MOD Public Health Foundation

Interviewer: What is that moment that spurred this idea called MOD Public Health Foundation, Uganda into a service product? Samuel Waliggo: There was passion, a dream to contribute to the well-being of society, a call to heal communities, and a vision to end HIV and Cancer. I can confidently say that MOD Public Health Foundation, Uganda which began her work in 2017, comes from my experience working with Kitovu Mobile AIDS Organisation as a Critical and Long-Term Care Provider for people who did not need hospitalisation for 10 years. We worked with programme participants who were living with HIV and Cancer-related diseases, e.g., Cervical cancer and Kaposi Sarcoma. We covered the greater Masaka Region which included: Kalangala, Masaka, Ssembabule, Bukomansimbi, Lyantonde, Rakai, Gomba, and other districts. We had what we called Viable grassroots-based communities and the venues were  church verandahs,  tree shades,  mostly mango trees. We had a reach of over 15...

Venue: Saint Charles Lwanga SSS, Masaka Date: 15/06/2023 and 17/06/2023 Objectives: 1.     To make Safe Medical Circumcision (SMC) available in locations nearer to the programme participants. 2.     School-based Voluntary Medical male circumcision (VMMC) for HIV Prevention. 3.     To carry out, catalyse demand creation opportunities and create spaces for critical VMMC uptake in Greater Masaka Region. 4.     To popularise and build confidence around VMMC as a method long confirmed and recommended (2007) by the World Health Organization and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. Uganda is one of the priority countries scaling it up. 5.     To contribute to population-wide numbers engaged in VMMC uptake. 6.     Enhance continuity in engagement in health seeking practices by younger people in Uganda. 7.     To mobilize programme participants (Young and adult ...

Period: 1st-15th June 2023.   Venue: Sseke Secondary School, Integrated Secondary School, St. Mary’s Secondary School, Ddegeya, St. Charles Lwanga Secondary School, MOD Public Health Foundation   Dates:   08th June, 2023 and 15th June 2023.   Targeted Places: Secondary Schools, bars, churches, rural communities, trading centers, and Carpentry and Repair garages. Objectives a)        To provide Safe Medical Circumcision (SMC) in locations nearer to the programme participants. b)        To mobilize project beneficiaries (Young and adult men 15 years and above) to attend VMMC community outreaches through which they are mentored to become champion change agents who can facilitate demand creation and awareness for Sexual and reproductive health services in Kisekka and Bukulula Sub-Counties, Masaka District. c)        To provide quality VMMC Surgeries to mobilized project ben...

Samuel is the Executive Director who started off as a Nursing Care Provider and later upgraded into a Public health specialist. With 18 years of clinical logic and population level epidemiologic skill set, Sam co-founded the Men of Destiny (MOD) Public Health Consultants and MOD Public Health Foundation, two NGOs that translate Public Health principles into public health development and the graduate institution that progressively generates efficacious knowledge tools and supports continued formation of change-agents.  With an incisive social and emotional intelligence, Samuel supported and advocated for the inclusion of nurses and grassroots-based communities in Task shifting approaches leveraging an increase in the critical numbers of active performers in the HIV, TB and Malaria eradication efforts in Uganda. Samuel has worked with historical grassroots and last mile reaching organizations such as Kitovu Mobile AIDS Organisation, The AIDS Support Organisation (TAS...