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Uganda’s Constitutional Court begins hearing challenge to HIV criminalization law The Constitutional Court of Uganda has begun hearing a landmark case on the right to health, in which LGBT and human rights defenders sued the state for criminalization of HIV…

Rapid Assessment of Harm Reduction Funding and Investment in Uganda This report presents the results of a rapid assessment on harm reduction funding and investment in Uganda. The purpose of this assessment was to establish the harm reduction funding and…

The drop-in centre of the Uganda Harm Reduction Network (UHRN) looks lonely from the deserted suburban pavement. It is a non-descript house, hidden behind an imposing solid pink steel gate, in an equally non-descript neighbourhood

CDC supports the first Medically Assisted Therapy program that reduces HIV infections among drug users in Uganda A CDC-supported program in Uganda, that opened its doors in October 2020, is already helping treat persons who inject drugs (PWIDs), a vulnerable…

Why Medically Assisted Therapy in Uganda The UNAIDS fast-track plan calls for rapid acceleration of HIV treatment and prevention services by high HIV burdened countries such as Uganda and this is to be achieved through roll out of comprehensive HIV…

When and how do individuals transition from regular drug use to injection drug use in Uganda? Findings from a rapid assessment In Uganda, injection drug use is a growing but less studied problem. Preventing the transition to injection drug use…

In March 2020, the Government of Uganda banned both public and private transport and restricted individual movements, nonfood markets, and announced nighttime curfew as a response to the COVID-19 crisis. Further, the police, the army, and anarmed community-policing paramilitary group…

Injection and sexual risk among people who use or inject drugs in Kampala, Uganda: An exploratory qualitative study HIV prevalence in Uganda is among the highest in the world, with national prevalence estimated at 6.2% [1] and prevalence among high…