AHF Uganda Cares is a partnership between AHF and the Uganda Ministry of Health (MOH). The first Uganda Cares clinic opened in Masaka in February 2002 and was the first organization to provide antiretroviral therapy (ART) outside the capital city of Kampala. Uganda Cares has since become one of the country’s largest providers of AIDS treatment. The project was identified by the World Health Organization and UNAIDS as a best practice model for ART in 2003. Because of intensive adherence support and follow-up by community-based organizations, patients have a 98% treatment adherence rate. In the Uganda Cares model, the Ugandan MOH provides the physical clinic sites on the grounds of district hospitals, as well as some staffing, laboratory and sub-specialty support. AHF operates the programs, including all clinical management and staffing, and provides significant operational support.
