We recognize that in order to successfully improve health in developing areas, programs must be comprehensive, targeting both the direct and indirect causes of poor health and nutrition. We therefore integrate our HOME-TO-HOME APPROACH’ into our Safe motherhood programs, Where we walk down to the people, deep in the remotest of villages,  and teach the basics; what HIV/AIDS is, what it actually is not, ways and means of protection from infection, and how to treat and care for the victims without due discrimination.In vicinities where there is electric current, we use a TV and a VCR and show movies about HIV/AIDS, NUTRITION, and SEXUALLY TRANSIMITED INFECTIONS. At times, when we deem it practicable, we mobilize a parish or an area close to that, using the local political leadership of the area in concert with SOT’s own registered community based volunteers (SOCIAL CARE GROUPS). In SOT jargon, we call this the ‘MASS APPROACH.’

HOME-TO-HOME APPROACH,  we reach out to those who cannot make it to the collecting centers for one reason or the other. This is where we also reach out to the chronically ill, analyse the vulnerability rate of the children and take appropriate corrective measures, commensurate with our capacity.  We administer Off The Shelf medication, advise on when and where to visit professional medical care, and offer basic necessities like maize flour, beans, salt, soap, paraffin and sugar. We also provide Condoms , through this approach, as we realized that the cost of a 3 condom pack in the local shops is the equivalent of almost 2 or 3 meals in this part of the country.

Through  Safe motherhood malaria is no more.

Malaria is endemic to the poorest countries in the world, causing 300 to 500 million clinical cases and more than one million deaths each year. More than 90% of malaria deaths occur in Sub-Saharan Africa (approximately 3,000 deaths each day), and almost all the deaths are children younger than 5, where it kills an African child every 30 seconds. Many children who survive an episode of severe malaria may suffer from learning impairments or brain damage.

Pregnant women and their unborn children  are particularly vulnerable to malaria, which, during pregnancy, is a major cause of mortality, low birth weight and maternal anemia. And while we know malaria is preventable, the lack of resources, coupled with a climate very hospitable to the deadliest strain of malaria, has made the disease a leading cause of death among Ugandan children.
 
Giving out mosquito nets to mothers and children

         
Mosquito nets protect sleeping children from mosquitoes when the mosquitoes are the most active (at night, between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m.). Most nets can last up to five years and cover at least two people. Talk to your pupils at school and encourage them to talk to their parents about providing a family in Africa with a $10 mosquito net. You can help save a life—maybe even a kid your age! Malaria infection can be controlled by providing sustainable preventive measures, such as the use of Insecticide Treated Nets (ITN)

Mosquito Nets Appeal

 Sot-uganda international is sending out this appeal to well wishers, friends, partners and donors to donate both materially and financially towards make mosquito nets available to Orphaned Children and People Living With AIDS in Uganda. Every $10 gift provides a family a bed net – including the purchase, distribution and other critical elements like education, monitoring and evaluation.

Bed nets are only one tool in the comprehensive solution to control malaria and a small portion of each $10 gift supports Malaria No More’s overall work to control this deadly disease.

There is also Hiv/Aids prevention,

The Mobile Clinic provides medical access to rural villages. SOT counsels, conducts HIV screenings and treats people with HIV/AIDS. Services are provided to people with general ailments. Doctors, nurses, and dentists are always needed. However, opportunities to serve beside trained SOT staff are available to those without medical training
With 42 million men, women, and children infected with HIV/AIDS, the medical needs facing mission hospitals and other medical facilities are enormous. Your gifts will assist programs that provide medical care, including medications and counseling to prevent mother-to-child transmission, for those infected with HIV. A gift of $15 can supply medication and post-natal counseling to prevent one HIV-infected mother from passing the virus on to her child

There are many different things  Sot-Uganda Internationaldoes  to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS:

• Educate young people to understand how HIV/AIDS is spread and what we can do to protect ourselves. UNAIDS 2004 Epidemic report indicate young people ages 15-24 years old account for nearly half of the new HIV infections Worldwide. They are the largest youth generation in history and need a protective environment, access to health & support services if they are to play their role in combating the epidemic.

• We encourage young people to change their sexual behaviors by “ABSTAINING” from premarital sex & by encouraging young married people to be faithful to their partners as the only possible way to avoid HIV infections.  Uganda Youth Soccer Academy

 is currently distributing to students Customized scholastic materials e.g. books & pens with a message (ABSTAIN FROM PREMARITAL SEX”

• Making everyone aware of the plight of those living with HIV/AIDS and their families, and work hard to promote openness and compassion to break down the stigma and silence surrounding HIV/AIDS and further support AIDS Orphans

• Encourage voluntary testing for all people to know their status. For those negative to begin living responsible lives to avoid the HIV infection and to encourage positive people to begin ARV medication and live a positive life.