IP and Access to Medicines Workshop

HEPS-Uganda in preparing the public for the Intellectual Property (IP) public hearing, will organise an IP and Access to Medicine half day workshop to educate the Civil Society Organisations and the media on Thurseday 10th May 2012 at Hotel Triangle in Kampala . This is just a tip of an iceberge of such informative workshops in preparation for the public hearing whose date is yet to be set by Parl...

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IMPLEMENTATION EVENTS

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Is Uganda "getting to zero" in terms of medicine stock-outs?

On 30 ^th November, 2011 HEPS-Uganda in collaboration with the National Forum of People Living with HIV/AIDS Networks in Uganda (NAFOPHANU) carried out a pill check on availability of essential medicines for HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria in 15 selected district hospitals in Uganda namely; Kalangala, Soroti, Kabale, Mukono, Mbarara, Masin...

Students' Health Advocacy Project.

The Students’ Health Advocacy Project as a community outreach programme of HEPS-Uganda basically targets schools in Rubaga Division to make the students aware of their health rights and responsibilities. This has been going on from 2010 up to date. Currently there is new SHAP team carrying on the activities of SHAP.

So far SHAP activities have been conducted in a few schools and for some schools a...