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Chapter One: Improving Health and Combating HIV/AIDSDuring 2010, WVU continued to address major public health concerns with a focus onchild health, malaria, poor feeding, HIV/AIDS and improved health for expecting mothers.The following are some of the highlights during 2010.The organization improved the health of targetedpeople through improved feeding: 13: the number of districts where World Visiontrained health workers and supported them toprovide feeding for malnourished children andbabies. 13: the number of districts where World Visionpromoted the growing of and feeding on a varietyof nutritious foods grown in kitchen and backyardgardens. 20: the number of districts where World Visionpromoted health and nutrition information,communication and education at communitylevel using Village Health Teams.Underweight child recoversOn the first day of the Positive Deviance Hearth activity inKatwe ADP, Naiga (not real name) was one of the elevenchildren enrolled on the program. She was one and ahalf years old but weighed only 6.5 kgs and presentedwith grade 1 edema. Naiga’s mother Mbabazi (not realname) was already visibly pregnant and yet she had neverattended any antenatal clinics nor prepared a birthingplan. Naiga had been delivered from home with the help ofa relative and by 18 months had not yet been vaccinatedfor measles. On enrollment to the hearth, Mbabazi, like10 other women, started participating in the cooking andhealth education lessons as well as feeding her child. Bythe end of the 12 days of the hearth, Naiga had been fullyvaccinated, de-wormed and gained half a kilogram (500g)of body weight.The organization also assisted a number ofcommunities to access quality health servicesthrough: 7: number of health centres built. 10: the number of water tanks built. 15: the number of staff houses built. 134: the number of health seminarsconducted. 348: the number of immunization aidestrained. 6,459 : the number of registered childrentreated. 28,818: the number of insecticide-treatedmosquito nets distributed to pregnant mothersand children under the age of five. 70,384:the number of children immunized.5Annual Report 2010