Who we are
HEPS-Uganda is an acronym for Coalition for Health Promotion and Social Development.
It is a health rights organisation that advocates for increased access to affordable essential medicines for the poor and vulnerable people in Uganda.
AVAC
HEPS-Uganda with support from the AIDS Vaccines Advocacy Coalition (AVAC) implemented a Community Score Card (CSC) to integrate community accountability into PEPFAR Site Improvement Monitoring Syst
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Taking Pre-eclampsia Advocacy to Communities
Sister Doreen Akuno, is a senior medical officer at Lira Regional Referral Hospital. She had her first child at 18 years in 2004 and she almost died during the pregnancy due to pre-eclampsia. Despite the fact that she is in the medical field, she had no knowledge about the condition.
Engaging Communities to Prevent Maternal Mortality due to Unsafe Abortion
HEPS-Uganda has for the last three years been supporting communities to find measures to prevent maternal mortality due to unsafe abortion in Kamuli district.
HEPS-Uganda Rallies Partners for Quality Malaria Commodities
HEPS-Uganda in conjunction with Ministry of Health regularly brings together importers of malaria commodities to discuss issues of quality and prices in a bid to have quality, affordable to the population. Recently there have been reports of untreated mosquito nets that are illegally being imported into the country.