72. There is no mechanism for ensuring sufficient dialogue between Government
and CSOs;
Rights of Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons
73. The lack of information in the Report on the situation of refugees, asylum
seekers, migrants and internally displaced persons;
Economic Social and Cultural Rights
The Right to Health
74. Malaria and HIV/AIDS remain the leading causes of death in Uganda;
75. Dwindling HIV/AIDS funding partly due to the global economic crisis, and
insufficient budgetary allocation, have negatively affected the national response
to HIV/AIDS;
76. The HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Act (2014), by criminalizing the
transmission of HIV/AIDS, has the potential to negatively affect the national
response on HIV/AIDS and also infringe upon the basic rights of persons living
with HIV/AIDS;
77. The reservations on Articles 14 and 21 of the Maputo Protocol by Uganda,
impede the full enjoyment of health and reproductive rights of women
particularly the right to medical abortion under the circumstances laid down in
the Protocol;
78. The low ratio of psychiatrists to the population, which is about 1:2,000,000;
79. Insufficient medical facilities with a total of 143 hospitals in the country, of
which only 46% are State-owned;
Right to Education
80. The increase in the establishment of private schools, which has been encouraged
by the Government, allegedly raises the concern of the Government gradually
releasing itself from the obligation to provide quality public education, which
could result in discrimination against children from low-income households;
V.
Recommendations
In view of the foregoing, the African Commission recommends that Government of
Uganda should:
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