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.
Community Health Workers to Benefit From PBF
From allafrica.com
Community Health Works (CHWs) will soon start gaining from the Performance Based Financing (PBF) - an initiative that offers financial incentives to medical practitioners. With the help of the School of Public Health of the National University of Rwanda, the Ministry of Health intends to conduct a baseline study on 4,800 health workers in 200 sectors across the country. go
Cholera kills 36 in southern Somalia
From www.presstv.com
Cholera has claimed 36 more people in Somalia, where unhygienic living conditions have spread the disease among the hundreds of thousands of famine victims, Press TV reports.
Doctor Mohamed Salah Abdi told Press TV that the victims died on Thursday evening in Kismayo, the capital of the lower Juba region and a port city about 500 kilometers (310 miles) south of the Somali capital Mogadishu.
Over 340 people, suffering from cholera and waterborne diseases, also flocked Kismayo’s Alanley hospital for medical treatment. go
Patients leave hospital after medical officers refuse to work
KC Sanya Emmanuel Mango reports on relatives moving patients out of Mbale hospital after medical staff refuse to work on the grounds that police are holding six of their colleagues in custody. more
Zimbabwe lacks sanitation policies for the homeless
A strategy report for Zimbabwe aimed at accelerating access to sanitation and hygiene has revealed that there are no policies or strategies to deal with sanitation for homeless people. more
Women MPs want Mbale medics tried
From mobile.monitor.co.ug
Women legislators yesterday called for speedy prosecution of Mbale Referral Hospital medical officers suspected to have led to the death of a pregnant teacher and her baby recently. go
After violence, women’s mental health suffers
From www.msnbc.msn.com
Women who have been sexually assaulted, abused by a partner or stalked may face high lifetime risks of depression and other mental health conditions, a new study suggests. go
Ugandan Women MPs want Mbale medics tried
From www.monitor.co.ug
Women legislators yesterday called for speedy prosecution of Mbale Referral Hospital medical officers suspected to have led to the death of a pregnant teacher and her baby recently. go
‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ ban on gays in US military ends
From www.bbc.co.uk
A policy banning open homosexuality in the US military has been repealed after nearly two decades.
The dropping of “don’t ask, don’t tell” means service members can now reveal they are gay without fear of investigation or discharge.
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