Uganda Key Populations Consortium

Urgent! 🚨 Following the Ebola outbreak in neighbouring eastern DRC and the confirmed imported Ebola cases reported in Uganda, the @UKPC_UG is urging key populations, community structures, service providers, peer educators, DICs, shelters, CSOs, and partners to remain calm, vigilant, and informed. We also commend the Ministry of Health and frontline health workers for their continued vigilance, rapid response efforts, and public health coordination during this period. Early reporting, community cooperation, and access to verified information are critical in protecting communities and preventing further spread. Fear, stigma, rumours, and misinformation only make public health responses more difficult. Please read and widely share the UKPC Community Health Advisory with your networks and communities: ugandakpc.org/reports/ukpc-c… Stay calm. Stay vigilant. Report early. Protect the community. For suspected cases: Toll-Free: 0800-100-066 Free SMS: 6767

Democracy is strongest when every person is seen, protected and treated with dignity. As we mark #IDAHOBIT2026 under the global theme "At the Heart of Democracy," we reaffirm that health, inclusion, safety, and equal access to services are fundamental rights, not privileges reserved for a few. Stigma, discrimination and exclusion continue to place lives at risk and weaken our collective response to HIV and other public health challenges. Today, and always, we stand with all key populations. We stand for dignity.  We stand for health. We stand for inclusion. And we stand for a future where no one is left behind. Here is my position, my statement. #AtTheHeartOfDemocracy #LeaveNoOneBehind #HealthForAll #EndStigma

Our delegation from the East and Horn of Africa is taking part in the NGO Forum preceding the 87th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, convened under the theme: “Assuring sustainable water availability and safe sanitation systems to achieve the goals of Agenda 2063.” At the opening ceremony of the Forum, keynote speakers underscored the urgency of this year’s theme, noting that at a time when several countries across the continent are grappling with conflict, many communities continue to be denied the basic right to clean water and safe sanitation. They also acknowledged that civil society from across the continent is convening at a critical moment marked by shrinking civic space, ongoing conflict, and continued human rights violations across Africa. Over the next three days, panel discussions and thematic sessions in special interest groups will examine pressing human rights issues across the continent. During today’s panel on the state of human rights and democracy across Africa’s sub-regions, our Senior Programs Officer, @shakkeza , presented an evidence-based overview of the East and Horn of Africa, highlighting deepening political repression, armed conflict, and the continued deterioration of civic space across the region between November 2025 and April 2026. #DDATACHPR87