Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights – Mu-Ultra Health Foundation (MHF) dedicates itself to promoting sexual reproductive health and rights. It strives to raise awareness and improve governance in sexual reproduction, maternal child health, and nutrition. MHF empowers women and youth to advocate for both qualitative and quantitative Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) services, maternal and child healthcare, and HIV/AIDS care. The program aims to address the vulnerabilities of sex workers and young girls, providing access to safer post-abortion care and advocating for the elimination of barriers. MHF follows a human rights-based approach, ensuring accessibility, acceptability, and participation in rural areas.
Explore Mu-Ultra Health Foundation‘s primary health care programs in Uganda, covering Sexual Reproductive Health, HIV/AIDS prevention, Mental Health support, Water Hygiene, and Food & Nutrition assistance for women, youth, and vulnerable populations.
HIV/AIDS and STIs Prevention and Care: Under MHF’s HIV/AIDS program, the foundation focuses on awareness and breaking barriers to comprehensive care services. Specifically, it targets at-risk populations like sex workers (both local and refugees) and youths, including boda-boda riders, for epidemic control through various strategies such as HIV testing, partner notification, social networking, and support for drug adherence. The program addresses challenges posed by punitive laws and stigma, which hinder access to HIV prevention, treatment, and support services. It also emphasizes sexual transmission, drug use, cervical cancer, and mother-to-child transmission screenings, conducting outreach and mobile clinics in rural communities.
Mental Health and Self-Stigma: MHF integrates mental health services with HIV care, recognizing the interplay between mental health and HIV. Adolescents, in particular, face heightened vulnerability to both HIV and mental health conditions during this critical life stage. The program addresses issues such as violence, substance use, and mental health screenings. It provides support through peer groups, safe spaces, individual counseling, and community interventions to improve mental health among vulnerable groups. MHF also acknowledges the importance of addressing mental health comorbidities among those living with HIV.
Water Hygiene and Sanitation: MHF’s Water, Hygiene, and Sanitation program focuses on enhancing general health by increasing access to clean and safe water, promoting good hygiene practices, and providing adequate sanitation facilities. Through partnerships with various stakeholders, MHF constructs water sources and rainwater harvesting tanks in schools, households, and communities. The foundation adopts both rights-based and service-based approaches, empowering women and vulnerable youth as primary beneficiaries to sustain these facilities, thus contributing to improved overall health.
Food and Nutrition: Recognizing the significance of agriculture in Uganda’s rural areas, MHF’s Food and Nutrition program aims to empower women and youth. This program combines financial and technical assistance to promote food security, nutrition, agribusiness, livestock rearing, and microcredit initiatives. MHF focuses on capacity building in sustainable agriculture, fostering improved farming practices, harvesting techniques, value addition, marketing, and business management. Target beneficiaries also receive training in cooperative development and governance, with the goal of establishing functioning cooperatives involved in various facets of the agricultural production cycle. MHF further supports farmers and small business owners by offering advisory services and small loans to stimulate investments and economic empowerment.
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