This study was made possible through the technical and financial assistance of the Global Healthy Advocacy Incubator (GHAI). Implementation was supported by its coalition partners, FIAN-Uganda, the Centre for Food and Adequate Living Rights (CEFROHT), SEATINI, and CONSENT, under the umbrella of the Uganda National CSO Coalition for Front of the Pack Warning Labeling (UNCC-FOPWL).

This document summarizes the introduction and strategic direction of Uganda’s Fourth National Development Plan (NDPIV), the fourth in a series of six plans designed to achieve the goals of Uganda Vision 2040. Context and Challenges The primary objective of Uganda Vision 2040, approved in 2007, is to transform the nation from a peasant to a

Every day, preventable maternal deaths occur in Uganda. Yet, the right to safe motherhood is not just a promise – it is a legal obligation. Courts have affirmed that maternal health rights are enforceable, and that governments must ensure availability, accessibility, acceptability, and quality of maternal health services. Local governments play a critical role. They

Uganda faces a growing health crisis with an estimated 900 children under the age of 14 living with diabetes. Across Africa, type 1 diabetes among children and adolescents accounted for 166,400 cases in 2015, with 7,600 new diagnoses annually. While comprehensive data on type 1 diabetes prevalence in Uganda remains scarce, anecdotal evidence from Mulago

The UNCC-FOPWL, a coalition of legal and human rights advocates, petitioned the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs to intervene in the escalating public health crisis caused by diet-related NCDs in Uganda. Citing alarming statistics from the 2023 Uganda STEPS survey—including a 33.2% overweight/obesity rate, 23.5% hypertension prevalence, and 34% of deaths attributed to NCDs—the coalition emphasized the urgent need for regulatory measures to promote healthier food choices.

For over 10,000 years, peasants and smallholder farmers have freely saved, selected, exchanged, and sold seeds while using them to produce food and sustain livelihoods. These customary practices remain essential to the right to food and biodiversity, particularly for women in Africa. However, since the mid-1990s, the push for commercial seed systems and stronger intellectual

The Center for Food and Adequate Living Rights (CEFROHT), alongside other Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) from East Africa, filed a public interest case at the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) against the Attorney General of Uganda, the Attorney General of Tanzania, and the Secretary General of the East African Community. The case addresses violations

Uganda is facing a dilemma as 43% of children born in the country are not exclusively breastfed for the first six months, as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, and the Ministry of Health under the Essential Maternal and Newborn Clinical Care Guidelines. Women in employment constitute one of the major barriers to exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda, as the legal framework on employment does not provide for the regulation of breastfeeding in workplaces. Consequently, working women must choose between employment and continued breastfeeding of their children.

The Government of Uganda bears a constitutional mandate to promote social justice and ensure access to education, food, and nutrition security for all children. This obligation is enshrined in Articles 8A, 20, 22, 24, 30, 32, 34, and 45 of the Constitution. To advance this mandate, the government introduced Universal Primary Education (UPE) and Universal