The Capacity Building for Quality HIV/AIDS Services project supports the Partner NGOs to undertake activities including:

    Expansion of VCT services and increase demand for those services

    Prevention of mother to child transmission and safe infant feeding, including ARVs where available

    Improved management of sexually transmitted diseases, opportunistic infections and control of tuberculosis

    Management of HIV infection (including HAART/DOTS where available)

    Provision of counseling services in the community for psychosocial support and community mobilization

    Provision of psychosocial support for those who are HIV+

    Basic reproductive health services including family planning and youth friendly sexual and RH services

    Blood safety and infection prevention

    Effective communication focusing on protective behaviors and long term reduction in risk factors

    Promotion and availability of condoms through marketing Chishango condoms or distributing free MOH condoms

    Reduction in stigma

    Addressing community barriers to care seeking and encouraging increasing demand

    Building NGOs organizational and technical capacity in the above

Technical assistance to Partner NGOs includes one-to-one mentoring, workshops, training courses and exchange visits in organizational development, HIV/AIDS technical knowledge and skills, financial and program management and monitoring and evaluation. Umoyo Network also hold regular meetings of the Partner NGOs and key stakeholders to share experiences, peer review quarterly reports and co-ordinate activities.