A statement released by the US mission in Uganda on Thursday shows this three year project will be implemented by an NGO Strong Minds where they will focus on building the local evidence base around mental health and development in addition to increasing locally available, evidence-informed, affordable mental health services by training community members in how to effectively deliver these services.
According to Michael Weinstein, the President of a Global NGO Aids Healthcare Foundation (AHF) the treaty as it is now bails on all the basics of transparency, accountability and equity.
The staff through their joint associations—Makerere University Academic Staff Association- MUASA, Makerere Administrative Staff Association- MASA, and Nuei said that the suspension is one of the continued actions that undermine fundamental human rights and academic freedoms at the university.