Kampala Key, Vulnerable and Priority Populations (KVP) News

The Anti-Gay Bill, 2023 was tabled on the 21st/March 2023. Among many of its blows, is criminalising any form of Public Health service targeting the LGBTIQ+ including the right to associate. This report was produced to highlight the Public Health and Legal Services that may be inaccessible if the law comes into force.  The Anti-Gay Bill, will violate the rights to liberty, freedom from fear of one’s life, freedom of pursuance of happiness, freedom of expression and association, liberty, privacy, equality, freedom from discrimination, inhumane and degrading treatment, and a fair hearing – all of which are guaranteed under Ugandan and international law – for all Ugandans and persons in Uganda. From a Strategic Public Health view point CBOs/CSOs, whether led by cis-persons, Sex-workers, Persons who use drugs, or LGBTIQ+, are expert peer networks that demonstrate superior public health benefits and outcomes for HIV, TB and Malaria prevention in cisgender males, persons who use drugs, p...

We are The Most Risk Populations' Society in Uganda (MARPS in Uganda). We were formed to specifically advocate for and catalyze strategic public health and wellness outcomes targeting the Gays, People Living With HIV, TB, Malaria by end of 2030. It is with this vision on mind that we came up with this Strategic Plan. The Four Way Approach: Over a considerable period, we have developed considerable tools to help capture meaning to different raised issues. We hope these are paths to understanding normativity.   We have gained skills and expertise in many areas but some critical product categories we are very confident of are captured in our SOGIESC Plan 2017-2030: The SOGIESC Plan 2017-2030: Sexuality Spectrum and its day-to-day application The SOGIESC Plan 2017-2030 : Orientation Spectrum and its day-to-day application The SOGIESC Plan 2017-2030 : Gender Spectrum and its day-to-day application The SOGIESC Plan 2017-2030 : Identity Spectrum and its day-to-day applic...