Period : November 2006

Activities:
•  UCC-ATM Retreat held at Sportsman's Arms Hotel, Nanyuki
• Meeting at LRF with Programmes Coordinator
• Live, interactive show on the KBC Maasai Radio Service that addresses topical human rights issues titled, “ Ore Eng'eno Naa Eng'olon ”

Objective/Results/Remarks

•  United Civil Society Coalition on AIDS, TB & Malaria (UCCATM) to lobby and advocate for health programmes in Kenya where CSOs strive to serve their constituents by making sure that health services especially on AIDS, TB and Malaria are delivered to the most vulnerable. 

•  Preparation of radio programming on the KBC Maasai Radio Service that addresses topical human rights issues titled, “ Ore Eng'eno Naa Eng'olon ”
•  Access to essential medicines & human rights in relation to TB & HIV/AIDS.

•  There is need for more education on the prevalence of TB that should be declared a national disaster alongside Malaria and HIV/AIDS and the need for the corresponding essential medicines and information to be availed as a health right.
•  In this light, a Contagious Diseases Bill should be introduced to deal with the policy issues of very contagious diseases like TB and dealing with segregation, stigmatization and other related human rights issues. ............ [ More November Activities ]