A review of Kenyan, Ugandan and Tanzanian public health law relevant to equity in health
This report presents a review of the public health laws in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania that impact on equity in health to assess the extent to which the current legal framework addresses public health and health equity, recognising the changing challenges, contexts and policies in all three countr...
Advocating for the Right to Reproductive Health Care in Uganda. The import of Constitutional Petition No.16 of 2011
This brief aims to explain the context of landmark petition the
Center for Health, Human Rights and Development (CEHURD)
and other partners have filed in the Constitutional Court seeking
to secure among others a declaration that non-provision of
essential maternal health commodities in a gove...
African Civil Society Open Letter To ARIPO 21-11-2018 V.6
African Civil Society Open Letter To ARIPO 21-11-2018 V.6
Annual Report 2018
In December 2019, CEHURD will make 10 years of visible and tangible progress. With a great backbone provided by the Board of Directors, committed partners, a great staff and our communities of interest, we have managed to stay focused on the key issues, which has been essential to our success.
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Case Study Report: Review of constitutional provisions on the right to health in Uganda
This case study is produced by the Centre for Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) in the theme work on health rights and law of the Regional Network for Equity in Health in East and Southern Africa (EQUINET). It examines how the right to health is enforced in Uganda, how it was implemented, and...
CEHURD Annual Report 2015
CEHURD Annual Report 2015
CEHURD Annual Report 2016
The Center For Health Human Rights and Development Annual Report for the year 2016.
Constitutional provisions for the right to health in east and southern Africa
This report presents a desk review of the constitutional provisions on the right to health
in 14 countries in east and southern Africa (ESA) covered by EQUINET: Angola,
Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa,
Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe and Za...
Content and Context of Uganda's Tobacco Control Bill 2014
The existing legal framework for tobacco control does not protect citizens against the harms of tobacco use and exposure of tobacco smoke in line with the FCTC and its implementation guidelines
Copyright, access to learning materials and the role of University Libraries
Copyright is understood to protect the economic and moral rights of creators of literary, music and other works. The copyright law gives creators exclusive rights to authorise different uses of their works.
The law however attempts to provide a balance between the private rights of creators and ...
CSMMUA Strategic Planning Meeting Report
CSMMUA Strategic Planing Meeting Country Lake Resort, Garuga 11th – 12th February, 2016 Meeting Report
Effects of Tobacco on HIV Affected communities
It has been established that exposure to tobacco through smoking is associated with poorer outcomes in HIV-associated opportunistic infections, of which TB is the commonest. The incidence rates of TB have risen rapidly as a result of the HIV epidemic. Evidence further indicates that smokers are a...
Facing Uganda's Law on Abortion: Experiences of women and service providers
Uganda’s law on abortion prohibits several acts and omissions relating to abortion and sets out to punish women and health workers who perform any of the prohibited acts. And yet it should also be noted that every woman has a right to make decisions relating to her reproductive health and this de...
FACING UGANDA’S LAW ON ABORTION
Maternal mortality continues to be a formidable factor in the realization of sexual and reproductive
health and rights (SRHR) in Uganda. Indeed 343 women out of every 100,000 women die from
preventable pregnancy-related complications each year and many more suffer serious and often
permanent d...
GFF Uganda - CEHURD - Participation
This report presents findings from a scoping assessment of the Global Financing Facility (GFF) for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) as a development funding model and Uganda’s readiness to implement the project. The GFF model uses a hybrid funding approach tha...
Human Rights Implications of Inadequate Contraceptive Access and Use in Uganda
Family planning services and contraceptives are critical in the prevention of unintended pregnancies, miscarriages, unsafe abortions and maternal deaths. Hence, they improve the health of women and the overall well-being of families.
Over time, there has been commendable effort from Government...
IDRC Project - First Progress Report
This project aims to identify, in two sites, one in South Africa and one in Uganda, opportunities for best practice in utilising community participation as a vehicle for realising health rights. The focus on developing models for community participation in health is intended to speak to strategie...
IDRC Project - Second Progress Report
This project aims to identify, in two sites, one in South Africa and one in Uganda, opportunities for best practice in utilising community participation as a vehicle for realising health rights. The focus on developing models for community participation in health is intended to speak to strategie...
In access: Monitoring Access to Maternal Health Commodities in Uganda
At 435 deaths per 100,000 live births, an estimated 6,000 women die from giving birth every year (Ministry of finance 2011). This report summarises trends in availability of Key maternal health commodities at selected public health facilities in Uganda.