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Community outreach and health promotion focused on prevention, early action and stronger links between communities and health services. Karucan mobilises village health teams, conducts health promotion at markets, fishing landings and workplaces, and supports referral pathways to District Health Teams and hospitals.

Under the Stop TB Partnership's TB REACH Wave, Karucan strengthens private health-facility TB services, deploys satellite and mobile clinics to fishing communities, mines and prisons, and operates mobile-phone TB reporting tools for referral and contact tracing. Integrated TB–HIV activities include isoniazid preventive therapy for PLHIV and HIV counselling and testing for TB patients.

Antenatal care, immunisation, nutrition screening and under-5 services delivered close to where families live, integrated into routine clinical care and HIV/AIDS activities, with referral links to Bwera, Bundibugyo and Fort Portal Regional Referral hospitals.

Awareness campaigns, community screening and professional training targeting obesity in the Rwenzori Sub-region. Recognised by the World Obesity Federation as part of its Holistic Approach Network, Karucan contributes a community-level perspective to Africa's response to obesity and related non-communicable diseases.

Each year during Global Liver Awareness Week, Karucan leads liver-health screening and education events across Uganda, focused on early detection and prevention. As a coalition member of the African Hepatitis B Advocacy Coalition (ABAC), Karucan contributes community-level engagement to hepatitis B and broader liver-disease response.

A technology-enabled programme improving access to trustworthy health information, digital health navigation and referral pathways for young people in rural communities — combining a youth-friendly mobile platform, USSD/SMS pathways for low-bandwidth environments, and youth participation in content design.

Sustainable agriculture, household nutrition gardens, women-led enterprise and skills training that improve income, dignity and resilience. Livelihoods work complements health programming — better nutrition supports recovery and prevention, and income diversification extends the impact of every outreach contact.

Safe-water infrastructure, household sanitation and hygiene promotion that reduce preventable illness. WASH is delivered alongside health and livelihoods so that investments in water infrastructure translate into measurable reductions in water-borne disease.

WANEMA protects ecosystems while supporting livelihoods, through seven priority pillars: freshwater resource management; ecosystem protection and afforestation; land use and sustainable management; environmental quality and pollution control; climate resilience and low emissions; disaster risk reduction; and sustainable value addition through green enterprise.