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Addressing maternal health challenges using the human rights-based approach

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Joan Kabayambi

B.IRD, MPHL

MaKSPH/CDC- Fellow

Academic mentor: Dr. Jolly Beyeza & Dr. Elizabeth Ekirapa Host mentor: Mr. Moses Mulumba, Dr. Twinomujuni Roving mentor :

• Dr. Noerine Kaleeba

GOLF COURSE HOTEL, KAMPALA 11TH FEBRUARY 2014

Presentation Outline

• Host institution
• ToRs
• Achievements
• Publications
• Competencies
• Next steps

CEHURD - Background

• Local NGO
• Championing in R & D

and, advocacy

• Pioneering the justiciability
• f the R2H
• Done through Strategic

litigation, HR advocacy and documentation and CEP.

Terms of Reference

• 1. Support CEHURD institutional dev’t
• Staff appraisal system
• M&E
• Resource mobilization
• Stakeholders/SWOT analysis
• 2. Research & Documentation
• Publications
• Research – NCDs, MDRs, OF, Teenage pgs.
• Programmatic activity

Support Institutional dev’t

• Reviewed CEHURD strategic

plan.

• Built capacity of staff to

understand M&E and Report writing.

• Monitored projects

HR manual M&E

Strengthening HR and capacity building

• Developed the staff appraisal

system and the process

• Developed concepts

Publications (Journal Article)

International Journal of Tropical Disease and Health

News articles/papers

• Analysis paper on OF and unsafe

abortion

• The Right to Health in Eastern Africa

–Spain

• Six articles

Editorial work

Editor on Goal 4 Health project papers

1.

The state of health rights for PWDs in Uganda and effective strategy for post 2015 MDGs

2.

The sate of Maternal-child health rights in Uganda and effective strategy for the post 2015 MDGs Agenda

3.

MDGs through the right to Access essential medicines lens; Case for Uganda

4.

The state of LGBTI health rights in Uganda and effective strategy for post 2015 MDGs Agenda.

Research

• Assessment of the implementation of the recommendations from

MDRs at 6 government health facilities in 5 districts in Uganda.

• Is Uganda ready for to deal with the burden of NCDs? – A study on

the prevalence of risk factors for NCDs among student in 4 universities in Kla.

• Community participatory approach to reintegrate women who have

been repaired from obstetric fistula in Kiboga district- Uganda

Abstracts & Presentations

• Submitted 5 abstracts
• 4 accepted for oral presentation
• 1 accepted for poster presentation
• 1 debate

USHS conference- May 30-31, 2013 JASH conference- Sept 11-13, 2013

Attended & presented @ International meetings

• 1. Launch of the International day of obstetric fistula, New York, May 2013
• 2. Rotary International convention in Lisbon – Portugal and Turkey - to

fundraise for campaign to end fistula in Uganda. June 21 - July 1, 2013.

• 3. OF meeting at UNFPA Hqtrs –-New York, October , 2013.
• 4. Strengthening the Right to health; shared issues? Shared analysis? October

2013 Rome – Italy.

• 5. Presented a paper on “The right to health in East Africa”. November 2013- IS

Global- Barcelona- Spain.

International Obstetric Fistula day – May 23, 2013 UN – New York

Innovation and creativity

Linked CEHURD to an international researcher on Human Rights and Health from New York State University.

Next steps

• Complete CEHURD SWOT & stakeholders analysis.
• Resource mobilization
• Implement programmatic activity
• Network
• Publish more work

Acknowledgment

• God Almighty
• MaKSPH/CDC fellowship
• CEHURD
• Mentors
• Fellow fellows
• Family