Health programs

Since then, Northern Uganda has transitioned from emergency humanitarian health services to a more stable district-based health system integrated into Uganda's national health sector framework. Major programs have focused on maternal and child health, HIV/AIDS, malaria control, immunization, nutrition, and health workforce development

As the conflict has spread and the economic crisis has deepened, people with HIV/AIDS or TB have become cut-off from life-saving treatment in some remote villages.Uganda faces highly endemic communicable diseases, with persistent outbreaks of cholera, measles, malaria, hepatitis B & E and Ebola affecting large parts of the country due to poor living conditions, poor sanitation and overcrowding in some of the refugee setting. Malaria, typhoid, diarrhea and pneumonia are the top reasons of outpatient consultations.

In response to these, YFA will focus on the following goal and strategies:

Strategic Goal

YFA Contributes to “reduction of mortality and morbidity rates through timely and quality health care services delivery to the affected communities”

Strategies

1. Curative services: Enhance quality health care services and create awareness and early diagnosis and treatment
2. Sexual and Reproductive health interventions: Reduce maternal and neonatal death through Comprehensive emergency obstetric and neonatal care (CEmoNC) Basic emergency obstetric and neonatal care (BeMoNC) quality services in the facility
3. Preventive & health promotion services: Promote prevention by creating awareness on disease outbreak, disaster preparedness and preventive measures.

Nutrition Program

Northern Uganda continues to face significant nutrition challenges despite improvements in food production and healthcare. Malnutrition remains a concern, particularly among children under five years, pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, refugees, and vulnerable households. Common nutrition problems include stunting (chronic malnutrition), wasting (acute malnutrition), micronutrient deficiencies, and anemia.

Nutrition programs in Northern Uganda aim to reduce malnutrition and improve the health of vulnerable populations through a combination of treatment, prevention, education, and food security interventions. While progress has been made, malnutrition remains a significant challenge, requiring continued investment in maternal and child nutrition, food systems, community health services, and livelihood support.

To address these challenges, YFA will focus on the following goal and strategies:

Strategic Goal

Contribute to “reduction of malnutrition rate among children under 5 years and PLWAs through targeted supplementary feeding program, blanket supplementary feeding program and stabilization centres”

Strategies

1. Infant young children feeding programme: Promote exclusive breastfeeding from 0-6 month’s programmes through awareness creation by staff and community volunteers.
2. Targeted supplementary feeding programme: Increase screening and provision of service to the moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) for children from 6-59 months at YFA Clinics, Primary Health Care Centres - (PHCCs) and community village health team).
3. Blanket supplementary feeding programmes: Increase screening and provision of feeds to PLW’s through feeding programme in YFA Primary Health Care Centres – (PHCCs), Primary Health Care
4. Out-patient therapeutically programme: Increase screening and provision of services to the young children from 6-59 months with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) without medical complication at the outpatient level at YFA clinics, Primary Health Care Centres – PHCCs and Primary Health Care
5. In-patient management of malnourished children / stabilization centres: Support admission and provision of services to severe Acute Malnutrition with medical complication from 0-59 months at YFA Clinics, Primary Health Care Centres – PHCCs, Primary Health Care - PHCUs and other referrals