Human rights
KCs document what life is like for people facing human rights abuses due to their age, sexuality, gender, health status or disability.
Many KCs report personal accounts of men who have sex with men, transgenders and people living with HIV who are struggling to access health services due to stigma and discrimination.
KCs also document legal challenges brought against governments for failing to provide services that meet basic human rights such as the right to health, as well as civil society campaigns around stigma reduction and health provision.
Ugandan activists ‘disappointed’ as maternal death case fails to be heard for third time
Activists were disappointed once again last week (28 September 2011) when the long awaited Petition Number 16, which campaigners are bringing against the government for failing to prevent maternal deaths, failed to be heard for the third time. more
Woman dies in Lyatonde Hospital, Uganda due to lack of stitches
From 256news.com
A woman has died in a Lyantonde government health centre after the doctors failed to get stitches to sew the wound after an operation.
The deceased whose name remains unknown had gone to Kasambya Health Centre IV in Lyantonde district to give birth. go
People with disabilities to benefit from livelihoods project
An NGO has launched a SHS 1.2 billion, three year livelihoods project for people with disabilities in Budaka, Eastern Uganda and Buyokwe district, Central Uganda. more
Rural residents in Kabarole, Western Uganda missing out on health and education
Despite the presence of three hospitals and several health centers in Kabarole district, Western Uganda, the majority of the rural people in the area are not accessing health services due to the geographical set up of the area. more
The ‘sick’ hospital system in Uganda
From www.monitor.co.ug
The death of Cecilia Namboozo in the labour ward of Mbale Hospital, Eastern Uganda last month, mirrors the massive problem health centers are facing all over the country. She is just one in 16 who die everyday during labour. The government last Wednesday outlined a six point ‘fire-brigade’ response to salvage the country’s ailing health care system after the death of a primary school teacher in Mbale District sparked public fury countrywide. go
Raped - and now confined to a wheelchair
From www.monitor.co.ug
This week’s acquittal of soldiers who allegedly gang-raped and incapacitated a young girl in Moroto has copiously added pain to the terrible effect that Ms Teddy Nakiru is carrying after a rape that took place on New Year’s Eve. There was medical evidence that Ms Nakiru was raped and one of the defendants, Pte. James Manana, admitted to have had a sexual encounter with the victim, but claimed she was his girlfriend. The army court, sitting in Moroto District, however, ruled on Tuesday that, “The state had not proved its case beyond reasonable doubt as required by law and subsequently found Pte. Manana not guilty of the offence of rape.” go
Sexual Minorities Uganda wins human rights prize
From 256news.com
The Rafto Human Rights Prize 2011 has been awarded to Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) and its leader Frank Mugisha. SMUG works to promote the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. go
Mothers deliver on smoked banana leaves
KC John B.B.Nzinjah reports on the lack of healthcare facing pregnant women in Kasese, Western Uganda more