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It is with great dismay that UGANET learnt of the blatant human rights abuse of people in the community of Bulange sub county in Namutumba district. During a visit to offer free legal aid services to the communities in the area, UGANET also discovered that the main health facility has only a single ward which is shared by mothers and male patients. This kind of setting does not only compromise the privacy of patients but is also preventing community members from seeking health services at the 30-year-old hospital, which is... Read More

Report by; Damalie N. Hirwa November 04, 2020 Robinah has three children, she is a single mother. For so long until sometime this year 2020, Robinah became the face of shame in Namutumba neighbourhood for being HIV positive. Her neighbours labelled her and her children “walking dead”. Her life had become so difficult to the extent that her and her children had to develop their own route to their house for fear of being hurled insults at because they were living with HIV. “I stopped coming home early because my... Read More

Ntinda, Kampala – More women and girls in Uganda, especially in the Eastern and North-Eastern parts of the country are being denied their bodily autonomy by being forced to undergo Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The Uganda Network on Law, Ethics and HIV/AIDS (UGANET) has established that many girls of school-going age are now exposed to FGM because of the lockdown, which has robbed them of the protection previously provided by anti-FGM advocates. Fighters of FGM are now curtailed by lockdown rules like travel restrictions and anti-gathering rules to do their... Read More

Ntinda, Kampala – Maternal Mental Health problems in most communities in Uganda continue to rise, with the COVID-19 lockdown presenting a set of new challenges to new mothers, especially those in their teenage years. Dr Loyce Faith Nangiro, a medical doctor at Amudat Hospital in the Karamoja sub-region of Uganda says most new mothers in the region are very young and give birth at a tender age, something that has affected their mental health. “Most of the new mothers especially those who deliver at my hospital are very young and... Read More