SCOPE
Greetings and welcome to SCOPE,
the official newsletter of the AIM Programme.
SCOPE is released on a quarterly basis,
and contains news and information regarding
the AIM programme. It is our intention
to keep our partners informed about all
of our activities as the programme develops.
Your suggestions, comments and input
will ensure that this information is
relevant to those who receive it.
The AIM quarterly publication SCOPE continues
to reach an audience of about 3,000 readers,
including district personnel, grantees,
and national partners.
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Please note that the pages are laid
out in bulletin format and are not
in numerical order.
Volume
1, October 2001
Volume
2, December 2001
Volume
3, March 2002
Volume
4, July 2002
Volume
5, February 2003
Volume
6, September 2003
Volume
7, June 2004
Programme Documents
HIV Counseling and Testing (HCT) Toolkit for Coordinators and Supervisors
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the toolkit (PDF,
1858 KB)
Training Manual for the Management of Opportunistic Infections in HIV/AIDS for Operational Level Health Workers
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the manual (PDF,
878 KB)
Implementation of TB/HIV Collaborative Activities at District Level: An Orientation Manual for Health Workers
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the manual (PDF,
320 KB)
Facilitator's Manual for Training District Health Workers in Tuberculosis
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the manual (PDF,
1198 KB)
Tuberculosis Case Management Desk Aide
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the manual (PDF,
151 KB)
National Treatment Guidelines for Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Uganda
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the manual (PDF,
174 KB)
Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment Guidelines for Use by Operational Level Health Workers in Uganda
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the manual (PDF,
659 KB)
Sexually Transmitted Infections Training Manual for Trainers of Operational Level Health Workers in Uganda
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the manual (PDF,
772 KB)
Integrated Care for Orphans and other Vulnerable Children: A Toolkit for Community Service Providers
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the manual (PDF,
2133 KB)
Integrated Care for Orphans and other Vulnerable Children: A Training Manual for Community Service Providers
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the manual (PDF,
2342 KB)
Report on Pre-test of VCT Toolkit
This report presents the findings from
pre-test of the Voluntary Counseling
and Testing (VCT) Toolkit developed
by the AIM Programme. The pre-test
methodology was designed with technical
assistance from World Education,
Inc. and conducted for AIM by Communication
for Development Foundation Uganda
(CDFU). The Toolkit was pre-tested
using focus group discussions, in-depth
interviews among VCT providers and
managers, and a combined review of
user logs and self-administered questionnaires
from district VCT personnel. Based
on the results of this pre-test,
the Toolkit was revised and expanded
to become the HIV counselling and
testing (HCT) toolkit. The HCT Toolkit
was launched by the Ministry of Health
at a national dissemination workshop
in September 2005.
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the report (PDF,
169 KB)
AIM Brochure
Revised in 2003 to reflect changes made
to the AIM program, the brochure
provides relevant information about
AIM, and is updated from time to
time to reflect current programming
and achievements.
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the brochure (PDF,
312 KB)
AIM Annual Reports
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Programme Year One Annual Report (PDF,
512 KB)
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Programme Year Two Annual Report (PDF,
1285 KB)
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Programme Year Three Annual Report (PDF,
307 KB)
AIM Programme Information Sheet
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Uganda has made significant progress in
combating its AIDS epidemic, although
numerous challenges remain. HIV and TB
services are not uniformly available,
and their quality and regularity is affected
by gaps in infrastructure, human resources
and funding. Services that are available
are often clustered in towns with few
outreach and referral mechanisms in place.
Through the AIM Programme, JSI Research & Training
Institute, Inc., in partnership with
World Education, is promoting the expansion
of critical HIV/AIDS and TB services
for communities and families in 16 districts
in Uganda.
The AIM Programme features:
- capacity building of service providers,
managers and key institutions;
- support to districts to improve planning,
coordination, and monitoring and
evaluation;
- linkages with other disease interventions
like malaria, STI, and tuberculosis;
- support for network models that link
people to HIV/AIDS services;
- development of referral networks
that integrate HIV/AIDS services;
- targeted service delivery grants
to the public sector and civil society;
- quality assurance initiatives to
improve quality of clinical and community
services;
- funding for equipment and infrastructure
improvements.
