15 Years of Making Health Rights and Responsibilities a Reality

  • HEPS-Uganda Launches Report on SRH Commodities

    The survey also indicates that stock-outs were quite common in the public sector (12%), and lasted on average almost 20 days per month while in the public sector specific SRH Commodities were stocked-out at up to 36% of all facilities.

    HEPS-Uganda Launches Report on SRH Commodities

  • Voices for Health

    Communities empowered to understand their challenges in Family Planing and Youth Friendly Service access demand for action from their leaders. Through Voice for Health Project, we have created a community that advocates for increased budgets for FP and YFS through regular engagements with their leaders.

    Voices for Health

  • High Teenage Pregnancies, Unsafe Abortion Top Maternal Challenges in Kamuli district

    The call was made by stake holders in five different sub-counties where our team under the Access to Medicines and Commodities on Sexual and Reproductive Health trained participants on their sexual and reproductive health and rights.

    High Teenage Pregnancies, Unsafe Abortion Top Maternal Challenges in Kamuli district

  • HEPS-Uganda participation in the 2nd National Conference on Unsafe Abortion in Uganda

    HEPS-Uganda participation in the 2nd National Conference on Unsafe Abortion in Uganda
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What we do

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.

Current Project

Common Matters Campaign

Malaria remains biggest single cause of illness and death in Uganda.Yearly, 16 million Ugandans are affected by the disease,and children are most at risk. Nowadays, Rapid Diagnostic Tests are available to test malaria. These tests are accurate, user-friendly, and cost-effective and can even be used at home! Despite all these benefits, the tests are not always used and malaria is not always treated effectively.

It is from this background, that HEPS Uganda is partnering with Trac FM in their Common Matters program. We aim to discover the practices and attitudes of Ugandans regarding the use of rapid diagnostic tests of Malaria, by running opinion polls on 9 radio stations in Uganda.Through the Trac FM software platform, radio listeners get involved by voting on poll questions through SMS and by listening to debates. The outcomes of these poll questions will inform discussions with duty bearers and experts. Stay tuned for the results of the first poll question! Please follow this link to take part!

Latest News

HEPS-Uganda Launches Report on SRH Commodities
13 March 2018 - 2:25pm
Good Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being in all matters relating to reproduction for both men and women, including ad... Read more

Communities Empowered to Demand Increased Budget for FP and YFS
21 February 2018 - 12:14pm
This is a sexual reproductive health project in the districts of Kiboga and Isingiro focusing on influencing district decision makers to increase funding for family planning (FP) a... Read more

High Teenage Pregnancies, Unsafe Abortion Top Maternal Challenges in Kamuli district
12 February 2018 - 3:35pm
Stake holders in Kamuli district have called for action to tackle the high teenage pregnancies and unsafe abortions which have left many young girls out of school while others die... Read more