CHALLENGES:

A. Funding gaps in some of the project components:

• Inadequate IEC / promotional materials compared to the size of the markets and number of vendors involved.
  
  
• Provision for Adult literacy to enable vendors who can’t read, learn and be able to access written information on HIV/AIDS.
  
  
• Short supply of condoms for educational purposes and availability to those who are asking for them.
  
  
• Treatment literacy for clients on ARVs, their caregivers and the general market community. There is a lot of misinformation about ART which needs to be corrected on an ongoing basis.
  
  
• Addressing OVCs in market communities.
  
  
• Incorporating Malaria and TB education, prevention, treatment and care into the programme.
  
  
• A system to follow up HIV+ clients who are referred to AHF-Uganda Cares clinics (and some already started on ARV’s) but get lost to follow up.
  
  
• Formation of psychosocial support groups such as post test support groups, a system to follow up clients under treatment and other strategies to address stigma and discrimination.
  
  
• Limited space for the clinics

B. Resources and partnerships to scale up and replicate MAVAP to other markets in Kampala and the rest of the country.