Women Living with HIV (WLHIV) in Uganda (young, older women, women living with disabilities) drawn from the Networks and Organizations of Women living with HIV and representing all the regions of Uganda participated in a consultative meeting for priority setting from our perspective for informing the process of development of the revised Uganda National Strategic Plan 2015/16 – 2019/2020 and for the Global Fund Concept Note on September 15, 2014 at Modest Inn – Kampala – Uganda. This meeting was held in line with the multi-sectoral approach and in line with the New Funding Model (NFM) for Global Fund for Tuberculosis, HIV and AIDS, and Malaria Prevention.
Statistically, women are severely affected by HIV, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria than their male counterparts. For instance, Ugandan adults aged 15-49, 7.3% are HIV positive, with prevalence being higher among women (8.2%) than men (6.1%). In Uganda, 570 new infections are occurring among young women aged 15-24 each week. The Government of Uganda must get serious about implementing programmes that prioritize the needs of women and girls and advance their sexual and reproductive health and rights. The Uganda Police Force annual report 2012 indicates that domestic violence is one of the most commonly reported cases of violence.
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