COVID-19 is a public health, gender, human rights and development issue. The virus has spread widely and caused concern and disruption globally and nationally. It is a highly infectious disease caused by the corona virus and spread from person to person through sneezing and coughing droplets.

Uganda is a party to international and regional human rights instruments that oblige it to respect, protect and fulfill the right to health. It also has a Constitution that obliges it to respect and uphold human rights generally and the right to health in particular. However, these human rights may be threatened by the COVID-19 response. Against this backdrop, this technical brief seeks to answer the following questions: