People living with HIV, leading Uganda's HIV response
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Who we are
One national voice for people living with HIV networks, since 2003
Since 2003, the National Forum of People Living with HIV/AIDS Networks in Uganda has brought support groups, district forums and national networks under one roof. We coordinate them, speak for them, and help them keep services running when funding gets thin.
We are not a bystander to the HIV response. People living with HIV started it, and weintend to help finish it.
- Coordination
- Community-led access to health care .
- Social protection
- Digitalisation and documentation
Our Purpose
Why this work matters now
Uganda has made real progress. About 94% of people living with HIV know their status, 92% of those are on treatment, and 96% ofpeople on treatment have a suppressed viral load.
But around 243,000 people are still not in care. Funding for community-based health services has dropped by about 78%. Stigma keeps people away from clinics: more than half of people living with HIV (52.7%) report internalised stigma, and for people under 24 the figure is 70.1%.
The gaps are real, and closing them takes people who know the ground. That is what ournetworks do.