For the past decade, Pilgrim Africa has actively supported the expansion of integrated community case management (iCCM) for malaria, diarrhea, and pneumonia—the leading causes of mortality in children under five years old, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Uganda’s national strategy requires all districts to have iCCM, but lacks funding to train and equip the volunteers who provide these services. Pilgrim Africa partnered with national and local government, Rotarians, World Vision others to train, equip, supply and supervise 1,100 iCCM volunteer Village Health Teams, or VHTs, in the unserved, high-burden district of Katakwi, and to bring supervision and supplies to 900 existing iCCM volunteers in Soroti.
The national malaria program took full responsibility for ongoing supervision and volunteer access to the test kits, drugs, and other supplies the VHTs need to continue providing care to their communities, leveraging Global Fund financing to sustain the gains.
Follow our VHTs as they go house to house testing and treating families for malaria, diarrhea, and pneumonia.
