Host Organization
Communication for Healthy Communities (CHC)

About the Fellow
Lydia is responsible for ensuring that nutrition is prioritized in the CHC Obulamu campaign, which focuses on reducing deaths related to HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria. She helps integrate nutrition into family planning and maternal and child health messages. She is currently playing a key role in the development of the "Obulamu Nutrition Guide", which is intended for village health teams and tailors nutrition messages for caretakers of children under 5 years of age.

"I have learnt that having knowledge without the ability to pass it on in a simple way is a major setback in health communication. Communication for Healthy Communities has equipped me with the art of designing simple and applicable nutrition messages to specific audiences."

Lydia, a cookery and art lover, developed a keen interest in nutrition while working at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital as a student trainee. Her interaction with malnourished children was so heartbreaking that her passion and desire to work in community nutrition grew. She expects the UNF to build her expertise in behaviour change communication, research, and report writing.

Education
Bachelor of Science in Food Processing Technology, Kyambogo University, 2014