In Uganda, Community Health Alliance Uganda (CHAU), also a returning grant, implemented a multi-level advocacy initiative that linked community-generated evidence with national policy engagement around long-acting HIV prevention. Building on Uganda’s strong SRH and HIV advocacy environment, CHAU focused on positioning long-acting prevention as a strategic opportunity to address persistent vulnerabilities among adolescent girls and young women and other populations at substantial risk.

CHAU conducted rapid assessments, community dialogues, and community-led monitoring activities to generate evidence on awareness, acceptability, and health system readiness for long-acting HIV prevention options. These insights informed advocacy messaging and were used to engage policymakers, parliamentary actors, and other national stakeholders.

A key output of CHAU’s work was the co-development of a position paper and draft policy brief, produced in collaboration with Africa REACH, which articulated policy options for strengthening financing, community-led delivery, data use, and supply chain systems. Through this process, CHAU demonstrated how community-level evidence can be translated into concrete policy asks, reinforcing Africa REACH’s approach of connecting lived experience with decision-making spaces.