Health

UNAPD with support from Voice is implementing a 2 Year Project (2022-2023) in the 2 lower local government structures of Pallisa District, namely:  Kameke Sub County and Pallisa Town Council. The project aims at strengthening the effective participation of YWDs as rights holders in the political dispensation in the district. Uganda’s CRPD committee concluding observations recommended that state parties repeals…

The national level project from The Commonwealth Foundation is for 12 months (January-December 2021) aimed at responding to COVID-19 Pandemic among PWDs. The expected project outputs are: - Inclusive awareness raising campaigns on COVID-19 prevention and management, Increased knowledge on COVID-19 among PWDs, Disability sensitive measures by government and stakeholders on COVID-19 prevention and management, Representation of PWDs in programs…

This is a project being implemented with support from the Open Society Initiative for East Africa (OSIEA). Through the project, UNAPD is at the forefront of leading advocacy campaign of disability inclusion into the on-going government and non-government interventions to mitigate the spread and impacts of the virus to the marginalized populations like PWDs. The project goal is…

This is a joint project with Caritas Uganda in the 3 districts of Nebbi, Dokolo and Aleptong which target the most vulnerable PWDs households. The project is a results of the current global COVID-19 pandemic, which have adversely affected PWDs. The goal of this project is; “effective inclusion of PWDs in on-going COVID-19 prevention and management interventions, post…

Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) has been overlooked by both the disability community and those working on Sexual and Reproductive Health Services (SRHS). This leaves PWDs among the most marginalized groups when it comes to SRHS, they have the same needs for SRHS as everyone else. In fact, PWDs may actually have…