Health Literacy and Patient Safety
Program Objective: Increase health literacy and empower the community to demand for quality and safe healthcare.
Is the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions. CHAIN values the importance of promoting Health literacy and has implemented health literacy and treatment literacy programs since 2005.
CHAIN was among the first organizations to develop and launch the 1st Great Lakes Handbook: A Guide to Antiretroviral Therapy which was translated into English and French and disseminated in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, and DRC in 2005. It developed the HIV and AIDS treatment literacy program with uniformed forces through workshops for health care professionals in UPDF, Police, and Prisons, aimed at increasing treatment literacy and reduction of stigma and discrimination among the most at-risk population 2005-2007. This culminated in inter-institutional collaboration in HIV/AIDS Management among the uniformed forces (UPDF, Police, and Prisons), 2005-2007.
CHAIN was also the first organization to launch a Health literacy campaign in Uganda ‘Strengthening Community Partnerships in the Promotion of Health Literacy in Uganda ‘, whose major aim was improving the health and welfare of the nation through increased health literacy levels, support by MSD, 2012.