7th International Conference on Peer Education, Sexuality, HIV and AIDS

1. A NEED FOR IMPROVED PEER EDUCATION AND HIV/AIDS
SERVICES AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING
PRESENTATION BY ACEN HILDA NAYIIDA
EMAIL:nayiidilda@gmail.com/ acenhildanayiida1@gmail.com
TELEPHONE:+256773119260/+256705236589

2. Introduction:
 -Peer educators is a student focused
group whose aim is to build the
capacity of students in peer
education, reproductive health
information services & increase to
access and utilization to a youth
friendly HIV/AIDs Prevalence on
behavioral change communication
(BCC)
 -Young people feel more comfortable
receiving information from people of
the same age group rather than from
adults.(www.ippf,2009)
 More students joining institutions of
higher learning with HIV are at risk
and their adulthood.
 Young people aged 15-24 are also
being newly infected-45% of all new
adult infections.
 Various programs on behavioral
intervention and policies have
focused on students of institutions of
higher learning:-needs of young
PLHIV have remained unmet.
 Latest data indicate fewer than 40%
of young people have basic
information about sexuality, sexual
Health rights and HIV/AIDS.

3. Context continued:
 Young people continue to face
considerable social and cultural barriers
to accessing comprehensive sexual and
reproductive health information and
services because sex and related matters
is a taboo.
 Adolescent and youth-friendly sexual
reproductive Health rights services
provision is still at just 5% for all public
and private service
providers.(UPFYA,Policy and legislative
Agenda 2015/2016)
 Only 10% of public health facilities in
Uganda provide youth friendly sexual and
reproductive health services(RHU,2014)
 In sub-Saharan Africa,73% of all
approximately newly infected are
females.

4.  Good will peer educators are young
people(ladies and gentlemen) who
make a difference in their communities
by volunteering their time,energy and
talents to educate others.
 Aim to influence & change the
behaviors positively,attitudes and
practices of community members.
 Peer -to-peer communication and
guidance and counselling for is for
promoting HIV prevalence prevention.
 In this case behavioral interventions
and reduction on HIV prevalence is
realized towards Zero Aids.
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5. methodology: Role of peer educators in
behavioral interventions
Safe male circumcision
Step 1:Identified outreach activity
conducted HCT by peer
educators through mobilization
Step 2: Peer educators exercise and discuss data
to identify issues concerning behavioral
components among students in their student drop-
in –center in kyambogo university.
HIV counselling & Testing Peer educators on data
decision making.

6. Step 3: using behavioral change
communication technique to guide
& counsel a respondent preparing
for SMC.
Step 4: conducting onsite
HIV Counselling
Step 5: Rightly on spot peer
educators on data clearing
and analysis

7. Results :
-HIV Testing and Safe male circumcision was recorded over a total of 8977.
-Out of 8977 ,6733 desired to get circumcised ,representing a percentage of 75% of the
males.
-Out of the number of students tested ,75 were tested positive, representing a percentage
of 1.2%
-5835 students Consistently used condoms representing a percentage of 65%.
LETS TAKE BOLD STEPS TOWRDS ZERO HIV/AIDS”.
GOOD BYE!!!!!!!