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KAMPALA, Uganda – In Uganda, according to the 2018UNAIDS statistics, there were over 1.4 million people living with HIV/AIDS. Many of these live outside the central region where access to drugs is comparatively difficult as the people living with AIDS can’t access the different avenues that provide them with Anti-Retroviral Drugs (ARVs) and other health services. The main reason is that those living outside the cities rely on the transportation of the drugs and healthcare givers to their regions. This transportation was however greatly disrupted when COVID-19 hit the country... Read More

KAMPALA, Uganda – In the month of August 2020, the Legal Team at Uganda Network on Law, Ethics, and HIV/AIDS (UGANET) concluded mentorship sessions in North Eastern Uganda including a dialogue with Persons Living with HIV (PLHIV) clients in Nakapiripirit. This marked a week-long program that saw the team traverse Napak, Moroto and Nakapiripirit districts among others. The sessions were part of a bigger project that has seen different teams from UGANET traverse all the six regions in the country, while meeting with PLHIV and duty bearers while also offering... Read More

KAMPALA, Uganda – According to The Daily Monitor, 7000 girls were defiled from January to June 2020 as of Wednesday September 9th, 2020. This trend, which is expected to increase as the festive season approaches, will see the number of defilement cases registered this year surge ahead of last year’s. In the past year, according to the Criminal Investigations Directorate statistics, there were 13,613 defilement cases registered by the police and in 2018, the number was 15,366. Of the 7000 cases registered, the Director of Criminal Investigations, Grace Akullo, said... Read More