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AGHA Uganda's Programs |
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Training and Capacity Development in Health and Human Rights
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AGHA will continue to support efforts aimed at strengthening CSO capacities to mainstream human rights issues into their interventions.
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This programme will be mandated to implement human rights advocacy and lobbying issues related to AGHA’s work specifically policy advocacy, program communication and social mobilization for the networks.
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Research, Information and Knowledge Management
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The program will be tasked with enhancing communication and information sharing with the AGHA stakeholders. This will be done through sieving information and packaging it for use
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Vision: |
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A world of equity and social justice where health rights are respected and enjoyed by all |
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Mission |
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To promote and advance health and human rights including in the response to HIV&AIDS in Uganda through research, training and advocacy |
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Values Statement |
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AGHA is a diverse organization made up of people from a range of backgrounds with differing beliefs and experiences. As an organization, AGHA:
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Values the right to health including HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support as a basic human right
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Cherishes transparency and accountability at all levels in its work and is responsive to its stakeholders.
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Values the principle of non discrimination and equality in the provision of health services.
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Values inclusion and participation of PLHIV, healthcare workers, caregivers and health consumers in health related decision making.
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Strives to be a learning organization by continually increasing its technical and organizational performance through critical reflection, identification, documentation and application of good practices and lessons learnt.
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About AGHA Uganda |
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The Action Group for Health, Human Rights and HIV/AIDS (AGHA) is a health rights advocacy organization in Uganda dedicated to raising awareness of the human rights aspects of health, and improving the quality of health and healthcare for all Ugandans. Grounded in a rights-based approach, AGHA mobilizes health professionals, in collaboration with communities, to be health rights advocates promoting equity and social justice for all Ugandans, with a particular focus on marginalized and vulnerable populations. AGHA has a proven track record of addressing health rights violations in Uganda through advocacy-oriented research, education and training.
Founded in 2003 by a group of concerned Ugandan health professionals, AGHA has mobilized hundreds of members, fostered coalitions and local and national networks, conducted numerous health, human rights and advocacy trainings, and brought human rights awareness to key health and policymaking bodies.  Building upon its expertise and knowledge, AGHA has started a nationwide movement of doctors, nurses, other health professionals, public health practitioners, lawyers, social workers, policymakers, government officials, and community members, who are committed to addressing the convergence between health and human rights in Uganda and throughout the world. AGHA is on the forefront of advancing the right to health in Uganda, and continues to forge the link between health and human rights through trainings, public education campaigns, coalition-building, research and policy advocacy.
AGHA has been implementing its organizational mandate through four mechanisms:
- Research: conducting research on human rights violations that impair the population’s health and well-being;
- Training: providing trainings to educate health providers, public officials and civil society organizations and the communities they serve on advocacy and the relationship between health and human rights;
- Advocacy: taking action to raise awareness and influence policy through the media, public campaigns and high-level meetings; and
- Networks and Coalitions: networking and collaborating with other public and private entities and organizations to advocate for rights-based health policies and programs.
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Our mandate |
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Health Rights Leadership Campaign: AGHA carries out networking, outreach, and education with health workers, NGOs, the general public, students and the media on health and human rights issues in order to shift the paradigm of medicine in Uganda to include human rights.
Health Workforce Campaign: The purpose of this campaign is to advocate for improved human resources for health in Uganda by addressing; (a) education and training, (b) policy governance and financing, (c) Quality of Care and monitoring and evaluation; (d) migration and retention of health care workers.
Anti-Stigma and Discrimination Campaign: To combat stigma and discrimination in healthcare settings, AGHA is implementing an Anti-Stigma Campaign through locally-based Task Force Committees. Through this, AGHA has trained 50 trainers and held over 10 member-led stigma trainings for healthcare workers in four districts (Rakai, Tororo, Mbarara and Kampala) reaching over 200 health workers and community members.
Health Financing Campaign: AGHA’s Health Financing Campaign aims to increase health funding in Uganda to at least 15% of the National Budget through innovative advocacy and research, including policy forums, media outreach, meetings with key national leadership and civil society engagement |
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