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KAMPALA, Uganda, March 23, 2005 — Her Royal Highness Sylvia Nagginda, Queen of the Buganda Kingdom, has agreed to head the newly constituted advisory board for PSI/Uganda. HRH Sylvia is the wife of Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II King of Buganda and is the cultural leader of over 6.8 million people in an area that occupies about a quarter of Uganda. In the Baganda language, she is referred to as the Nnabagereka. Also on the advisory board is Canon Gideon Byamugisha, the first African priest to disclose his HIV positive status and a world renowned HIV/AIDS activist. Canon Gideon has worked with PSI/Uganda's behaviour change communications team training the leaders of leaders of faith-based organisations on reducing stigma against people living with HIV/AIDS. The Nnabagereka was born in the United Kingdom, raised in Uganda and lived in the U.S. for 18 years before returning to Uganda to take up her role. She holds a master's in Corporate Communications from the New York Institute of Technology, and previously worked at U.N. headquarters in New York as well as a various management consulting and communications firms in the U.S. Since becoming Queen in 1999, The Nnabagereka has been active in public health and development activities in the Buganda Kingdom and across Uganda. She runs the Nnabagereka Development Trust Foundation and is the patron of various organizations. "PSI recognizes that the rapid growth of our program makes it necessary for us to draw upon the experience and expertise of a people with a solid understanding of public health and the Ugandan environment," said PSI/Uganda Deputy Country Rep Susan Mukasa. "Our new advisory board is comprised of highly respected Ugandan leaders and health professionals, and we are especially honoured that Nnabagereka Sylvia has agreed to be a part of this remarkable team." In the last two years, PSI/Uganda has grown from 32 to 80 employees, increased funding to over $7 million per year, created a new behaviour change department and launched a corporate AIDS prevention program and safe water system. In 2004, Uganda was ranked in the top ten of PSI programs for its person years of protection — an indicator that combines several indices of protection into one aggregate unit estimating the annual protection PSI provides through its products and services. — Sam Nganga PSI/Uganda
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