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Organization Contact Information

Name: Universal Health and Development Foundation (UHDF)
Street 1: Kachonga Subcounty Butaleja District
Street 2:
City: Kampala
Province: Eastern Uganda
Post Code: Uganda
Country: Uganda
Phone: +256782173795
Organization Email: info@uhdfoundation.org
Web Site:
Other Online Presence: https://www.facebook.com/uhdfoundation/

Focal Point Contact Information

Salutation: Mr.
First Name: Mwesi
Last Name: Yosia Habagaya
Title: Founder and Director of Operations
Email: habagayamwesi@yahoo.com
Phone: +256706180662

Alternate Focal Point Contact Information

Salutation: Dr.
First Name: Jennifer
Last Name: Mungherera Njenga
Title: Executive Director
Email: njenga_jennifer@yahoo.com
Phone:  

General Information

Board Constituency: None
Is your organization legally registered in your country: Yes
If yes, please enter your registration number: 80020001910909
Organization Type - Primary: Non-Governmental Organization
Organization Type - Secondary: Community-Based Organization (CBO)
Organization Description:
We envision communities empowered to live healthy and prosperous lives, free from preventable diseases and other health risks. Our mission is to promote and improve the well-being of people in rural and hard-to-reach areas through advocacy, health education, creation of self-sufficiency, and linkage to quality health and social services with overall community participation and involvement.

Our interest in tuberculosis stems from the fact that we serve to most disadvantaged population of rural and hard to reach areas. These populations experience high inadequacies and inequity in health services delivery. There is also a tendance of poor health services seeking behavior among the populations and conditions like Tuberculosis are diagnosed late, misdiagnosed and some time un-diagnosed at all. Through our public health education activities we have tried to raise awareness but there is need for collaborations from community to international level in order to share learnings and strengthen efforts to Zero TB in communities.

We plan to continue creating awareness about the impact of TB, coordinating and linking clients to screenings, treatment and care centres. We would also want to participate in policy formulations and track implementation of different policies and guidelines both in communities, facilities and regional levels.
 
Do you know about the UNHLM declaration: Yes

Specializations / Areas of Work

Advocacy
Civil Society and Community Engagement
Engaging political leaders and ensuring inclusive leadership
Working on Community, Rights and Gender (CRG)

Other Organization Information

Total number of staff in your organization: 11 - 25
Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: 1 - 5
Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: 1 - 5
Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: 1 - 5
 
How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: Stop TB communications
If you were informed or referred by another partner of the Stop TB Partnership please tell us who:
Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: Technical assistance and advice
 
Are you a member of a Stop TB national partnership: Uganda
Are you in contact with your national TB programme: No
Please tell us how your organization is contributing to your country's national TB control plan:
We continue working to creating awareness about the impact of TB, coordinating and linking clients to screenings, treatment and care centres. We also participate in policy formulations and track implementation of different policies and guidelines both in communities, facilities and regional levels.
 

Geographical Reach

Which country is your headquarters located in: Uganda
Which countries do you do operate in:
(This includes countries you are conducting activities in)
Unknown

Contribution

Please tell us how your organization will contribute to the Global Plan to Stop TB by briefly describing its involvement in any of the areas of work listed below:

TB Care Delivery:
We plan to hold massive awareness media campaigns starting from November 2019 until June 2020, Community dialogues and engaging community and district leaders.

Drug-Resistant TB:
Media health Education on DR-TB Novemver 2019 to June 2020

TB-HIV:
Continued community health Education, screening and linkages to care and this in ongoing.

Laboratory Strengthening:
Advocating to government to train and recruit more Laboratory health workers

New Diagnostics:
Advocating to government to invest resources in delivering, and building capacity of health workers.

New TB Drugs:
Advocating to government and other agencies to invest resources in delivering, and building capacity of health workers.

Fundamental Research:
Advocating for improved and fundamental research and speeding up the implementation of national guidelines and policies for effectiveness.

Declaration

Declaration of interests:
No conflicts of interest were delacred.

Application date: September 11, 2019
Last updated: September 11, 2019