UHMG in Melbourne for the International AIDS (IAS) Conference, July 20 - 25, 2014
UHMG does not only lead in health communication and social marketing locally, the world is convinced that our interventions and innovations are a source great lessons to be benchmarked and even replicated elsewhere on the planet. We contribute to new knowledge in addressing the prevalent public health challenges of humanity.
When our abstract “Using Innovative Strategies to Provide HIV/AIDS Services to Key Populations in Uganda” was accepted by the International AIDS (IAS)
Village Savings for Health A Reality In Northern Uganda
Many groups of women (but lately men too) in northern Uganda are organized into savings groups. They used to save for only economic reasons, and never prioritized using the groups’ efforts to save for health and advocate for primary healthcare in their communities. UHMG identified this opportunity to leverage on to address the rampant healthcare issues in these communities. UHMG introduced the idea of sav-ing for health among these groups purposely making them focus on their
