GlobeMed at WashU

Who We Are // GlobeMed at Washington University in St. Louis

Founded in 2008, GlobeMed at Washington University in St. Louis is one of 46 GlobeMed chapters around the United States working in the movement for global health equity. We partner with Uganda Health and Development Associates (U.D.H.A.), a grassroots non-governmental organization in Iganga, Uganda, in employing a multi-sectoral approach with strong community participation to promote maternal-child health through a nutrition project which combat malnutritions and to empower young people through health education and outreach campaigns and income generation initiatives.

Our Partner // Uganda Development and Health Associates (UDHA)

GlobeMed at WashU is partnered with Uganda Development and Health Associates (www.UDHA.net) in the Iganga and Luuka Districts of Uganda. U.D.H.A. works with the surrounding communities to empower them to improve their own health through education, engagement of community health workers and participation of a clinical sector. The organization also serves as a hub for community organizing, mobilizing community members to advocate for their right to health care.

Our Project // $10,000 to support the UDHA Youth Center and The Nutrition for Naigobya Project

At the U.D.H.A. Youth Centre, GlobeMed at WashU works with U.D.H.A. staff to run a Peer Educator Program, which facilitates the training of youth in reproductive health and adolescent development so that they can act as agents of change by hosting school and community health outreaches as Peer Educators. The Youth Center has also provided income-generation programs for disadvantaged youth to help them meet their basic needs and attend school while also providing a safe and supporting environment where youth can address health concerns, especially as they pertain to sexual and reproductive health. GlobeMed at WashU also works to assist U.D.H.A. with their Nutrition for Naigobya Project by performing assessments of the nutritional needs of families with children under five in the community and facilitating trainings of Community Health Workers, who continue to work with families inthe area to meet their nutritional needs through growth monitoring and the provisioning of ready-to-use food supplements.