthier lives? On October 1, 2014, Millennium Villages Project (MVP), in partnership with Elizabeth Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) and Isingiro local Government, graduated 68 HIV exposed infants – confirmed negative! The occasion was crowned with musical interludes and a dramatic presentation by the Ruhiira Anti HIV/AIDS drama group. In […]