AVSI has been operating in the health sector since the early 1970s along the following priority areas and with an overall objective of supporting individuals, families, and communities strengthen and maintain an environment that is conducive to healthy and dignified lives.

1	Assistance, including ICT support, for those with physical disabilities including victims of landmines. Jordan, Uganda
2	Comprehensive care for people living with HIV/AIDS, including orphans and their families, and social rehabilitation for these and other marginalized groups. Kenya, Nigeria, Romania, Uganda,
3	Strengthening basic health services through increased provision, accessibility and prevention, including rehabilitation of existing hospitals and other health-related facilities. Brazil, Congo DR, Kenya, Nigeria, Paraguay, Romania, Rwanda, Uganda
4	Support for district health systems services through functional reorganization of services and human capacity building (training and re-qualification of medical staff). Albania, Lebanon, Nigeria, Uganda

AVSI Resources related to Health Care and Prevention

• The Challenges of HIV/AIDS: Twenty Years of Struggle, Knowledge and Commitment for Action [PDF]
  A booklet produced in 2001 which provides an overview of the challenge of AIDS in Africa, with a specific focus on Uganda, and includes a collection of presentations made at the Meeting of Friendship among Peoples, during a conference entitled, "Has the monster been caged? Twenty years of struggle against HIV/AIDS."
  
  

• Agriculture and Environment
• Education, Child Development and Family Support
• Emergency Assistance
• Health Care and Prevention
• Urban Upgrading
• Vocational Training and Business Development