Orphans and vulnerable children in Luweero praise Red Cross ...
In a two roomed house in Wakataayi Village, Kakakala Parish, Zirobwe Sub County, Luweero district lives 12 year old primary school going Nakku Sherinah. She studies in Primary four at Kijugumbya Primary school. The household has seven (7) members with a 50 year old Nakimuli Sarah (grand mother) as the family head and Nakku being the second elder child in this home.
From the six Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) in the family, she was lucky to have been selected to benefit from the Uganda Red Cross Society OVC Support program in Luwero Branch, Zi ...
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The Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) boasts of well equipped ambulances and quality first aid kits. The ambulances and first ai kits can be accessed through Musalaba Mwekundu Ltd, the company that moblises resources for Uganda Red Cross Society.
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Health and Care Department
Strategies
Building community capacity to manage common health emergencies and diseases and enhance road and water transport safety
Mobilize communities for donation of adequate and safe blood
Mitigation of the spread of HIV/Aids and TB through prevention, access to treatment, care and support of infected and affected persons
Increasing social mobilization and access to health services to reduce morbidity from malaria, immunizable diseases and other common diseases in the most affected communities
Improving access to safe and adequate water and improved sanitation at household and community levels in targeted areas
Increase awareness and improve access to reproductive health services in targeted communities
Sections
Water and Sanitation (WATSAN)
First Aid and Road Safety
Blood Donor Recruitment
HIV/AIDS, TB control
Social Mobilization for Immunization and Malaria Control
Reproductive Health
Key activities
Review and update first aid curriculum and training manual
Develop, produce and distribute/conduct Information Education and Communication campaigns
Follow up trainers in first aid to monitor skills utilization
Produce equipment and essential products for first aid
Establish first aid action teams at the community level
Scale up activities in first aid casualty response
Conduct regular refreshers training for recipients and instructors of basic first aid skills
Roll out road safety to other branches located on busy highways
Paint on regular basic pedestrian crossings
Conduct Information Education and Communication campaigns on road and water transport safety
Strengthen capacity at all levels to respond to public health emergencies
Scale up blood donor education and mobilization
Form and strengthen donor clubs and follow up donors to encourage them to join
Provide pre and post blood donation counseling services
Training and skills development for volunteers in donor mobilization, Counseling and data management
Scale up motivation mechanisms for blood donors
Strengthen partnerships with UBTS, MoH and other key actors
Develop a mechanism for monitoring access to blood and blood products.
Scale up sensitization and anti-stigma campaigns for HIV and AIDS
Prevention, access to treatment, care and support in communities
Scale up sensitization campaigns for TB prevention and access to treatment
Develop referral networks with other service agencies for HIV/AIDS
Enhance coping mechanisms for orphans and vulnerable children to mitigate impact of AIDS
Provide comprehensive Home Based Care services to the most affected people living with HIV and Aids
Hold awareness campaigns on malaria control and treatment
Promote use of insecticide treated nets and other preventive technologies
Roll out campaigns to sensitize and mobilize communities for immunization
Identify communities with acute water needs
Increase community awareness on safe water and sanitation practices
Partner with communities to provide SWS in target areas
Increase access to SWS in target areas
Support rehabilitation of and maintenance of existing non-functional SWS in target areas
Improve community management of hygiene
Improve awareness and access to reproductive services through the promotion of community friendly reproductive services
Enhance capacity of people in branches to provide reproductive health services
In a two roomed house in Wakataayi Village, Kakakala Parish, Zirobwe Sub County, Luweero district lives 12 year old primary school going Nakku Sherinah. She studies in Primary four at Kijugumbya Primary school. The household has seven (7) members with a 50 year old Nakimuli Sarah (grand mother) as the family head and Nakku being the second elder child in this home. 
