Physical Health Uganda Project #58343

Give Preterm Babies the best Chance of Survival

by Charitable Incorporated Community Organization Uganda

Project Report | Jan 23, 2024
Equipping Local Communities for Quality Health

By James Aleko | Project Director

As part of the ongoing project implementation to strengthen local community resilience in rural uganda, we embark on a closer look of the project's transformative initiatives that focus on the critical output of "Demand For Quality Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (MNCH), Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) and Hygiene Interventions." This pivotal component of the project revolves around equipping both formal and informal service providers with essential skills in child protection, nutrition, and Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH).

The endeavor encompasses the involvement of a multitude of stakeholders, including village health workers, school boards, Water committees, WASH and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) clubs, and even community policing under the guidance of local chiefs.

Our aim is to empower communities not just to survive, but to thrive in the face of adversity. Our goal is to ensure that no child in Lesotho goes to bed hungry or malnourished.

This project has given me the knowledge and skills to make a real difference. We believe in the positive change that we can create together.

By addressing complex challenges, building community resilience, and implementing a comprehensive approach, they are sowing the seeds of a brighter future for vulnerable rural children. Through their dedication, they are nurturing tomorrow and ensuring that every child has the opportunity to thrive, regardless of the challenges they may encounter.

We have ENOUGH. Let’s eliminate child malnutrition. Let’s end child hunger now. So that Every child should enjoy ENOUGH nourishing food to thrive.

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Sep 3, 2023
Thanks for giving Preterm Babies Chance to smile

By James Aleko | Project Director

May 8, 2023
Helping mothers deliver a healthy baby

By James Aleko | Project Director

Objectives:

To explore whether community health worker household-based maternal health visits improve antenatal care and skilled birth attendance among hard-to-reach rural areas in Uganda.

Methods:

This quasi-experimental 18-month prospective study involved 486 consenting women aged 15–49 years, who were pregnant or had a pregnancy outcome in the past 6 months, from 6 island fishing communities. The community health worker household-based intervention (community health workers’ household visits to provide counseling, blood pressure measurement, anemia, and HIV testing) involved 243 women from three fishing communities. Random effects logistic regression was used to determine the association between the community health worker intervention and antenatal care and skilled birth attendance among women who had at least 5 months of pregnancy or childbirth at follow-up.

Results:

Almost all women accepted the community health worker intervention (90.9% (221/243)). Hypertension was at 12.5% (27/216) among those who accepted blood pressure measurements, a third (33.3% (9/27)) were pregnant. HIV prevalence was 23.5% (52/221). Over a third (34.2% (69/202)) of women tested had anemia (hemoglobin levels less than 11 g/dL). The community health worker intervention was associated with attendance of first antenatal care visit within 20 weeks of pregnancy (adjusted odd ratio = 2.1 (95% confidence interval 0.6–7.6)), attendance of at least four antenatal care visits (adjusted odd ratio = 0.9 (95% confidence interval 0.4–2.0)), and skilled birth attendance (adjusted odd ratio = 0.5 (95% confidence interval 0.1–1.5)), though not statistically significant.

Conclusion:

Community health workers have a crucial role in improving early antenatal care attendance, early community-based diagnosis of anemia, hypertensive disorders, and HIV among women in these hard-to-reach rural communities.

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Nurturing at Every Opportunity

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