Achievements

• Sickle cell Association of Uganda has achieved success in the past years through its Advocacy and Networking Strategy. This has enabled SAU to strengthen her networking with stakeholders and development partners. ​SAU has managed to create awareness outreaches in many parts of Uganda including: Wakiso, Jinja, Iganga, Bundibugyo, Kasese, Mbale, Palisa, Soroti, Kumi, Lira, Serere, Hoima, Masindi, Bugiri, Mpigi and Kayunga among others.
  
• SAU was able to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Health as a partnership to work hand in hand in fighting the sickle cell disease. Through this partnership, SAU’s Executive Director was appointed to the committee of Non-Communicable disease under Ministry of Health.
  
• SAU participated in the drafting of the National Health Policy and the Health Sector Strategic Investment Plan III of Ministry of Health that incorporated sickle cell disease for the very first time.
• SAU has so far designed and distributed flyers and brochures with sickle cell information and distributed them in several health centers and hospitals.
• Mulago hospital believed in SAU’s vision and provided space to offer counselling services to those affected by the sickle cell disease. This has helped the organisation reach and impact positively thousands of people.
• SAU was able to fundraise 54 million which it used to purchase a Haemoglobin Electrophoresis machine for Mulago National referral hospital. This machine has aided in the screening of different blood disorders including sickle cell anaemia. Unfortunately, this machine worked for only 3years when the association fundraised money for reagents. Government has not taken up the role of buying reagents for this machine and therefore the sickle cell clinic in Mulago has not been in position to test for sickle cell disease up to today. 

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​Fact is, we need to do more by reaching out to more people all over Uganda through community sensitization meeting, radio talk shows, distributing more flyers and brochures and newspaper articles