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Community Health And Information Network (CHAIN) in partnership with patient and
consumer organizations including;

• Sickle cell Association Uganda (SAU)
• Epilepsy Support Association Uganda (ESAU)
• Joyce Fertility Support Center
• Uganda Women Cancer Support Organization (UWOCASO)
• National Care Centre (NACARE)
• Action Group for Health Human rights and HIV/AIDS (AGHA) Uganda
• Uganda Child Cancer Foundation (UCCF)
• Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI)
• The AIDS Support Organization (TASO)
• Naguru Teenage Information Centre
• Uganda Young Positives
• Consumer Education Trust (CONSENT)

Organized a public dialogue on health literacy in Gayaza with support from MSD
PUBLIC DIALOGUE ON HEALTH
LITERACY
Objectives of the public dialogue;
•To engage patients and consumer organizations to raise
public awareness on health literacy
•To identify health literacy gaps in the community
•To dialogue with the public on their role in promoting health
  literacy in their communities

Activities
• Key stake holders dialoguing on health literacy
• HIV Counseling and testing
• Cancer screening
• Exhibitions
• Awareness through Music dance and drama
Patient and consumer organizations exhibitions
Patient and consumer organizations exhibitions
Patient and consumer organizations exhibitions
Patient and consumer organizations exhibitions
key stakeholders dialoguing on health issues




The guest of Honor Dr Kaggwa Muggaga the
NCD focal person from World Health
Organization gives his perspective on health
literacy
key stakeholders dialoguing on health issues




 Dr Innocent Mwesigwa of World Health
 Organization speaks out on hepatitis B disease
key stakeholders dialoguing on health issues
                                 Regina Kamoga CHAIN country manager
                                 informs the community of their role in
                                 promoting health literacy
key stakeholders dialoguing on health issues




      A member from the Sickle cell Association
      Uganda speaks out on sickle cell
key stakeholders dialoguing on health issues




A member of Uganda Women's Cancer
Support Organization speaks out on cancer
Participants take notes as key stakeholders give their
perspectives on different health conditions.
EXHIBITIONS
Patient and consumer organization exhibit
Information education and communication
(IEC) and behavioral change communication
(BCC) materials. Participants ask questions
and also pick materials
Information sharing at the exhibitions
Participants get IEC/BCC materials
Participants get IEC/BCC materials
An exhibitor explaining to participants as they
get IEC/BCC materials
Dr Kaggwa Mugagga
and Dr Innocent
Mwesigwa of WHO
interact with Jackie
Idduso from MSD and
CHAIN country
manager Regina
Kamoga as they move
to the exhibitions
Dr Kaggwa interacts
with exhibitors
Jackie Idduso the MSD Uganda representative
Uganda Young Positives pose for a photo with the WHO representatives, MSD
Uganda representative and CHAIN country manager
Home Based Care Alliance- Uganda (HBCA) is a Community Based
Organization (CBO) that provides home based care to People living
with HIV/AIDS, and through CHAIN empowerment programs, they
are able to do small scale enterprises, they exhibited some of their
products
Dr Kaggwa inquires about the organic charcoal
exhibited by HBCA




                        p
                 id soa
            liqu
A patient care group exhibits hand made
fabrics, table mats and cloths, necklaces and
ear rings
Technology which uses solar energy to
purify water exhibited

It was introduced by CHAIN to reduce
water borne diseases and fuel wood
consumption in the community
FORUM THEATRE

Forum Theatre is an interactive form of
theatre that encourages audience interaction
and explores different options for dealing with
a problem or issue.
Epilepsy Support Association sensitizes the
public on epilepsy through forum theatre
Sensitization on epilepsy through forum
theatre




friends reacting to an epilepsy dilemma
The audience gives their views on
epilepsy during an intersession
A participant gives views on epilepsy during the forum
theatre
More views on epilepsy from a
young positive
Students closely look as a youth
group creates awareness on
Prevention of Mother to Child
Transmission (PMTCT) through
drama.
A young positive creates
awareness on HIV/AIDS through
music
the young positives sing about hope for the
already infected.
young positives appreciate CHAIN for their
partnerships with patient organizations
TASO drama group creates awareness on
HIV/AIDS through music and dance.
Group discussions
The participants were divided in groups of men,
  women, youth (male and female) to discuss
  the health literacy gaps and their roles in
  bridging the gaps
The men's group shares knowledge on the
different disease areas, and their responsibility
as men on maternal health
The male youth group discusses the different
health conditions
a youth shares knowledge on cancer in the
male youth group
CHAIN FC- disseminates IEC
materials usually in the
community.




