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The Project for Construction of a Children's HIV/AIDS and Primary Health Care Service Centre
1. Project Detail
Organisation |
Nurture Africa |
Amount of funding |
US$ 182,511 |
Signatory |
Mr. Brian Iredale, Chief Executive Officer |
Name of the project |
The Project for Construction of a Children's HIV/AIDS and Primary Health Care Service Centre |
Location of the project |
Wakiso District |
Items that were funded through this project |
Construction of a Children's HIV/AIDS and Primary Health Care Service Centre |
Date of Grant Signing |
21st November 2013 |
Nurture Africa is located in Wakiso District next to Kampala where most of the population commutes to Kampala on a daily basis. Nurture Africa was established in 2006 and operates an HIV/AIDS and primary health care service centre for free of charge in an area with the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in the country. It is the only medical centre which provides pediatric HIV/AIDS and mother to child transmission prevention and treatment services in the area. However, the facilities at the current centre are too small to provide urgent medical care. In addition, there is no other health centre providing male-circumcision in the area despite the fact that the government encourages free male circumcision as a means of HIV/AIDS prevention according to Uganda’s national strategic plan. As a result, the people have limited access to their HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, and its prevalence remains at a high level. This project, by constructing children’s HIV/AIDS and Primary Health Care Service Centre will benefit more than 20,000 people.
2. Grant Contract Ceremony
H.E. Junzo Fujita, the Ambassador of Japan to Uganda, and Mr. Brian Iredale, Chief Executive Officer, have signed the grant contract with on 21st November 2013 at the Embassy of Japan.
Ambassador signing the Grant Contract Handing over of the Grant Contract
Speech by implementing organization Commemorative photo
