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The district of Gakenke has established family planning committees in all the villages in the district and family planning services are being offered in six secondary family planning posts put in place by religious organizations. The number of women that have been participating have grown from. 8.1% to 16%, however, men have also been participating in this endeavor with 70 men in 2007 but have tripled to 288 in 2008.
The District upgraded some health centers including Muhondo, Coko, Bushoka, and Rutake Health Centers. These health centers helped in providing testing and counseling services (VCT&PMTCT) to more than 15,600 people.
People are being sensitized to look after their hygiene especially drinking boiled water, using clean food utensils, and cleaning there homesteads. At the village level, there people responsible for monitoring how all this is being implemented.
People have been encouraged to subscribe to the mutual health insurance and there is a big improvement with an increase in the number registered members. Some organisations and corporate companies have been helping the vulnerable and the poor to be able to pay for this mutual health insurance.
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