Older persons are trained to monitor blood pressure once every month, and five different communities have a blood pressure monitor thanks to the community-based organisation, Support The Elderly Persons‒STEP Uganda. “We use the CLCP approach, older persons form groups, set up committees to guide them on how to arrive at their dream. Each group has a day in a month to meet”, says Beatrice Nabitiri who started STEP.

Find out more about the story of Beatrice and STEP in E. M. Rafique’s blog here:http://aidscompetence.ning.com/profiles/blogs/a-journey-of-joy-story-of-beatrice.