ICOBI Hosts Harvard Professor
We are privileged to host Prof Norma Ware from the Havard Medical School, Boston USA to boost the qualitative aspects of the Delivery Optimization for Anti Retroviral Therapy study project (DoART).
Strengthening Community Health Plan For All
ICOBI with support from UPHSP funded by USAID is implementing a community mobilization activity for CHI in 4 districts of Uganda. The four target districts are Sheema and Rukungiri in Western Uganda and Jinja and Wakiso in central and Eastern Uganda. The overall goal of this proposed project is to contribute to the increased access [...]
Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs) to Conduct HIV Testing & Counselling in Sheema & near by Parishes
Having completed their training today (5th September, 2016) at the ICOBI Offices in Kabwohe, Sheema, Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs) have been commissioned and are to begin Conducting HIV Testing & Counselling (HTC)in 32 parishes of Sheema & near by Parishes. 65 in number, the CHEWs received skills of conducting HTC, kits,gloves, biohazard bags, lancets [...]
ICOBI Emerges as 2nd Runner Up in the Uganda HIV/AIDS Leadership Awards 2016 Under the “National NGO” Category
Each year, the Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC) together with HIV&AIDS Implementing partners, AIDS Development Partners (ADPs), Civil Society, People Living with HIV (PLHIV) and Ministries, Departments and Agencies celebrate and honor the contribution made by individuals and organizations for their outstanding commitment & support to the HIV/AIDS response in Uganda. The public was invited to [...]
Wakiso & Jinja VSLA Group Leaders visit Sheema & Rukungiri
ICOBI under the Community Health Plan for All Project, organized a field exchange visit from August 11th – 13th, 2016 in the districts of Sheema and Rukungiri. The 38 visitors were Financial Savings group leaders from Jinja and Wakiso districts as well as some community stakeholders and community volunteers/facilitators. One of the goals of the [...]
DO ART Study
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has tremendous potential to prevent HIV-associated morbidity, mortality and transmission.1,2 With reliable ART supply and monitoring, the life expectancy of HIV-positive persons in southern Africa is comparable to that of HIV-negative persons.2 However, HIV-associated mortality continues to be high among HIV-positive persons not diagnosed and not engaged in care. Of the 35 [...]
Sustainable Outcomes for Children and Youth (SOCY)– Central and Western Uganda
Project summary: ICOBI is implementing a household-based response to empower vulnerable children, youths and their caregivers to reduce their vulnerability and improve their wellbeing. The project is implemented in the Southwestern districts of Bushenyi, Rukungiri, Kiruhura, Kabale and Isingiro. The project targets to reach a total of 150453 direct beneficiaries (including vulnerable children and their [...]
Community Health Plan for All
The ICOBI Community Health Plan for ALL is a community health strengthening project targeting households with individuals in organized groups of people already involved in financial saving activities like Savings and Credit Cooperatives (SACCOs), Village Savings and Lending Associations (VSLAs), Saving and Internal Lending Community (SILC groups) and other informal Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs). The [...]
OVC Empower Project
Background ICOBI with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the second round of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief - PEPFAR’s New Partners Initiative (NPI) implemented a household based response for OVC project in South Western Uganda. The project enhanced the ability of 19,000 OVC and their households to [...]
ICOBI SACCO
ICOBI SACCO is an end result of a protracted effort to alleviate poverty from such disadvantaged family households. It emerged from ICOBI Livelihoods Improvement Program (ICOLIP) an outcome of 2008/11 USAID supported Empower households to reduce vulnerability (EMPOWER) OVC Project. ICOBI SACCO was formally registered with Cooperatives in July 2011 and currently has a total [...]