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Thandizo pilot project results

This 4-pager describes the results of the Thandizo pilot project: How it started, what is the approach, how it has supported users, and the future of the approach. Thandizo is an approach to support young people living with HIV in Malawi with treatment adherence. Built on COWLHA’s study findings, the Thandizo approach is a combination of support groups and the Thandizo mobile app, jointly  developed by Aidsfonds and COWLHA.

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Addressing challenges of young mothers living with HIV

Explore our list of resources that delve into the complexities of the young mothers living with HIV’s experiences, offering information, guidance, and practical tools to enhance awareness about the challenges which young mothers living with HIV.

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BLOOM project Baseline Assessment

This report presents the results of the baseline evaluation of the Bloom project in Uganda. The purpose of this project is to contribute to “a healthy life for children exposed to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or living with HIV (aged 0-14 years) and their young mothers living with HIV (aged 10-24 years) in Uganda”. The Bloom project runs from June 2023 until May 2026, and it is funded by Aidsfonds – Soa Aids Nederland; a Dutch non-profit organisation working with (3) local implementing partners namely; Community Health Alliance Uganda (CHAU), Uganda Young Positives (UYPs) and Joy Initiatives Uganda (JOYI). The evaluation was carried out over a period of 4 months from September 2023 to December 2023. Primary data was collected from all the 5 districts in which the Bloom project is implemented (Mpigi, Mityana, Butambala, Mubende and Kyenjojo). While secondary data was collected from the District Health Information System (DHIS2)9 to showcase the status of HIV/ Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) indicators across the 5 districts at baseline.

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Strengthening community support to improve HIV care

Results and impact from the Kusingata project in Mozambique. Kusingata implements community-led monitoring by using the community score card tool to encourage people living with HIV to engage with health service providers and health authorities to assess the quality of the services, and to jointly create action plans to respond to the identified service gaps.

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Mobilising community cadres to improve the paediatric HIV response

Results and impact from the Lafiyan Yara project in Nigeria. The Lafiyan Yara (“wellbeing of children”) project is a community-based response to paediatric HIV run by the Society for Family Health Nigeria. It adapts and builds on integrated community case management models used to espond to malaria and other health issues, to respond to paediatric HIV. The project harnesses three cadres of community mobiliser who prevent new infections through eliminating vertical transmission and identify children living with HIV as early as possible so they can be linked to care and supported to live healthy lives. Lafiyan Yara was implemented between 2019-2022 in eight local government authorities in Taraba state with support from Aidsfonds.

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Healthy, thriving children: How to find and support children living with HIV in communities

Results and best practices from the Towards an AIDS free Generation in Uganda (TAFU) programme. This programme was Aidsfonds’ first paediatric HIV community intervention programme. It trained up community health workers to identify HIV positive children, and link individuals to care and ongoing support. The programme was co-created through community leadership and engagement with key stakeholders, building on community knowledge of the needs of children living with HIV. Towards an AIDS Free Generation in Uganda changed the way that community-based paediatric HIV services were delivered.

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