National Pediatric and Adolescent HIV/TB Call center (0800205555/0800305555).
- Toll free consultation service launched on 1st December 2015 at the International world AIDS day.
- It’s main objective is to provide real time paediatric and adolescent HIV/AIDS/TB technical responses to consultations raised by health workers and clients across Uganda.
- Clients services include; VMMC consultations, Key populations inquiries, HIVSelf testing queries country wide, Research and ART patients assistance.
- Over all, since 2015, the center has received over 29,221 consultations and out of these, 5979 are from both Health workers mainly in the HCIIIs.
- 69% of calls are from Nurses and Clinical officers regarding among others; Opportunistic infections, Treatment failure, TB diagnosis, early infant diagnosis and drug dosing.
- The center has been marketed to achieve up to 91% coverage in Uganda.
- Majority of the callers (54%) fall in the age category of 25 and above.
Trend of calls received since inception.
Map showing the call center coverage (84%).
