Twinings

The program has already shown returns. Health knowledge on key topics such as family planning, HIV, Hepatitis B, and pregnancy health have improved significantly. Women able to name a family planning method increased from 30 to 100 percent; women’s knowledge of mother to child transmission of HIV increased from 10 percent to 60 percent; and women able to name three or more pregnancy risk factors increased from 11 percent to 86 percent. Twinings has also seen improved health behavior with an increase in the use of health facilities following trainings; improved worker relations with management, with workers feeling more comfortable discussing issues with their managers; and reductions in absenteeism, leading to improved productivity in the workplace.
Twinings continues its efforts to reach 40,000 women by 2020, and is also committed to advocating for workplace women’s health and empowerment through the tea sector in Kenya.

We have made progress in the following areas:

We continue to support tertiary care at Kiwoko Hospital, considered a centre of excellence for high-risk newborns in Uganda. The Kiwoko Hospital neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) provides exceptional care to newborns from across the country and is dedicated to sharing its knowledge. Together we are working with the Ministry of Health to develop training processes and tools to improve the care of sick and premature newborns throughout the country.

Adara is working with Nakaseke Hospital, a public facility, to help develop a Special Care Baby Unit providing tertiary care to newborns. The unit was developed in 2018 and has provided care to over 500 babies. Adara continues to provide ongoing mentorship and is evaluating the impact of the project and feasibility of implementing in other Ugandan health care facilities.