                             A youth from CHAIN football academy teaches
                             fellow youth on how to improve health seeking
                             behaviors.
youth excited as their member talks about
signs of sickle cell in children
Women discuss on the infertility issue.
Female youth talk about cancer
Groups give feedback on
the discussions
Participants queue for HIV/AIDS
counseling and testing
HIV testing
Cancer counselling and screening




                                   Uganda cancer institute cancer screening
                                   mobile
                                   van
A doctor from Uganda Cancer
Institute explains how cancer
screening is done
With the use of model breasts
participants learn how to do
breast self-examination
Nutrition




As Doctor Kaggwa talks about good nutrition
as being very important to the participants'
health, CHAIN was able to emphasize his
message by providing a well balanced diet
meal to all participants.
community children line up for a meal
the dialogue attracted over 600
participants.

82 participants engaged in cancer
screening, 67 females and 15males.
305 tested for HIV, and 20 were found
positive.
pictorial summary
special thanks to;
MSD

Uganda Alliance of Patients’ Organizations(UAPO); Epilepsy Support Association
Uganda(ESAU),Sickle Cell Association Uganda(SAU),Uganda Women’s Cancer
Support Organization(UWOCASO),Action Group for Health, Human rights and
HIV/AIDS(AGHA), Joyce Fertility Support Centre Uganda(JFSU), THE AIDS SUPPORT
ORGANISATION(TASO),Uganda Child Cancer Foundation(UCCF), National Care
Centre(NACARE), CONSENT and Community Health and Information
Network(CHAIN)

World Health Organization(WHO)
GENERAL PUBLIC
Community Health and Information Network (CHAIN)
For more information contact;
www.chainproject.co.ug
Tell +256048660484
info@chainproject.co.ug
regina@chainproject.co.ug

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Health literacy presentation

