February 2019

26 Feb 19

“Health In The Market Place” Its Implication On The Right To Health In Uganda

This was a symposium organized by SEATINI, our member organizations in the People’s Health Movement-Uganda. Focused on the dynamics in the health sector at the global, regional and national level. Looking at a number of Trade Policies and Negotiations that are ongoing at policy level which, if poorly negotiated can…

15 Feb 19

Meeting With Wemos On The Status Of Uganda’s Health System

Analyzing the human resources for health (HRH) situation in Uganda. Focusing on the several aspects around the topic of HRH funding and health finance and the linkages with health systems strengthening; the current shortages, HRH policies, NHIS in Uganda, the WHO Code of recruitment, the donors’ environment and current donor-led…

08 Feb 19

The Political Economy of Global Health: Reflections from the Prince Mahidol Award Conference, Bangkok

By Rachel Thompson on February 5, 2019 The conflation of treatment and prevention may be problematic in tackling NCDs Within Global Health, the issues around NCDs are being framed in terms of treatment solutions. Solutions that, for example, often involve public private partnerships to accelerate access to pharmaceutical products. This issue was evident in the UN…

01 Feb 19

Galvanizing the Action to Protect and Promote the Rights of Mentally-Disabled Individuals in the Key Populations: a Pathway to Achieve Health for All

Obsolete mental health legislation in Uganda has a number of deficiencies such as failure to differentiate voluntary and involuntary care, inadequate protection and promotion of the human rights of people with mental illness and the presence of slurring and stigmatizing language; and henceforth not in line with the draft mental…