NUMAT: Northern Uganda

Malaria, AIDS, and TB Programme

NUMAT P. O. Box 946 Gulu, Uganda

Phone: (256) 041 221 581, 0312 264 976/7

info@numatuganda.org

Selected Activities The NUMAT Programme will conduct inter-ventions in these areas: • HIV coordination • Monitoring, Planning and Supervision/

Quality Assurance • Human Resources Development - Health • Referral systems and community service

linkages • District and service level data collection

and analysis • HIV Prevention • Protection: Sexual and Gender Based

Violence • IEC/BCC including print, radio, interac-

tive theater • HIV Counseling and Testing (HCT) • Prevention of Mother to child Transmis-

sion (PMTCT) • Palliative Care/Basic Health Care for

PHA • PHA Stigma and Discrimination • Wrap-around (PHA care & support) ser-

vices • HIV treatment/Provision of antiretroviral

medication (ART) • Laboratory Services • Tuberculosis: CB-DOTS and TB/HIV

Collaborative Activities • Malaria • Dissemination of program lessons

Partners: JSI Research and Training Institute, Inc.

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World Vision

Geographic Targets: Sub regions of Acholi and Lango. Districts of Gulu, Amuru, Kitgum, Pader, Lira, Amoltar, Dokolo, Apac and Oyam.

BACKGROUND The Northern Uganda Malaria, AIDS/HIV, and TB Programme (NUMAT) is a USAID/PEPFAR-funded project with a total budget of $30,000,000 USD. The goal of the project is to expand access to and utilization of HIV, TB and malaria prevention, treatment, care & support activities in Northern Uganda by expanding the geographic coverage and populations served through strengthening local government re-sponses, expanding the role of communities in planning implementation and monitoring activi-ties and building upon existing networks.

NUMAT is a dynamic programme designed to be responsive to the fluid and changing situation in Northern Uganda as well as the specific plans and needs of the nine target districts. Project activities are based on inputs from key partners and stakeholders and reflect an alignment of the NUMAT mandate in general with those specific plans and needs.

Project Objectives 1. Improved coordination of HIV/AIDS and

TB responses 2. Increased access to and utilization of quality

HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria pre-vention, care and treatment services

3. Decreased vulnerabilities for specific groups to HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases

4. Increased access of People Living with HIV/AIDS (PHA) and their families to wrap-around (care and support) services

5. Improved use of Strategic Information