Situational Analysis

Wakiso District has a 69% immunization rate for children two years of age. Although this may seem like a strong majority of the children, it is far below acceptable standards. This not only puts the children of the community at risk for serious illness and disease, but it also increases the risk of possible epidemics within the surrounding communities. With the access to   healthcare care characterized by a high cost of travel to the subsidized Health Centers in the improvised rural communities, an epidemic would be difficult to treat and control. The high cost of treating illnesses and disease could easily become overwhelming. The lack of proper immunizations now could lead to bigger issues and problems in the future.

The mission of this WIRDA is to improve the health and well being of children in Waksio district through education and improved community programs. Some universal approaches include enhancing education and publicity provided by the community and district health workers, a reward system to recruit volunteers, distributing pamphlets and fliers to the public, and providing several immunization options to the general public, providing education regarding the importance of immunizations to parents and guardians. Those at higher risk are the children of low-income families, therefore targeted approaches would include free immunizations, providing transportation to clinics for immunizations, and providing one-on-one education for those families regarding the benefits of immunizations.

By the end of 2012/13,WIRDA will

1. Have enhanced the capacity 10 CBOs per sub county in the 16  Waksio district sub counties to give out user-friendly  information about immunizations.
2. Facilitated 10 private health care clinics in each sub county to offer free immunization programs for the community
3. Ensured that 10private health care clinics in each sub county in the 16-sub county   go out and administer free immunizations to those who have low availability and access
4. Ensured that all children have received a complete course  of immunization  (BCG,OPV3, DPT3 and measles) upon entrance into the pre- primary  school
5. Have monitored, provided support supervision and evaluated results

Planned  activities

• Identification of development partners
• Resource mobilization
• Focus Groups and Meetings
• Resource Mobilization
• Recruit Volunteers
• Volunteer and Staff Training
• Creating Collaborations within the Community
• Promotion and Advertising
• Monitoring Support supervision and Evaluation