Open AccessCommunity-based AIDS Prevention and Care in Africa: Results of four action-research interventions in East and Southern Africa
Author(s) -
Ann Leonard,
Esther Muia,
Fred Wâbwire-Mângen,
Joseph Konde-Lulu,
Mubiana Macwan
Publication year - 1998
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.31899/hiv1998.1000
Subject(s) - grassroots , psychological intervention , local government , participatory action research , government (linguistics) , citizen journalism , public relations , work (physics) , christian ministry , political science , economic growth , local community , business , public administration , nursing , medicine , politics , engineering , economics , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , law
The Community Counseling Aides (CCA) project operating with support from the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) in Uganda, is a government initiative being carried out in collaboration with local communities. As the Ministry of Health seeks to develop local capacity to support and operate these efforts at the community level, it has identified the need to improve the skills of local project staff so that they may begin to assume the responsibility for monitoring and evaluating their own program performance. This is part of an overall strategy on the part of the Ugandan Government to decentralize control and allocation of resources within the health sector to the local level. The CCA project’s experience in carrying out the four interventions described in this report goes beyond validating what people are doing at the local level. It provides evidence of how much more effective grassroots organizations can be in carrying out their work if provided with simple but appropriate forms of technical assistance. Modest investments of time, expertise, and financial support, executed in a participatory fashion, can yield generous returns.