1. FAME ATHLETICS CLUB DESIRE HOPE CLINIC
MUWAYO, BUGIRI DISTRICT

2. Background
The clinic is a subsidiary of Fame athletics club which was started in by medical and social workers of HBAC Tororo field station. It is a young people’s initiative, to care and engage youths to create value in communities through; sports, environmental awareness, general health and reproductive health.

3. Introduction
One of Fame’s main objective is to sensitize youths on HIV/AIDS and related health issues. It is because of this that the clinic was started, mainly as a one-stop centre for youths and adolescent services but also to provide health/medical services to the youth and general community.

4. Location of the clinic
The clinic is located along Jinja-Malaba highway in Muwayo, Bugiri district. It is 30 kilometres away from Bugiri hospital and 37 kilometres to Tororo Hospital.
The clinic has a catchment area of about 300,000 people and it is the first point of care reference in the community. It provides first aid assistance to patients before they are moved to government hospitals for specialised attention.

5. Objectives of the clinic
To take care of the health needs of athletes, youths and adolescents.
To instil back hope to youth and adolescents especially those living with HIV/AIDS and affected by the scourge.
To offer general health care services to the community

6. Clinic Capacity: The clinic has the potential to employs:
Senior clinical officer,
Registered/enrolled Nurse,
Psycho-socio team
Administrator,
Laboratory assistant,
Peer educators
Receptionist and cleaner.
It runs at a level of HC III according to MoH

7. Strategy
Our approach is quite unique. We focus on the major and immediate challenges affecting the youths i.e. HIV and AIDS scouge, reproductive health, unemployment, education and school dropout. Is it the environment, health, social, medical element hindering the youths? This is what we give a human face.

8. Clinic facility

9. Clinic services General / comprehensive treatment of common illnesses.
Family planning and reproductive health.
HIV counselling and testing.
Adolescent/youth friendly services
Laboratory services
First aid for emergency cases

10. Adolescent friendly services
HIV Testing and Counselling
Linkage to HIV care
Health Education Talks and Shows, such as sex education, income generating activities, Risk Reduction counselling, etc.
Recreation activities which include outdoor and indoor games, educative movies and story books.

11. Adolescent friendly services cont’d
Share experiences, the youth get to share real life experiences and stories from colleagues, which gives them a clear understanding of the different life situations and possible ways on how to triumphantly go through them.
Reproductive Health services, the youth are helped to understand the concepts of reproduction, growth and development stages and the challenges that come with them and how to deal with them.
Information giving to the youths about Sexually transmitted infections(STIs) and related illnesses.

12. Adolescents sharing

13. Successes of the clinic
Employment - It has created employment in the community
Premises - The clinic acquired its premises
- Basic youth wing
Recognition by MoH- The clinic offers medical services to the community.
The clinic has great potential to grow and serve this community better.

14. Challenges of the clinic
Rural and poor community . we are meant to refer but people at times have no choice but consume available services.
Facilitation and retention of technical staff
Lack of adequately equipped centre for youth and adolescent and their activities.
Inadequate financial resources to equip the clinic with the needed tools

15. Sustainability plan for the clinic
We offer health services to the community at an affordable fee
Expansion of quality services
Provision of quick transport (ambulance) to referral hospitals
Having more volunteers like university students (medical interns) to support the clinic while learning
Partnership in financing the clinic activities