Health outreaches/Health Camps entitled
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The Lugei Foundation health care model adopts a health care package called the LUGEI HEALTH CARE PACKAGE divided into 4 major clusters. Emphasis during implementation of this clusters have been proven effective in reducing morbidity and mortality. The four clusters are described below.
A future in which the health of vulnerable population and their livelihoods are improved.
This cluster aims at increasing health awareness, and promoting community participation in health care delivery, access to quality health care, and utilization of health services. This is rolled out through development of IEC materials and trainings, use of Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWS) and Village Health Teams (VHTS). Appropriate medium of communication is used to roll this out.
This cluster will target sexual and reproductive health issues and Rights, including HIV and AIDS at the district, community and household level. Maternal and child health conditions carry the highest total burden of diseases at national, regional and global levels. LF continues to roll out comprehensive sexual and reproductive health core interventions. This will act as a Road map for accelerating but also contributing to the reduction of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality that will contribute towards the achievement of SDG3 Targets 1&2 by 2030.
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Communicable diseases account for 54% of the total burden of disease in Uganda and they include; those of major public health importance, major public health concern, and conditions of epidemic potential. LF aims to handle the following program areas with core interventions
Non-communicable diseases are an emerging problem in Uganda, as it’s the case in all developing countries.
NCDs include;
hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, mental illness, cancer, injuries as
well as oral
diseases. The increase in NCDs is due to multiple factors such as adoption of unhealthy lifestyles, and
metabolic side
effects. The majority of the NCDs are preventable through a broad range of simple, cost effective public
health
interventions that target the NCDs risk factors.
LF has undertaken evidence based strategies and interventions to combat NCDS in the areas of intervention
through health
systems programming.
The West Nile Region of Uganda lies within the hepatitis B belt region with an estimated third highest
burden of 18.5%
exposed to HBV in Uganda. With other regions having varying infection rates as follows: North East
(Karamoja) 23.9%,
North-Central (Gulu) 20.7%, Western 10%, Kampala 5.3%, Central 6.2% while South-West with 3.8%. Statistics
from Koboko
Health Office indicated a year ago that 18% (2,122) of the exposed total district population are infected
with chronic
HBV. Despite this glaring evidence there is no intervention in place to address this critical need of
linking clients
living positively with HBV to treatment, care and support. Two years ago the Ministry of Health rolled out
mass
campaigns to screen and vaccinate the whole population, starting with the HBV high burden areas as
highlighted above.
However, the intervention has not been effective, because the majority of those who vaccinated did not
complete the
3-Vaccines as required by the World Health Organisation and Ministry Of Health Uganda Guidelines.
Lugei Foundation therefore used the above evidence to design an intervention to response to the challenges
highlighted
above. The overall Goal of this intervention therefore is to increase health literacy among general
population and
create access to critical Hepatitis B&C services in Koboko District so as to improve health seeking
behavior and better
health outcomes.