Browsing by Author "Nampewo, Zahara"

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    Awareness About HIV Prevention and Control Act Among People Living with HIV in Northwestern Tanzania
    (AIJR Abstracts, 2021) Sanga, Erica Samson; PrayGod, George; Nampewo, Zahara
    In Tanzania, the HIV/AIDs control and prevention Act 2008 (Act 28; section IV: 21 page 11) about HIV status disclosure states that: "Any person who knows being infected with HIV after being tested shall; Immediately inform his/her spouse or sexual partner of the fact and take all reasonable measures and precautions to prevent the transmission of HIV to others." The study aimed to explore whether people understand that disclosure of HIV status to sexual partners is a human right obligation.
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    Gendered Dimensions of The Economic Impacts of Covid-19 In Uganda
    (Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA), 2020) Nampewo, Zahara
    In Covid-19, the world faces its biggest global crisis for decades. This is evident in the cost of lives lost as well as the overstretching of all resources, human and economic in order to counter the spread and to develop a vaccine. By the time Uganda announced its first confirmed positive case of Covid-19 on 21 March 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) had already declared the coronavirus a global pandemic. In line with WHO advice, the Government of Uganda on 18 March 2020 joined many others around the region and the world to announce measures aimed at limiting the spread of the virus.
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    HIV Positive status disclosure to sexual partners: a qualitative study to explore experiences and challenges among clients attending HIV care services in North-Western Tanzania
    (AIDS care, 2021) Sanga, Erica; Nampewo, Zahara; PrayGod, George; Wringe, Alison
    The East and Southern African region bears the highest burden of HIV globally, accounting for 54% of people living with HIV (PLHIV) (UNAIDS, 2019). Despite antiretroviral therapy (ART) scale-up, including “Test and Treat” since 2016, epidemic control has not been reached, with 800,000 new infections in 2018 alone, 9% of which were in the United Republic of Tanzania (UNAIDS, 2019). With 75% of new infections occurring in heterosexual partnerships, interventions that prevent HIV transmission within couples need strengthening (UNAIDS, 2019). Disclosure of HIV status to sexual partners, a goal emphasized by the World Health Organization (WHO), is key for HIV prevention (World Health Organization, 2004). Disclosure can benefit sexual partners by promoting discussion of HIV risks and a desire to access HIV testing and prevention services, including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) (Evangeli & Wroe, 2017; Yonah et al., 2014). Disclosure within couples also provides an opportunity to discuss and implement risk-reduction strategies and undertake family planning (Conserve et al., 2016; Hallberg et al., 2019).
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    Respecting, Protecting and Fulfilling the Human Right to Health
    (International Journal for Equity in Health, 2022) Nampewo, Zahara; Mike, Jennifer Heaven; Wolf, Jonathan
    Human rights are best protected, promoted and guaranteed when they can compel binding and enforceability duty. One prominent criticism of category of human rights which includes the human right to health is that it is difficult, to assign the duties that correspond to these rights, because of stark disparity in how the main duty bearers approach their duties. This paper adopts a doctrinal approach to examine and evaluate the duties to the right to health. The method in this study entails a detailed literature search to systematically evaluate the legal implications, regulations, arguments and policy regarding the nature of the obligation to the right to health. This study also engages with normative and philosophical aspects of human rights.
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    Young women with disabilities and access to HIV/ AIDS interventions in Uganda
    (Reproductive Health Matters, 2017) Nampewo, Zahara
    Sexual health and autonomy, and the often violent ways in which these are suppressed, are critical women's human rights issues. The process of ensuring that women enjoy their sexual and reproductive rights, including sexual health and freedom from HIV, is particularly challenging for persons with disabilities and most especially women with disabilities. This paper applies a human rights and gender lens to the sexuality and HIV-related vulnerabilities of young women with disabilities in Uganda. Widespread misperceptions about the sexual behaviours of women with disabilities, exposure to violence and exclusion from health promotion activities and health services, render women with disabilities, particularly young women with disabilities, disproportionately vulnerable to HIV and impede the full realisation of their sexual and reproductive health and rights. While limited protections exist for people with disabilities in Uganda, and some efforts have been made to provide appropriate services, the availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality of health services for this population group remains low, with a deleterious impact on their health and rights. This article calls for measures that strengthen the ability of young women with disabilities to prevent HIV infection and that promote responsiveness of the health system (as well as services in other sectors) to the sexual and reproductive health needs of this population.