  • 1. Community Health And Information Network (CHAIN) in partnership with patient and consumer organizations including; • Sickle cell Association Uganda (SAU) • Epilepsy Support Association Uganda (ESAU) • Joyce Fertility Support Center • Uganda Women Cancer Support Organization (UWOCASO) • National Care Centre (NACARE) • Action Group for Health Human rights and HIV/AIDS (AGHA) Uganda • Uganda Child Cancer Foundation (UCCF) • Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) • The AIDS Support Organization (TASO) • Naguru Teenage Information Centre • Uganda Young Positives • Consumer Education Trust (CONSENT) Organized a public dialogue on health literacy in Gayaza with support from MSD
  • 2. PUBLIC DIALOGUE ON HEALTH LITERACY
  • 3. Objectives of the public dialogue; •To engage patients and consumer organizations to raise public awareness on health literacy •To identify health literacy gaps in the community •To dialogue with the public on their role in promoting health literacy in their communities Activities • Key stake holders dialoguing on health literacy • HIV Counseling and testing • Cancer screening • Exhibitions • Awareness through Music dance and drama
  • 4. Patient and consumer organizations exhibitions
  • 5. Patient and consumer organizations exhibitions
  • 6. Patient and consumer organizations exhibitions
  • 7. Patient and consumer organizations exhibitions
  • 8. key stakeholders dialoguing on health issues The guest of Honor Dr Kaggwa Muggaga the NCD focal person from World Health Organization gives his perspective on health literacy
  • 9. key stakeholders dialoguing on health issues Dr Innocent Mwesigwa of World Health Organization speaks out on hepatitis B disease
  • 10. key stakeholders dialoguing on health issues Regina Kamoga CHAIN country manager informs the community of their role in promoting health literacy
  • 11. key stakeholders dialoguing on health issues A member from the Sickle cell Association Uganda speaks out on sickle cell
  • 12. key stakeholders dialoguing on health issues A member of Uganda Women's Cancer Support Organization speaks out on cancer
  • 13. Participants take notes as key stakeholders give their perspectives on different health conditions.
  • 14. EXHIBITIONS Patient and consumer organization exhibit Information education and communication (IEC) and behavioral change communication (BCC) materials. Participants ask questions and also pick materials
  • 15. Information sharing at the exhibitions
  • 18. An exhibitor explaining to participants as they get IEC/BCC materials
  • 19. Dr Kaggwa Mugagga and Dr Innocent Mwesigwa of WHO interact with Jackie Idduso from MSD and CHAIN country manager Regina Kamoga as they move to the exhibitions
  • 21. Jackie Idduso the MSD Uganda representative
  • 22. Uganda Young Positives pose for a photo with the WHO representatives, MSD Uganda representative and CHAIN country manager
  • 23. Home Based Care Alliance- Uganda (HBCA) is a Community Based Organization (CBO) that provides home based care to People living with HIV/AIDS, and through CHAIN empowerment programs, they are able to do small scale enterprises, they exhibited some of their products
  • 24. Dr Kaggwa inquires about the organic charcoal exhibited by HBCA p id soa liqu
  • 25. A patient care group exhibits hand made fabrics, table mats and cloths, necklaces and ear rings
  • 26. Technology which uses solar energy to purify water exhibited It was introduced by CHAIN to reduce water borne diseases and fuel wood consumption in the community
  • 27. FORUM THEATRE Forum Theatre is an interactive form of theatre that encourages audience interaction and explores different options for dealing with a problem or issue.
  • 28. Epilepsy Support Association sensitizes the public on epilepsy through forum theatre
  • 29. Sensitization on epilepsy through forum theatre friends reacting to an epilepsy dilemma
  • 30. The audience gives their views on epilepsy during an intersession
  • 31. A participant gives views on epilepsy during the forum theatre
  • 32. More views on epilepsy from a young positive
  • 33. Students closely look as a youth group creates awareness on Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) through drama.
  • 34. A young positive creates awareness on HIV/AIDS through music
  • 35. the young positives sing about hope for the already infected.
  • 36. young positives appreciate CHAIN for their partnerships with patient organizations
  • 37. TASO drama group creates awareness on HIV/AIDS through music and dance.
  • 38. Group discussions The participants were divided in groups of men, women, youth (male and female) to discuss the health literacy gaps and their roles in bridging the gaps
  • 39. The men's group shares knowledge on the different disease areas, and their responsibility as men on maternal health
  • 40. The male youth group discusses the different health conditions
  • 41. a youth shares knowledge on cancer in the male youth group
  • 42. CHAIN FC- disseminates IEC materials usually in the community. A youth from CHAIN football academy teaches fellow youth on how to improve health seeking behaviors.
  • 43. youth excited as their member talks about signs of sickle cell in children
  • 44. Women discuss on the infertility issue.
  • 45. Female youth talk about cancer
  • 46. Groups give feedback on the discussions
  • 47. Participants queue for HIV/AIDS counseling and testing
  • 49. Cancer counselling and screening Uganda cancer institute cancer screening mobile van
  • 50. A doctor from Uganda Cancer Institute explains how cancer screening is done
  • 51. With the use of model breasts participants learn how to do breast self-examination
  • 52. Nutrition As Doctor Kaggwa talks about good nutrition as being very important to the participants' health, CHAIN was able to emphasize his message by providing a well balanced diet meal to all participants.
  • 53. community children line up for a meal
  • 54.
  • 55. the dialogue attracted over 600 participants. 82 participants engaged in cancer screening, 67 females and 15males. 305 tested for HIV, and 20 were found positive.
  • 57.
  • 58. special thanks to; MSD Uganda Alliance of Patients’ Organizations(UAPO); Epilepsy Support Association Uganda(ESAU),Sickle Cell Association Uganda(SAU),Uganda Women’s Cancer Support Organization(UWOCASO),Action Group for Health, Human rights and HIV/AIDS(AGHA), Joyce Fertility Support Centre Uganda(JFSU), THE AIDS SUPPORT ORGANISATION(TASO),Uganda Child Cancer Foundation(UCCF), National Care Centre(NACARE), CONSENT and Community Health and Information Network(CHAIN) World Health Organization(WHO) GENERAL PUBLIC
  • 59. Community Health and Information Network (CHAIN) For more information contact; www.chainproject.co.ug Tell +256048660484 info@chainproject.co.ug regina@chainproject.co.ug