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o SMS services for health campaign in Jinja, Uganda.

o December 2009- March 2010

o Gauging and increasing knowledge of participants on HIV/AIDS

o 5000 participants.

o Lira ( North West Uganda)

o February 2010

o For HIV/AIDS education and to expand demand for, and use of HIV testing and counseling services.

o Text to Change targeted a group of 7.000 people.

o 1000 participants in North Uganda, Amuru, Gulu, Kitgum, Pader and Lira.

o 9% of the participants agreed that beating a child is a good way of disciplining a

child whilst 91% did not agree with that.

Interactive Voice Response system (IVR), UNICEF Namibia (2009-2010)
- Target Group: Namibian citizens
- Program focus: opinion-polls about the Millennium Development Goals.

ZAIN workplace based SMS program, Kenya (October/ November 2009)
- Target Group: 500 Zain Employees in Kenya
- Program focus: HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment
- Response Rate: 43%
- Uptake health services: + 10%
- Media: intranet , Email, internal communiqués

Health Initiatives for the Private Sector (HIPS-USAID), August 2009 Uganda
- Workplace based SMS program among 5.000 employees targeted from 3 companies:
  - Kinyara Sugar in Masindi;
  - Kikira Sugar Works in Jinja;
  - Kasese Cobalt KCCL in Kasese;
- Program focus: HIV/AIDS prevention, Malaria Family Planning, Medical Male Circumcision (MMC), Multiple Sexual Partnerships.
- Response Rate: 37 %
- Uptake of health services at company clinics : + 200%

United Nations – ECOSOC ‘Texting 4 Health campaign’, Jinja, Uganda, June 2009
- Target Group: 10.000 MTN subscribers in Jinja
- Program focus: HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Child Health
- Net Response Rate: 23 %
- Media: Radio, Newspapers.

Aids information Centre Uganda (AIC) Arua, January 2009.
- Target group: 10.000 MTN mobile subscribers in Arua
- Program focus: HIV/AIDS Awareness and promote uptake of couple HCT
- Net Response Rate: 21 %
- Uptake of HCT services at AIC: + 35%
- Media: Radio, Newspapers, Posters.

Aids information Centre Uganda (AIC) Mbarara, 2007-2008.
- Target group: 15.000 Zain mobile subscribers in Mbarara Uganda
- Program focus: HIV/AIDS Awareness and promote uptake of HCT
- Net Response Rate: 18 %
- Uptake of HCT services at AIC: + 40%
- Media: Radio, Newspapers, Posters.