PMTCT CHALLENGE; Uganda
PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED
Retention in care and adherence to anti-retroviral treatment for people living with HIV
Learn more about the PMTCT Challenge and how increasing completion of antiretroviral therapy (ART) to prevent mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV can decrease HIV rates and improve lives.
DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION
Afya Njema aims to increase access to quality and timely PMTCT services in rural and resource-limited communities.
Afya Njema uses the expert clients model as a low-cost task-shifting approach to bridging the care gaps created by low health facility staffing levels and high patient load in Kabarole district, Uganda.
The pilot will use a combination of community-based and health facility-based expert clients who will serve as a bridge between the community and clinic. The aim will be to test the effectiveness of expert clients in using client-centred differentiated service delivery models to increase HIV testing, linkage and enrollment in care, ART adherence, follow-up and retention in care.
PILOT AND SCALING GOALS
Reach 1200 beneficiaries during the pilot.
Distribute 2 interventions during the pilot.
Fundraise an additional $20,000 from other donors.
FOUNDING TEAM
Gulemye Isaac - Public Health Specialist
Tebusweke Brian - Maternal Health Specialist
Mulungi Faith - Clinical Psychologist