Association of Uganda Women Medical Doctors (AUWMD) Projects and Activities

Projects & Activities

The AUWMD has undertaken various projects and activities over the past 15 years, including:

Peer providers being trained in a refresher course by the Catriona and Judy Wechesler from Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, at Namirembe Guest House.

AUWMD’s Present Activities

Most of the activities of AUWMD described above are ongoing. In addition, the association carries out the following projects:

Parents Project: November 2000 - May 2002
Funded by PPNNE
This project came out of a challenge identified during implementation of the Adolescent Friendly Reproductive Health Services Project. Parents, community leaders and school administrators were lacking the knowledge and skills of dealing with adolescent health problems. The project activities include sensitisation sessions with local leaders, meeting with parents and school administrators in the Kawempe Division and the training of parents in adolescent sexuality, effective communication and counselling, growth and development, teenage pregnancy STIs etc. New materials have been developed for the training sessions.

Outreaches in Kyanja, KCC Kampala Nakawa Division: 1999 to Present
The project activities include identifying health problems faced by the people of Kyanja and discussing the priority health needs, discuss factors that contribute to the mentioned health problems and suggest possible solutions. The association is designing ways of providing sustainable health services for Kyanja.