TUSAPA HIV Testing and Counseling Referral unit
counseling and Testing is carried out by our partners that is Aids Information Center,TUSAPA act as a link to A.I.C in otherwords we mobilize and monitor the progress. what you need to do is to visit or call us and issue with acard that you take to AIC and receive free testing and counseling. TUSAPA outreach Team is with in your neighbourhood, so take advantage of or free confidential HIV testing and Counseling program. we are committed to stop more spread of HIV infections in Uganda by all measures and costs. we come even for you and offer VCT services at your fanmily. now you can receive your results in just less than 20 minutes.
HOW CAN HIV TESTING HELP YOU?
If tests show that you don't have HIV, you can learn how to stay HIV-free. If tests show that you do have HIV, you can get medical care right away to help you stay healthy longer and get early treatment for illnesses that do occur.

SCHEDULING A TEST
Rapid Testing is offered Monday through Friday from 9am to 5 pm. To make an appointment please contact:

There are alot of people that you love and ask or tell some confidential information,these may be your parents; your wife; your husband ; your Co-worker your school mate ; your sister ;your friend your brother ;your auntie ;

show them that you care! let them know their status. We are moving now to another level by collaborating with the church and so far we work with Kampala Pentecostal Church to reach the community by increasing acccess to free HIV Testng and Counseling and so far more than 500 people have been enrolled for testing

The empowerment project

This project is a peer and network based community level intervention which uses a) combination of formal and informal outreaches, discussion groups, creation of safe places, social opportunities, and social marketing to reach a) broad range of young people in Kampala both those infected with the virus and those without.

Coalitions:

TUSAPA is working with several organisations in uganda to bring the prevalence rate of HIV down to zero level by using little resources. Some of the partners includes AIDS Information Center, Global AIDS Prevention(GAP+),Uganda Network of AIDS Service organisations(UNASO),Watoto Church formerly known as Kampala Pentecostal Church (KPC) and so many youth based organisations.’’ Together we can prevent HIV/AIDS in Uganda’’

HIV COUNSELING AND TESTING PROGRAM

TUSAPA in partnership with its AIC offers youth friendly HIV Counseling and Testing within its strategic centers at AIDS Information Center points. TUSAPA manages youth corners with AIC in mengo Kisenyi kampala where youth come for several services including HCT services, CD4 & CD8 Cells counts, STD management, Reproductive Health, TB screening and Treatment, and several recreational activities. Youth services are provided free of charge at AIC. This is a consortium of AIC and TUSAPA. Just need to come at Youth corner and receive services at no cost from the age of 13-24 years.

To date there are no studies that have followed youth in the developing world to determine whether
they reduce their HIV risk behaviors as a result of undergoing voluntary HIV testing and
counseling. There are, however, such impact studies among adults in developing countries and
among youth in industrialized countries (UNAIDS 2001; Weinhardt et al. 1999). Taken together,
information from these sources suggests that VCT may be an appropriate and effective strategy for
young people.
Studies among adults in developing countries report behavioral change after VCT on a range of
indicators, including condom use, reduction in number of partners, and reduction in STI incidence.1
For example, a multi-center VCT efficacy trial in Kenya, Tanzania, and Trinidad found a number
of changes due to VCT (Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing Efficacy Group 2000). The trial
had a randomized sample of 3,120 individual volunteers and 586 couples. Results showed that
there was a significantly greater decline in the proportion of individuals who had unprotected sex
with non-primary partners, among the group that received VCT as compared with the group that
received a health education intervention. Also, HIV-infected individuals were likely to reduce
sexual risk behaviors with primary partners and HIV-infected men were likely to reduce risk
behaviors with non-primary partners as well. For couples, those who participated in VCT were
significantly more likely to reduce unprotected intercourse with their enrollment partner when
compared to those who received health education only. The study concludes that VCT is
efficacious in promoting behavior change.
In fact, the populations for these and other studies already include youth because many youth are
reached through programs intended for such populations as mothers, factory or mine workers, sex
workers, drug users, or clinic clients. The high proportion of young people in many of the programs
that have been successful in reducing risk behavior suggests that the youth in the VCT efficacy trial
may be among those who changed behavior. Unfortunately the researchers who worked on the
VCT impact study have not disaggregated their data by age, so it is not possible to see how VCT
affected those in the study who were younger than 25 years old. This study of adult programs in
developing countries does not tell us how effective VCT may be for young people.
Studies of VCT impact among youth in the United States do provide evidence that some youth
adopt safe behaviors after testing. Although the U.S. studies often focus on high-risk individuals
such as drug-users, runaways, and those in high-prevalence areas, they do look at the behavior of
young people. Among these groups, several studies indicate behavior change (Table 1).
The combined evidence suggests that VCT may help youth in developing countries adopt safe
behaviors. Eventually, of course, studies will provide more fine-tuned results, such as data
indicating whether program effectiveness differs by service approach, test results, gender, marital
status, kind of partner, and so on.