HERAF

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1) Health Rights Awareness and Education

HERAF aims at enhancing its visibility in matters health, especially financing and service delivery, making certain that credibility is maintained in all activities, by fulfilling duties to the recipients and supporters of all our activities, partners included.

Under this thematic area, HERAF:

  • Provides accurate and up to date information on the right to health and other related economic, social and cultural rights
  • Enables health care workers, civil society and the general public understand and acknowledge the right to health through the; development of a human rights based curriculum for use at health care training institutions and  facilitation of forums for health care providers to understand the rights based approach(RBA) to health care access and provision.
  • Develops and disseminates targeted Information, Education and Communication (IEC) materials including fact sheets, fliers, service charters, newsletters and posters among others.
  • Facilitates community theatre groups to organise and conduct plays, skits, role plays, songs and dances with messages on right to health in community organised functions such as provincial administration meetings, ‘barazas', national day celebrations, health days, health stakeholders forums, seminars, workshops, conferences and political rallies.
  • Maintains, updates and adds important links to the  website
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Uganda: Shifting the Weight to Bear the Burden Published on AllAfrica.com on 7 April 2009 Wambi Michael Kampala — There is no lunch break for the staff at the Kiswa Health Centre. With ... Read more
GLOBAL: As the money flows, so the world turns Posted on plusnews.org JOHANNESBURG, 15 July 2009 (PlusNews) - The stats are in – 2008 was a bumper year for HIV/AIDS funding, according to... Read more
SOUTHERN AFRICA: The high cost of sex work Posted on plusnews.org JOHANNESBURG, 16 July 2009 (PlusNews) - Southern Africa's sex workers, denied access to HIV prevention and treatment... Read more
Uganda: Catch 22 - to Breastfeed or Not to Breastfeed Posted on allafrica.com As the world commemorates the world breastfeeding week, Uganda's readiness to promote breastfeeding in emergency se... Read more
Botswana: Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Lowest in Africa - Study Posted on allafrica.com A study has revealed that Botswana has the lowest rate of mother-to-child transmission ever recorded in Africa or f... Read more
Uganda: Global Fund Gives Sh9.2 Billion for ARVs Posted on allafrica.com Kampala — THE Government has received sh9.2b from the Global Fund for the emergency procurement of anti-retroviral ... Read more
NAMIBIA: Saving HIV-positive babies Posted on plusnews.org JOHANNESBURG, 3 August 2009 (PlusNews) - While a number of countries in southern Africa have made great strides in i... Read more
Namibia: Pregnancy, HIV Add to Flu Risk Posted on allafrica.com Research published last week has shown that pregnant women and HIV-infected people are more prone to contracting th... Read more
Uganda: Army Slams Embassies Over HIV Discriminations Posted on allafrica.com Kampala — ARMY spokesperson Maj. Felix Kulayigye has lashed out at embassies that deny visas to HIV-positive soldie... Read more
ETHIOPIA: Government empowers nurses to boost ARV treatment Posted on plusnews.org ADDIS ABABA, 7 August 2009 (PlusNews) - Simay Muluneh, 32, who lives in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, will a... Read more
Africa: Alarm Over Laws Criminalizing HIV Transmission Posted on allafrica.com Civil societies have criticized the so called African Model Law on HIV/AIDS which they say hurts the fight against ... Read more
Rwanda: Moh to Open HIV/Aids Centre for Kids Posted on allafrica.com Kigali — After years of focusing mainly on adults, the Ministry of Health, will set up a special centre for childre... Read more
Nigeria: Wade - A Sick Nation Can Never Develop Posted on allafrica.com Dakar — Senegalese President, Abdoulaye Wade, has said that proper attention to health-related issues in developing... Read more
SOUTH AFRICA: HIV biggest threat to pregnant women Posted on plusnews.org JOHANNESBURG, 11 August 2009 (PlusNews) - HIV is the main cause of death among pregnant women in Johannesburg, South... Read more
Ghana: Upper East Health Service Targets 200,000 for HIV Test Posted on allafrica.com Bolga — The Upper East office of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has launched the "know your status HIV/AIDS campaig... Read more