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Did you know? The Buvuma Girls Empowerment Project saw a 120% increase in women willing to speak out against gender-based violence- including s*xual assault. This development is key to reducing the improving gender equality- and reducing the incidence of HIV transmission in the most vulnerable communities.

In case you missed it: We recently hosted a table to raise asthma awareness and education in New York's Capital Region, a first step towards our anti-asthma program. We'd like to thank the Bethlehem YMCA for having us! To learn more about asthma and our work, visit https://www.cenrid.org/research/asthma.

Program Spotlight time! The Buvuma Girls Empowerment Project, or BUGEP, provided comprehensive s*x and family education to adolescent women in Uganda's Buvuma district.
Worldwide, over half of people with HIV are females aged 10-24, leading to hundreds of infections each day, millions of deaths, and gross health burdens. Through BUGEP, our services included:
-Family planning counseling
-HIV diagnosis
-HIV awareness sessions
-Community outreach to boost awareness
In doing so, we sought to narrow and reframe gender disparities while bolstering positive attitudes towards new norms. This approach fostered the prevention of new HIV cases- and needless suffering for the most vulnerable populations. To learn more, visit https://www.cenrid.org/programs/bugep.

For healthier lives- and a greater world- we're making sure children get the nutrients they need through our Vitamins+Minerals project. Learn more at CenRID.org.