POLICY BRIEF: Dealing with Teenage Pregnancy, Abortion, and Data Quality in Healthcare Facilities in Uganda; Challenges and Opportunities
Teenage pregnancy and unsafe abortion remain significant public health challenges in Uganda, despite existing frameworks such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being), and SDG 4 (Quality Education) which emphasize the importance of accessible health services...
POLICY BRIEF: Menstrual Hygiene Management Among Women and Girls in Karamoja and Teso Regions
Over the past two years, with financial support from Welthungerhilfe, the Center for Health, Human Rights and Development (CEHURD), Straight Talk Foundation (STF) and Kiyita Family Alliance for Development (KIFAD) have been in Karamoja and Teso regions, specifically in the districts of Moroto, Na...
POLICY BRIEF: GENDER BASED VIOLENCE - A Hindrance to the Realization of Rights Among Women and Girls in Karamoja And Teso Regions
Welthungerhilfe is supporting the Center for Health, Human Rights and Development (CEHURD), Straight Talk Foundation(STF), and Kiyita Family Alliance for Development (KIFAD) under the Grow Together project, to engage in the communities of Karamoja and Teso on gender inequalities including address...
Technical Policy Brief on Community Health Insurance Scheme
Uganda continues to grapple with high out-of-pocket expenditures and reliance on external financing for health care. In spite of over 20 years of advocacy for national health insurance law, Uganda has not passed a law to regulate public health insurance.
We have developed a technical policy br...
The Legal and Policy Framework on Medical Abortion Self-Care Policy Brief - 2023
This policy brief highlights the urgent need to address these challenges and emphasizes the importance of ensuring universal access to legal and safe abortion services for girls and women of reproductive age worldwide.
It advances conversations on the need for comprehensive policies and interven...
Promoting The Health And Human Rights Of Adolescent Girls And Young Women Using The Existing Legal Framework On Abortion In Uganda
An estimated 56 million induced abortions occur worldwide each year, with up to 25 million (45%) of them being unsafe. Unsafe abortion occurs when a pregnancy is terminated either by persons lacking the necessary skills or in an environment that does not conform to minimal medical standards, or b...
The Global Financing Facility in Uganda: A Brief Summary
This factsheet focuses on the Global Financing Facility (GFF) in Uganda. Wemos’ factsheet on the GFF explains the general functioning of this health financing model supporting countries in reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child, and adolescent health and nutrition (RMNCAH+N).
Uganda was selec...
Parliamentary Policy Brief: A Right to Health Analysis of Uganda's National Health Insurance Scheme Bill
This Parliamentary Policy Brief provides a right to health analysis of the Government of Uganda’s proposed National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Bill No. 27 of 2019. The brief is based on an analysis of the provisions of the bill and measures these against the binding and authoritative standard...
Improving the legal environment for provision of HIV and TB services to key populations, PLWHIV and those with TB in Uganda
Categories of people that have the highest risk of getting infected with HIV ironically have the least access to HIV prevention, care and support services – and consequently are the main source of new infections to the general population. Basing on results from a rapid assessment of the legal and...
Capacity of Adolescents to Consent to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services: The Case for Policy, Legal and Pragmatic Reform
Uganda’s laws prescribe 18 years as the age of adulthood, at this age an individual is deemed to have the capacity to make their own decisions. The capacity of minors to consent is an area of contention with conflicting laws, policies and practices. While it is reasonable that parents should cont...
Policy Brief: Improving the legal environment for provision of HIV and TB services to key populations, persons living with HIV and those with tuberculosis in Uganda
Key populations are categories of people that are, for various reasons, most likely to be exposed to HIV. The National HIV and AIDS Strategic Plan (NSP) 2015/16-2019/20 defines ‘key populations’ as those with very high prevalence of HIV, contribute highly to new HIV infections and have high risk ...
Policy Brief: Securing human rights in school health
The Ministry of Education and Sports has drafted a National School Health Policy to guide the design and implementation of interventions to improve health in school settings in Uganda over the period 2018-2023. Basing on results from a review of the latest draft of the policy, this brief highligh...
Understanding the Law and Policy on safe abortion in Uganda: 5 Quick Steps
This document was developed to guide health service providers by the lawyers of the Legal Support Network (LSN). The Network brings together lawyers that provide pro bono legal services to health service providers caught up in the criminal justice system for providing abortion related services.
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HIV & AIDS and Human rights Handbook
HIV & AIDS and Human rights Handbook
Gender Based Violence & Human right HAND BOOK
Gender Based Violence & Human right HAND BOOK
Health andHuman RIGHTS HANDBOOK
Health and Human RIGHTS HANDBOOK
Lawyers and Activists Handbook
Lawyers and Activists Handbook
GAG RULE FACT SHEET
FACT SHEET
ToT Fact Sheet
Fact Sheet
Clarifying the Law on Termination of Pregnancy in the Revision of the Penal Code
The case for clarifying the law on termination of pregnancy in the revision of the Penal Code(Policy Brief,July 2015)