Screensavers Initiative

PATIENT IDENTIFICATION CHALLENGE; UGANDA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Cervical cancer screenings.

Learn more about the Patient Identification Challenge and why identifying individuals in need of medical treatment and finding ways to make that treatment accessible reduces poverty.  

 

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Screensavers Initiative reduces morbidity and mortality due to cervical cancer by increasing access to cervical cancer screening using VIA among populations with unmet need.

The Screensavers model employs outreach clinical services using satellite clinics and a community participatory client recruitment process characterized by two components: (i) using community health volunteers locally known as village health teams (VHTs) to provide women with education and information hence enabling them to make informed decisions about cervical cancer screening and (ii) ensuring that women who receive screening services are satisfied and encourage other women to attend. The model is deliberately focused on sustainability, which is why the team works to ensure that programs are championed through community and government support structures. The project pilot will launch in Kalungu district before scaling to cover other districts in Uganda and beyond.

 

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

  • Screen 200 women during the pilot and refer any positive cases for treatment and follow-up

  • Raise an additional $30,000 during the pilot period

  • Screen 1,000 women by the end of year 1

  • Screen 10,000 women by the end of year 2

 

FOUNDING TEAM

NAGIRINYA AIDAH - Team Lead

NALUKWAGO COSTARITAH - Project Coordinator

SSALI DENIS - Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

AGABA COLLINS - Field Coordinator