Welcome to the Community Health And Information Network

Our Vision: People living with HIV having choices and opportunities to make decisions about their health, social and economic circumstances

BACKGROUND

OBJECTIVES

Maternal Neonatal Childhealth project in Kawempe, Makindye and Central Divisions of Kampala

IAPO Regional meeting in Uganda [ pdf 1 , pdf 2, pdf 3]

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberclosis and Malaria News updates

World AIDS Day celebrations with the theme "The youth add their voice to universal access and human rights"

Materal Neonatal Child Health Project.....Read More

Community Health And Information Network in partnership with HIV Alliance –supported by DFID raises Community awareness on HIV and Maternal Neonatal Child Health in Uganda. CHAIN has so far reached over 950 people including community and religious leaders, youth, people living with HIV, women in reproductive age, men and other marginalized groups of people in Kawempe, Makindye and Central division of Kampala

HIV Prevention......Read More

The high rates of transmission of HIV result largely from failure to use the available and effective prevention strategies and tools. Therefore, this year CHAIN has joined other stakeholders in the fight against HIV and AIDS, to better contribute to the National Strategic Plan goal of the prevention thematic service area.

Under HIV prevention, CHAIN runs national and community sensitization activities which include raising awareness of the great dangers HIV and AIDS, HIV counseling and testing, HIV prevention through sports, condom distribution, organizing seminars, trainings and provision of Information Education and Communication (IEC) materials. Sensitization at community level is through music, dance and drama. This is meant to reach illiterate members of the communities.

Treatment Literacy programme......... Read More

One of CHAIN's core objectives is to advocate for increased treatments literacy and access in the Great Lakes Region. In this programme, CHAIN developed the great lakes positive handbook "A Guide to treatment literacy" which is reproduced every year due to new innovations regarding HIV treatment.

Youth Programmes........Read More

The youth are among the high-risk groups and this is mainly due to their reckless lifestyles including drug abuse, prostitution and unprotected casual sex. According to UNAIDS Global Epidemic Report, Young people (15-24 years old) account for half of all infections worldwide -more than 6,000 become infected with HIV every day. Many young people are sexually active but feel that HIV has nothing to do with them or do not feel threatened by it. This year CHAIN decided to put a lot of emphasis on youth empowerment and HIV prevention programmes. CHAIN has continued to use innovative and integrated approaches to help cutting down the escalating incidence of HIV among the young people. These approaches include among others, HIV prevention awareness for the youth through sports and Peer Transformers programme.

The CHAIN Community Resource Centre......Read More

The CHAIN resource centre has become a point of reference for the youth, community and religious leaders, OVC and their guardians, university students and the community at large. The centre was established to bridge the information gap on HIV and AIDS, TB,malaria. It offers a variety of activities including IT skills, life skill training through educative video shows coupled with interactive dialogues and debates. The centre also addresses issues related to counterfeit medicines and patient safety.

The Orphans and Other Vulnerable Groups Project.....Read More

It is estimated that there are more than 2 million orphans and other vulnerable children (OVC) in Uganda, and they face multifaceted challenges in their lives including poverty, family conflicts, poor health, lack of food, housing, sanitation, and education.

Networking and Partnerships.......Read More

Networking and partnership is important for future growth and development programmes as it enables building up capacities of individuals, community organisations, CSOs, private sector, governments and other stakeholders.

>>>Pan - Commonwealth Civil Society Network on HIV and AIDS

CHAIN in partnership with National Drug Authority organized a substandard and counterfeit medicines workshop in Uganda with a theme, “Join the Fight Against Substandard and Counterfeit Medicines in Uganda”

Download Workshop report