Young people and adolescent peer supporters

Congratulations Agaba Frank Yaps kanungu HCIV Mr Yplus 2022 western uganda .Yaps family is proud of you .Thanks Junior yaps Taso Mbarara and mukama Emanuel Yaps kashenshero HCIII for support given to Frank .

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A supportive family and community offer the best form of psychosocial support to young people like CALEB who are experiencing mental health issues as compared to professional therapy as depicted in .

To all parents, try to re-establish and strengthen relationships with your children to create a natural support mechanism that will boost their self-confidence and sense of control over their lives before you lose them to poor mental health.

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With ever-increasing inequalities, intersectionality coupled with natural disasters, and conflicts AGYW continue to be at the centre of a converging health crisis that threatens our health, safety, and well-being.

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Meet Eric, the peer educator

Improving HIV care among adolescents and young people in Western Uganda

By Masturah Chemisto



UNICEF Uganda/2021/Kabuye

25 January 2022

As the tall young man walks towards the brick house at a homestead in Mugusu Town Council in Kabarole District, 12-year-old Harriet jumps up and greets him with a huge smile on her face.

“Eric teaches me how to swallow my medicine. When I go to the health centre, he takes my temperature, measures my weight, and checks if I am healthy and eating well,” says Harriet.

Eric Busingye, 20 years, is a young people and adolescent peer supporter (YAPS) programme member recruited in 2019. The YAPS Programme is an initiative of the Ministry of Health and partners including UNICEF, Global Fund with funding from SIDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Eric is one of 112 peer supporters recruited under the YAPS Model implemented by Baylor-Uganda in seven districts in south western Uganda including Kabarole with the aim of improving the quality of care for adolescents and addressing problems of poor retention in HIV care and low viral load suppression among HIV positive young adults.

The peer supporters who themselves are living with HIV, are trained to support peers to improve their drug adherence and ensure the HIV virus is suppressed. The YAPS also link and refer young people for HIV services such as counseling, drug adherence, home visits and health education on HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.

When Eric became a YAPS member in 2019, he was linked to 23 adolescents who had unsuppressed viral loads. 21 of the 23 supported adolescents are now virally suppressed with copies of the virus in the blood less than 200 per mililitre.

“I counsel them and ensure that they go for care at the health facility. If they miss an appointment, I follow up, visit them at home to deliver their drugs and seek out other underlying issues causing failure in adherence. My work is to en

https://www.unicef.org/uganda/stories/9000-30-two-years great thanks to Young people and adolescent peer supporters Yaps program for supporting adolescent and young people living with HIV .

From 9,000 to 30 in two years Peer education is playing a vital role in HIV viral load suppression among adolescents in Eastern Uganda

Roll out of the YAPS Program in the UPDF District supported Health Facilities. This activity that started on 14th February 2022 includes seven health facilities that operate under the UPDF gazetted UPDF Barracks.

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Birthdays are like chocolate. It's best not to keep count of how many you have, and just enjoy them instead. Happy birthday to the sweetest Yaps mother 💘😻💜💛💚🧡💘😻💜💛💚🧡💘😻💜💛💚🧡💘

Happy birth Martin Yaps kambuga hospital kanungu district.

RDC and Chairman lCV Rukiga District sharing remarks during Yaps District Entry meeting .

𝑨𝒏𝒌𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒀𝑨𝑷𝑺 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒌𝒊𝒄𝒌-𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚 30𝒕𝒉, 𝑨𝒖𝒈𝒖𝒔𝒕 2021 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑭𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑵𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒐, 𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒂, 𝑰𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒐, 𝑲𝒂𝒛𝒐, 𝑹𝒖𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒛𝒊, 𝑴𝒊𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒎𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑩𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒚𝒊 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑴𝒃𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒂 𝑪𝒊𝒕𝒚.

On Saturday 21/8/2021 Yaps from kabarole district had a radio talk show on YC FM based in Fortportal Tourism city topic ,Role of yaps /Young people in Health service delivery.

YAPS District Mentors and Facility Supervisors Training for kasese and Bunyangabo 16-20th August 2021.

The 5 day Yaps training that started on Monday 16/8/2021 ,Ended on Friday 20/8/2021 ,Yaps from kabale ,kanungu and Rukungiri are ready to support their peers fellow adolescents and young people from their respective districts.

YAPS District Mentors and Facility Supervisors Training for Ankole- (Mitooma, Sheema, Kazo, Rubirizi, Isingiro and Ntungamo) underway. 16-20th August 2021

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