Operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, AMS has integrated almost all services an HIV positive person will need, making AMS a one-stop medical centre where each patient is given the medical services, they need free of charge.
1.5 million people in Uganda are living with HIV. Research has shown that if treated, people affected with HIV can live full, dignified lives. However, far too many people fail to access the proper care and support necessary to survive and each year, 28,000 Ugandans lose their lives to AIDS-related deaths.
In order to bring about an HIV-free Uganda, AMS tests over 600 new clients every month, linking an average of 96 new HIV-positive clients to quality, comprehensive care. In addition, AMS provides free antiretroviral treatment (ART) to over 18,000 clients, including 1,000 HIV-positive youth and adolescents.
Each service is viewed as a point of prevention, where clients receive information on HIV testing, the importance of knowing one’s status, and how to become a point of positive prevention. Prevention will help achieve our end goal of realizing a generation without HIV/AIDS.