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Organization: UGANDA FEDERATION OF THE HARD OF HEARING (UFHOH)
Title: Be part of the Solution. Acall to action for hearing loss mitigation and management
Alternate tite:
Be part of the solution. A call to action for hearing loss mitigation and management
Description:
Uganda Federation of the Hard of Hearing(UFHOH) organised a community outreach in Butambala district Central Uganda, and engaged Children, youth , Senior Citizens and local leaders on hearing healthcare , UFHOH focused on preventive aspects of Hearing loss, emphasizing what every individual, group, institutions and policy makers can do to mitigate hearing loss prevalence and support location actions that promote integration of hearingcare into the national health priorities at sub national and national levels.
UFHOH Conducted safe listening awareness sessions and distributed world hearing day information materials to the audiences, printed shirts, engaged media in its commemoration as well as shared information on social media pages to amplify awareness and outreach of the WHD 2025 Key messages , UFHOH was captured on KTV and hosted on Radio Mama to share more about World hearing day 2025 as well as situations that affect hard of hearing persons reaching over 8million People.
Primary site: AFR – Uganda
Impactful Story:
After the safe listening engagement with the community one brave young man came up and testified,that the safe listening talk was educative. He said “i have been playing loud music directly to my ears through the earphones for longer hours unbothered,I have been listening to football commentary for 90 minutes with my earphones at increased volume, i didn’t know about hearing loss in details, listening breaks,ear protection gadgets but now I understand, i didnt believe hearing loss can be this real,since i have heard from the facilitator with lived experience of noise induced hearing loss! i will take extra caution”
General Photos
Hard of hearing Members from UFHOH that led the celebrations
Group Photo with some participants
Community messenger for WHD (UFHOH)
UFHOH Members
Types of Engagement:
Screening: No
Traditional media: Yes
Social media: Yes
Special needs populations:
Participation of policy makers: Yes
Participation of influencers: No