Organization Background
Oyo Paul the Director / Founder of St. Mary’s Adi Community Health Center Service came up with health care organization project due to his humble background being born along the roadside under the tree before his Mother could reaching the only clinic in 8 Km by then and given the second name ” Oyo ” meaning the child born along side the road in Luo culture .
St. Mary’s ADI community health center was established in 2014 in Kayunga district in Uganda. In 2015 it acquired legal status as a Community Based Health Care Organization through the Ministry of Health. The goal of St. Mary’s ADI is to efficiently improve health through health education , disease prevention , high quality treatment services and research. It was officially incorporated in 2015 by Oyo Paul and board of directors in response to the dire situation faced by the resident of Kayunga. It has a strong track record of fundraising through private donors.
The health center has been offering free and affordable health care services to people within the community. It has provided the following services; Antenatal Care, Delivering, Immunization , Medical Care , Laboratory test , HIV.AIDS Counselling , Family Planning and Dental Care .
Key Targets
The health center is continue offering the services mentioned above. It employs qualified medical personnel to provide quality services. It seeks to contribute towards achieving the 90-90-90 UNAIDS targets (90% of people living with HIV should know their status, 90% who know their status should be on Anti- Retro viral Therapy, 90 % of those on ART should be virologic ally suppressed ). To achieve this, the organization seeks to increase access to comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment for persons living with HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis in Kayunga and the surrounding districts. It shall seek to reduce the rates of new infections among young people who are most at risk through health education and mobilization for HIV testing, active linkage into care for the HIV positive persons, implementing differentiated HIV service delivery models that will improve care outcomes for enrolled HIV patients and acceptability of services. It will provide nutritional support to children with severe and moderate forms of malnutrition and will ensure that there is sufficient supply of medicines to treat any opportunistic infection that persons with HIV/AIDS (PHAs) present with. Laboratory reagents to carry out the necessary investigation will be provided and support to most needy PHAs will be provided so that they can access specially care and imaging services such as ultrasound scan, X-ray and physiotherapy.
The beneficiaries who are children , men and women including the elderly are expected to have improved quality of life and increased survival.
It will also track:
- The number of children <15 years and adolescents 15-24 years actively retained in care .
The number of clients mobilized by HIV positive volunteers offered free HIV testing services and linked to care and prevention services.
The numbers of malnourished children provided with supplemental food items.
The number of terminally ill persons offered home -based care and how many have returned to active work.
The number of clients receiving treatment of opportunities infections and those receiving support for laboratory investigations.
The number of mosquito nets treated to prevent malaria.