Our Work

III. Rise UP! Impact 2020–2025

We built upon the successes of the 2019–2020 Scale Up and 2020–2021 Expansion phases. During the Impact Phase we maintain our nine (9) sites in Lusaka and the Copperbelt and enhance programming so HIV+ AGYW are the primary focus. We improve youth-friendly services (YFS), engage and retain in care all known and to-be-identified HIV+ AGYW, improve linkages to HIV testing, shift ARV distribution for stable HIV+ AGYW to the community (Rise UP! House and Youth Friendly Spaces), offer psychosocial support and quality PrEP services, and work closely with community partners.

Clinical sites

Rise UP! Project – Innovative Strategies

• Mental Health Capacity Building: Ensure that all workers within the organization have different levels of mental health capacity.
• Increase facility and health posts: Scale up the Rise UP! Model to various facilities and health posts for a sustainable approach.
• PrEP scale up and awareness: Use current relationships with community to spread awareness of the various PrEP methods for use.
• Knowledge sharing and academic dissemination: Stakeholders in the same sector learn from each other to tackle the alarming statistics and reduce incidences by sharing better ways of handling the delicate age range.

Expected Outcomes (2026 and beyond)

The Rise UP! Project will work closely with the Ministry of Health and community stakeholders to ensure a sustainable approach to primary care and that health care workers benefit from improved capacity to meet AGYW needs in terms of mental health, gender-based violence, community engagement, and effective clinical and wrap-around service delivery. These outcomes will demonstrate the effectiveness of the Rise UP! Model to improve ART/PrEP distribution, adherence, and retention in care among AGYW living with HIV in Zambia.