Kampala Key, Vulnerable and Priority Populations (KVP) News

When planning interventions targeting KP, one has to have in mind the need to address effects of latency that arise due to either disownment by parents or a history of being subjected to traumatic abuses. KP, are prone to have trauma comorbidities. In an article  " From Frying Pan To Fire: African Key Populations (KP) In A Dilemma When Provider Bias Stands In The way To Reporting IPV abuse; A Case Of Three African Cities ," Muyunga-Mukasa (2019), makes many insightful findings in Kampala, Mbarara and Nairobi that inform KP-targeting Programmatic Interventions. In the article, he argues that the contexts within which KP grow, develop, socialize and actualize have profound influence on how they turn out in life, how they go into and maintain relationships. In the article, he points out the role of seeking social services to improve quality of life and the role of Providers as decision support catalysts.  The environment has a profound influence on emotional growth which i...

A qualitative analysis of the link between violence against women and quality of HIV programming in 8 African Countries Tom Muyunga-Mukasa Background:  Effective and quality HIV programming is linked to reduced risk to violence. This study explored negative stereotypes of hegemonic masculinity and the social structures linked to it. An exploration of 8 Sub-Saharan African countries found 3 country-specific definitive social structures impacting the stereotypes, i.e., Enabling; Restrictive; and Hindering structures. Methods:  A meta-analysis of data from 2013-2017 of relationship between violence and comprehensive combination HIV prevention strategies, political commitment, rule of law, enforcement of legal gender equality, religious and traditional support for respect and dignity of women, uptake of gender-specific prevention services, Domestic Violence (DV) reports and HIV trends. 175 articles were identified and 80 met inclusion criteria. Re...

MARPS in Uganda, has helped KP-led Organizations in Uganda access Health information in a readily digestible and usable way. One of the most frequent questions fielded is how to maintain ARVs medication at individual levels. ARV service paths can be divided into the proximate and distal parts.   At the proximate are the immediate causes and processes (factors) such as time for taking prescription, actual taking of a prescription, availability of food or water and no barriers to one’s taking medication. At the distal part are those structural and environmental factors such as price, political conditions, status, stigma, discrimination, harassment, availability of health facilities to ensure refills and regular supply of medicines before stocks run out. But for KPs in Uganda, the case may be different. Some cannot afford housing, cannot afford transport to go to clinics for regular check-ups or refills. The likelihood of facing stigma and discri...

Ugandan-born American HIV Activist launches Kampala Sexuality Journal.  https://kampalasexualityjournal.blogspot.com/ #kampalasexualityjournal In the journal both peer and non peer reviewed articles on sexuality, orientation, gender, health and development will appear.   They will be sourced from across the world. Anyone is welcome to contribute articles. Guidelines for Guest articles or   Posts The Kampala Sexuality Journal (KSJ) welcomes contributions to our platform from guest authors.   Goal: Guest articles or posts should provoke attention to what needs to be done by raising questions, discuss lessons learned, analyze interventions, describe research, offer recommendations, share resources, and/or offer critical insight.   Audience: The audience for the KSJ is politics, religious, education,   environment, health and development professionals working to improve dignity of all persons around the world, primarily ...

Kampala Gay Newsletter, brings you news about Key Populations in Uganda. President Donald Trump of USA walked the talk and provided PEPFAR funding.  We want to see how this money will be used and we put up a bet.  We want to call President Donald Trump’s bluff. We are not Shit hole Countries and to prove it we are going to spend the money for the purposes of ending HIV in Uganda.  We shall not delay releasing the funds by coming up with non-issue excuses. We shall make sure that all those organizations which get the KPIF money will be diligent,  judicious enough and spend it toward the items stipulated in their proposals. The term Key Populations (KP) encompasses all those population groups in which infections, chronic illnesses, vulnerability and susceptibility to risks has tended to be disproportionate from that of a baseline population. Among KPs, certain infection patterns may be going up while in other populations low incidence (...

Catholic bishops in Kenya have applauded a court ruling that keeps homosexuality criminalized in that nation, reports Robert Shine of New Ways Ministry on July 14, 2019. Three judges on Kenya’s High Court declined to repeal laws criminalizing homosexuality, which carry sentences of up to 14 years imprisonment. To do so, they said, would defy both societal values and the spirit of the nation’s Constitution which explicitly endorses heterosexual norms. Legalizing homosexuality was part of, in their words, “foreign doctrines.”  SDE   reported on Catholic bishops’ response: “[Nairobi’s] John Cardinal Njue of the Catholic Church said the homosexual agenda was being pushed by foreign forces, reiterating that God created Adam and Eve. . . “Bishop Alfred Rotich of the Catholic Church said it was God’s wisdom that guided the judges in making the decision to uphold what the church believes is the true foundation of families. “‘We are happy this has come to pass. Our so...

Emerging economies should not only engage in development infrastructure facelift but also entrepreneurial subjective cultures. Road use education to support youth entrepreneurs as they navigate informal/formal means of work, is crucial here. It enables them to avoid liabilities as they go about their work. It boosts productivity. Stopped by Traffic. Source: Twitter hashtag