UPDATE: March 2005
Beginning in January, 2004 AIM became
an implementing partner of the President's
Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
which targets 15 countries for achieving
a major impact in prevention, treatment,
and care and support services.
AIM contributes to the Uganda Country
Operational Plan under PEPFAR in the
area of care and support, although significant
activities in prevention remain. AIM
supports the greater involvement of people
living with HIV and AIDS, and provides
strong program support to the growing
number of networks of people living with
HIV and AIDS at sub-district level
To strengthen the delivery of much-needed
services, AIM conducted a targeted solicitation
of proposals in the 16 districts in conjunction
with district authorities. Through an
intensive process of grants review and
modification a large number of public
sector and civil society organizations
have received grant funding from AIM,
including 43 faith-based organizations.
Grantees also benefit from technical
assistance, training and other support
from AIM staff on a regular basis.
RESULTS
Key Achievements include:
- Since October, 2003, over 17,000
persons have received training in
HIV/AIDS and TB clinical and laboratory
services, management, psychosocial
support, and other key areas;
- Support for 69 PMTCT sites, over
320 facilities offering TB and OI
treatment, and 98 sites that deliver
full VCT services;
- Support for equipment, training,
refurbishment and supervision in
87 laboratories;
- Award of 300 grants totaling 10.34
million dollars to support district
and national level organizations
delivering prevention, care and support
services;
- Since October, 2004 over 38,000 PMTCT
clients, 70,000 VCT clients and 25,000
OVC have been served by AIM-supported
grantees.
The Resource Centre
In collaboration with the Uganda Programme
for Human and Holistic Development (UPHOLD),
AIM has developed Resource Centers that
meet the information needs of a variety
of clients, including AIM staff, staff
from other projects, students, researchers,
government officials, health care workers,
district partners and the general public.
Four fully functional resource centers,
one based at headquarters (Kampala) and
three housed in the AIM regional offices
of Lira, Soroti and Bushenyi, have been
established. Each has internet access,
which contributes to greater use of information
resources.
Users at the H/Q
Resource Center (Kampala)
The centers provide access to both hard
and soft copy reference materials on
HIV/AIDS, interventions, studies, NGO
management and sector specific resources.
A variety of information materials including
books, newspapers, brochures, newsletters,
video tapes, CD-ROM, reports, studies
and other documents are available at
all the centers. Simple materials in
local languages form part of the regional
resource centers holdings to cater for
community members with low levels of
literacy. Within the broad areas of prevention,
care and support for HIV/AIDS and treatment,
resource centers have information on:
voluntary counseling and testing; prevention
of mother to child transmission; opportunistic
infections; sexually transmitted infections;
abstinence, faithfulness and condoms;
antiretroviral therapy; laboratory services;
public and community health; family planning
and reproductive health; HIV/AIDS and
children; HIV/AIDS and youth; HIV/AIDS
and conflict in Uganda; malaria; tuberculosis;
and primary, secondary and tertiary education.
In addition, information is available
on disease epidemiology, research, policies,
monitoring and evaluation, capacity building,
district profiles, training, advocacy,
women, logistics and best practices.
Access to online journals and electronic
databases, such as HINARI and PERI, further
enhance the resource base.
All registered users of the centers enjoy
the following services: reading space,
borrowing of materials, regular video
shows, free access to the internet, regular
information exhibitions, and information
searches on request. AIM resource centers
collaborate with 43 other resource centers
in the country to share and exchange
information free of charge.
For any enquiry, please contact: info@aimuganda.org or RCentre@upholduganda.org
First Floor, Nakawa
House
Plot 3-7 Port Bell Road
P.O. Box 12009
Kampala, Uganda
Phone: +256 +41 222011/19-21, +31 260657/8
Fax: +256 +41 2220356
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