Rural Smiles Foundation in partnership with Cook Medical, is implementing a Community Cancer Awareness Campaign for rural women in Mugarama Sub county Kibaale district
The goals of the project/activity include;
To mobilize and train a pool of 100 community women as breast and cervical cancer ambassadors who will sensitize their peers on breast and cervical cancer prevention and care.
To mobilize and provide breast and cervical cancer information screening, treatment and care services to 600 rural women.
To create community awareness on breast and cervical cancer prevention, treatment and care services
To reduce breast and cervical cancer stigma through experience sharing
To date,
i) a total of 100 community cancer ambassadors have been trained to sensitize their peers on breast and cervical cancer prevention and care.
ii) Community radio talk shows have been conducted on breast and cervical cancer to create community awareness on breast and cervical cancer prevention, treatment and care services.
iii) Changed attitudes on myths and misconceptions on breast and cervical cancer by trained women and girls and community women attending the health camps
To enhance the capacity of refugee young women, young men and their peers on their sexual reproductive health rights (SRHR)
To improve access to safe abortion and post abortion care services for young refugee women through the harm reduction model.
To improve access to justice and legal aid services for refugee young women and men in case of sexual reproductive health rights violations or when caught up in the justice system for accessing safe abortion services
To reduce abortion stigma through story telling among refugees young women.
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