Ekwash Elgon HIV Empowerment Organization

08/08/2026

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29/07/2026

🌟 Case-Based Learning Series at Namakwekwe HCIII 🌟

Today, we explored the crucial role of Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs) in tackling Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) in our community. Their involvement goes beyond just clinical detection — they are vital in building trust, reducing stigma, and providing psychosocial support to encourage voluntary testing.

CHEWs act as trusted links between health services and our people, helping to dispel myths, manage fears, and promote early diagnosis. Their empathetic communication and community engagement are key to making SCD testing accessible, acceptable, and effective.

This approach highlights the importance of integrating clinical, social, and psychological strategies to improve health outcomes. It’s all about working together to create a supportive environment where every individual feels empowered to take charge of their health!

Join us at Namakwekwe HCIII as we continue this enlightening case-based learning series — together, we can make a difference! 💙✨


U.S. Embassy Uganda Ministry of Health- Uganda UNAIDS Ekwash Elgon HIV Empowerment Organization The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) The Global Fund World Health Organization (WHO)

07/07/2026

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06/07/2026

Handling health dynamics in an integrated health setting involves coordinated management of diverse healthcare components to ensure seamless patient care, optimize health outcomes, and adapt to evolving health needs through collaborative, patient-centered approaches.
Ministry of Health- Uganda CDC U.S. Embassy Uganda UNAIDS The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) World Health Organization (WHO)

06/07/2026

Empowering Communities Through Seamless Linkage and Chronic Care Integration: The Ekwash Elgon Approach

At Ekwash Elgon HIV Empowerment Organization, we believe that effective healthcare begins with strong linkage—the vital connection that guides individuals from diagnosis to comprehensive care. Linkage isn't just about referrals; it's about creating a safety net that ensures every person, whether newly diagnosed or managing chronic illnesses, is connected to the services they need and can access them without barriers.

Why Linkage Matters in Community Health?

Linkage embodies the act of connecting an individual from one care point to another—be it from community outreach to clinic, or within different departments of the same facility. Complete linkage involves not only making the connection but also obtaining feedback from the service point to confirm the client’s enrollment and ongoing engagement. This process is critical for:

- Delivering timely, comprehensive care tailored to the individual's needs.
- Enhancing quality of care through integrated services that address multiple health issues simultaneously.
- Reducing transmission of HIV and other chronic illnesses like TB, hypertension, and diabetes, thereby lowering morbidity and mortality rates.

Integration of Chronic Care and Retesting for Verification

Our organization emphasizes the necessity of retesting for verification a crucial step to ensure accurate diagnosis before initiating ART. This process involves retesting all newly diagnosed HIV-positive clients and individuals with TB, following the national testing algorithm. It’s a quality assurance measure, performed by trained health workers at strategic points like the Mother-Child Care Point or HIV/ART clinics, to confirm true positive status and prevent misdiagnosis

How We Ensure Accurate Linkage

- Intra-facility linkage connects clients within the same health facility, ensuring smooth transitions from testing to treatment.
- Inter-facility linkage bridges clients from community settings or different health centers, fostering a network of accessible, continuous care.

Successful linkage is achieved when clients are not only connected but also enrolled into care, with feedback loops informing service providers of patient progress and engagement.
Community-Centered Care: The Future of HIV and Chronic Disease Management
Ekwash Elgon’s model champions community involvement—reducing barriers to care, promoting retesting and verification, and integrating services for HIV, TB, hypertension, and diabetes. This comprehensive approach ensures that communities are empowered, health systems are strengthened, and individuals receive the holistic care they deserve.
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Together, through effective linkage and integration, we are building healthier communities—one connection at a time.
Ministry of Health- Uganda CDC U.S. Embassy Uganda UNAIDS

05/07/2026

NATIONAL HIV TESTING ALGORITHM
The HIV screening test (1st Test):
An HIV rapid test is a good screening test when it can rule out all the people who do not have HIV (it is highly sensitive). (When a screening test is negative, then a second test is not done)
Confirmatory test (2nd test): A HIV test kit is a good confirmation test when it can verify all cases of people who are truly HIV positive (Highly specific). (The confirmatory test is done for all samples that are positive with the screening test)
Tie-breaker (3rd test): The tiebreaker test is only conducted when the results from the screening test and confirmation test are different i.e. screening is positive and confirmatory is negative.

INCONCLUSIVE RESULTS
An inconclusive result on the national HIV testing algorithm does not deem SD Bioline and inferior test assay.
U.S. Embassy Uganda UNAIDS Ministry of Health- Uganda CDC World Health Organization (WHO) The Global Fund The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

30/06/2026

www.eeheo.org

Ekwash Elgon HIV Empowerment Organization (EEHEO) — HIV/AIDS care, education, and community empowerment for vulnerable populations in Mbale and the Bugisu region of Eastern Uganda.

30/06/2026

We are committed to supporting those most at risk population in fighting against HIV both in prevention and treatment. We do not isolate anyone. Ekwash Elgon HIV Empowerment Organization together with Ministry of Health- Uganda and health care facilities in Mbale City and Tororo are at the front line to fighting this stigma.
Namakwekwe Health Centre, Namatala Health Centre. Maluku health centre. Nakaloke Health Centre.
We give PrEP(Pre-exposure prophylaxis) Oral and injection CAB-LA and Lenacapavir PrEP for prevention. Then we have a peer to peer led initiative that supports treatment of the people Most at Risk . Khaukha Emma
CDC The Global Fund The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) UNAIDS U.S. Embassy Uganda

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21/06/2026

The community is where everything happens and ends. Through Integrated health services is when we are going to strengthen the community.
All PrEP and other HIV prevention strategies have been put on the table in our communities to reach the 95-95-95 by 2030 . Prevention is better than cure. Let us embrace all the HIV Prevention Choices from Lenacapavir, CAB-LA Cabotegravir, Virginal Ring PrEP, Oral daily PrEP and lastly Condom use.
CDC The Global Fund Ministry of Health- Uganda U.S. Embassy Uganda UNAIDS The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)