"Equitable and Quality healthcare services for all."
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"Community Health Workers (CHWs) are a cradle for a strong health system in Uganda"
Our commitment is to ensure that people everywhere and at any time have access to equitable and quality healthcare services.
Research and data use are key facets in achieving Universal Health Coverage. We seek to generate and disseminate research needed to optimize health services.
We take the role the role of Community Health Workers seriously. Through them great milestones have been reached across the globe.
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About Us
We strengthen health systems by actively engaging a professional Community Health Workforce to deliver high-quality care where it's needed most.
Founded in May 2014, Nama Wellness Community Centre (NAWEC) is headquartered in Lukojjo Village, Nama sub-county, Mukono District, Uganda. With a strong tradition of providing high-quality healthcare, NAWEC is dedicated to improving the well-being of women and children in Mukono, Uganda and its surrounding communities.
Community Mental health interventions
The COVID-19 pandemic brought to light the previously overlooked impact of mental health issues, particularly depression and anxiety and to some extent suicidal ideations. The rise in domestic violence during this period, disproportionately affecting women and adolescents, further underscored the urgent need for targeted interventions. In response, we launched ‘The Resilience Project’, a mental health program grounded in the Group Interpersonal Psychotherapy model (IPT-G).
Utilizing group talk therapy facilitated by trained counsellors, our IPT-G sessions are conducted within communities. CHWs, equipped with specialized training, play a critical role in facilitating these sessions, assessing for depression, and guiding participants through the therapeutic process.
FROM OUR BLOG
Nama Wellness Community Centre’s Impact on Women’s Healthcare on Koome Island
BRAVING THE WATERS Nama Wellness Community Centre is playing a vital role in improving health services on Koome Island, a remote community in Mukono District.
Our staff retreat-a time to reflect, renew and plan.
We convened for a one-day retreat dedicated to reflection, renewal, and strategic planning at Ridar Hotel. This was our moment to step back, review our
Measles Vaccination Success Story: Community-Led Protection in Mukono District
In Mukono District, local health workers have made incredible strides, vaccinating 93% of children against measles—nearly 30,000 kids are now protected from this serious illness.
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Providing high-quality health care to the people of Mukono and its surrounding areas
NAWEC Celebrates 10 Years of providing Quality and Equitable healthcare services
Nama Wellness Community Centre, founded by Komo Learning Centre in 2014, started as a community-based organization providing basic health services in Nama sub-county, focusing on maternal and child health. After becoming a registered NGO in 2018, it expanded its staff, resources, and activities.
We launched our Community Health Workers (CHW) program in 2020, aiming to strengthen local health systems. This program, based on CHIC 8 principles and the CHW assessment matrix, involved training, supplying, and incentivizing 100 CHWs to serve remote areas. The program has made significant impacts, with 369,284 household visits recorded.
Today, Nama’s strategic plan has shifted to emphasize health service delivery through its H/C III facility and community activities, along with advocacy and research to influence national health policies. The integration of CHWs with government health centers has been crucial in bridging the gap between the community and formal health systems
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The role of CHWs in ensuring that more mothers deliver from a health facility
Awori a 26-year-old had lost three of her previous babies and she believed that her co-wife was responsible. For these three pregnancies she had never attended any antenatal care visits at a health facility and all the deliveries were under unskilled birth attendant. On her fourth pregnancy she was discovered by a CHW supported by Nama Wellness. She was convinced by the CHW to attend antenatal but still believed that if she was to deliver, it would have to happen at traditional birth attendant (TBA). During her continuous follow up visits, the CHW talked to Awori about going to a health facility for delivery giving her hope that this time there are better chances for her baby to survive. However, the expectant mother did not have transport to take her to a health facility. The CHW called for a van from Nama Wellness that transported Awori to Mukono hospital where she delivered a baby boy and her narrative will never be the same again!
