MARPI HISTORY
Most At Risk Populations Initiative-(MARPI) is a legally constituted Private Not for Profit (PNFP) organization registered in 2008 under the laws of Uganda, registration No: 104041 and also registered as a Non-Governmental Organization-(NGO) under the NGO board. Its foundation was informed by the fact that risk and the vulnerability to HIV/TB/STI are greatly influenced by social, legal and economic variabilities in populations resulting in disproportionately higher burden in certain groups of people. MARPI therefore aims to bridge the existing gaps in access to SRHR/HIV/TB/STI services and other interventions among Most at Risk, Key and vulnerable populations in Uganda.
Collaborations & Networks.
The organization closely collaborates with a number of partners and agencies including the National STD control unit- Mulago of the STD/ACP-Ministry of Health, PEPFAR implementing partners, Makerere University – Infectious Diseases Institute, UN agencies, Global Fund- TASO, Medicines du Monde and other stakeholders
Target Population.
The organization closely collaborates with a number of partners and agencies including the National STD control unit- Mulago of the STD/ACP-Ministry of Health, PEPFAR implementing partners, Makerere University – Infectious Diseases Institute, UN agencies, Global Fund- TASO, Medicines du Monde and other stakeholders.
Key populations have been taken to include
Sex workers, MSM/LGBTQ, People Who inject drugs (IDUs) and Incarcerated persons- (People in Prison), while
Most At risk/Priority and vulnerable populations include
Young at risk populations (Adolescents and youth both girls and boys in and out of school, young people involved in transactional sex, urban youth in slums, persons using drugs- Non-Injecting Drug Users, migrant workers, Refugees, People with Disability (PWD), Truckers- (Long Distance Trucker Drivers), Fisher folk, Boda-boda cyclists, Uniformed forces, Students in tertiary institutions and At Risk Men/Women in the general population