Most At Risk Populations' Society in Uganda (MARPS in Uganda)

Health Navigator We use health Promotion and Navigation skills to promote effective involvement by persons and communities in self-care and social care skills promotion. We are participatory prevention practitioners. Carter (2018) in “Navigation delivery models and roles of navigators in primary care: a scoping literature review,”     draws our attention to whom a Navigator is. Fragmentation of the social services systems has led to the need for connectors or advocates. In our case we use a navigator. There are roles and navigation service delivery models in grassroots based service deliver, care provision and agency. This in turn has led to various navigation models and as we continue to serve different population groups we realise we need a better understanding through a description of the roles of navigators and models of navigation at various levels including grassroots. We asked Wasswa Chris, a Social Justice Health Promotion Activist for five years; an End ...

Come be part of us. We could not believe it when we put ourselves through a hard eligibility criteria through which one becomes a delegate of the AIDS Conference. We had to have a person who was well trained in research work. Then, we were mobilised into a cohesive group of key informants with the task of reaching out to others. We did nit just reach out for sake of it! We had to align our work with the vision: refugee integration on local host communities; end to TB/HIV/Malaria by 2030 integrating COVID-19; Elimination of violence against women; adopting UN Observances to continue raising awareness and focus around quality life influences; strategic public health awareness, promotion and advocacy. We had to get down to it! We are so thrilled that refugees can now be part of the AIDS 2020 Conference. The  AIDS 2020: Virtual  conference  is a gathering which will take place online and all the people have a common interest or background in eradicating HIV, TB a...

Safe-Guarding the Elderly Persons, COVID-19 and Beyond According to the UN Secretary General, “The COVID-19 pandemic is causing untold fear and suffering for older people across the world. Beyond its immediate health impact, the pandemic is putting older people at greater risk of poverty, discrimination and isolation. It is likely to have a particularly devastating impact on older people in developing countries.” According to the Business Insider article, “the coronavirus doesn't infect all patients equally according to the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention The study collected data from more than 44,000 confirmed patients in China through February 11, offering one of broadest depictions of how COVID-19 (the disease caused by the virus) operates in humans.” COVID-19 has shown that there is need to establish social skills and life promoting factors that address the physical and mental status of the elderly in communities so that we are more in po...

International Albinism Awareness Day-2020 There are quality life-promoting goals which are also motivations or catalysts contributing to our self-actualisation we aspire to. In order to achieve the goals we need to deploy agency, autonomy and self-determination to acquire self-actualisation. Some such goals are ideals like: respect, dignity, security, safety and productivity in one’s lifetime. If you are a community with albino children or if you are a family taking care of an albino child, there are tips we researched from Mayo Clinic for you. Lifestyle and home remedies You can help your child learn self-care practices that should continue into adulthood: Use low vision aids, such as a hand-held magnifying glass, a monocular or a magnifier that attaches to glasses, and a tablet synced to a smart board (an interactive electronic board with a touch screen) in the classroom. Always use sunscreen with a sun protection factor (SPF) of 30 o...

A Born Well Child Campaign 9 th  June- 8 th  July 2020 COVID-19 and Aggression toward Children When you are an adult and that child cannot access hand-washing materials due to your actions or inaction, then that is a COVID-19 related vulnerability and aggression.  We must provide opportunities for children to grow and develop well. Every child has the right to be born well, to be cared for and raised well. When you are a family and the children cannot access food, care, love, compassion, privacy, agency, autonomy and self-determination tools, then that is aggression. When you are a community and that community cannot provide the necessary safety nets to avoid COVID-19, then that is aggression. There are different  types of abuses: ·           Physical abuse. ·           sexual child abuse (Rape, molestation, child pornography) ·     ...