The following core values underpin all our work and relationships as an organization:

• Inclusion and Non-discrimination.

We welcome and support people of all backgrounds and identities. We build diverse teams to generate better ideas and reach more balanced decisions. All of us, share in the responsibility to create a positive culture and to safeguard equity, inclusion, dignity, and respect for all.

• Equity and Justice

Equity and justice are grounded in the realization of fundamental freedoms and human rights. Fairness informs AGHA’s policies, practices and programs.

• Transparency and accountability.

We are accountable to our stakeholders and the public, and have an obligation to report and explain the decisions we take. We also believe in demanding for accountability from the duty bearers who serve the public.

• Professionalism and Excellence.

We believe that excellence is about challenging the status quo, striving for improvement, and effecting change by continuous learning. We challenge ourselves to stay ahead by bringing strategic insight and the highest degree of skill to our work.

• Wellness and Humanness

We care about the well being and success of every person. As an organization promoting health and well being, We recognize the importance of health to the enjoyment of all human rights and development. We bring compassion and humanity to all our work spaces and into our programming.

AGHA’s core competencies include:

• Health policy and budget advocacy.
• Community engagement and empowerment.
• Research and Budget Analysis.
• Social monitoring and accountability.
• Strategic partnerships and networking.

To contribute to a stronger and equitable health system that upholds human rights and delivers quality health care for all.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

1. Advocate for the Integration and Implementation of the Human Rights-Based Approach in Uganda’s Health Sector.

Strategic Interventions:

• Capacity strengthening for health workers and communities on the HRBA
• Advocacy to ensure there is a health workers’ training curriculum update to include the HRBA
• Hold health service providers accountable for health and human rights violations.
• Monitoring government implementation of & reporting on the right to health obligations
• Strategic litigation when necessary

2. Strengthen platforms for meaningful stakeholder engagement in healthcare policy and programming.

Strategic Interventions:

• Initiate and support analysis of key social and health policies and programs through a gender lens and human-rights framework
• Health Policy Advocacy
• Capacity building for Rights Holders
• Knowledge generation & dissemination through research, studies and assessments.
• Monitoring government implementation of & reporting on the right to health obligations.

3. Promote social monitoring and accountability for improved health outcomes.

Strategic Interventions:

• Community Social Services Monitoring (Scorecard).
• Social Behavioral Change Communication.
• Capacity strengthening for MARPs, partners, and health service providers
• Budget literacy and engagement
• Facilitate the dissemination and implementation of Client/Patient Charters
• Strengthen the capacity of the communities to effectively and meaningfully participate, contribute to, and influence the processes, decisions, and outcomes of key social and health development platforms.
• Advocate and support inclusion of community voices at key social development and health agenda setting platforms.

4. Strengthen partnerships and collaborations for a coordinated movement on health financing

Strategic Interventions:

• Building & maintaining coalitions, partnerships and alliances with like-minded organizations
• Networking and solidarity-building
• Policy & budget advocacy.
• Engaging in key international, regional, and national political platforms and spaces to amplify the voices of MARPs and contribute to shaping a more inclusive health and human rights agenda
• Information sharing

Strategic Interventions:

• Strengthening internal technical expertise in AGHA priority areas and issues at all levels of the organization from governance to staff
• Developing effective internal and external communication strategies
• Ensuring effective financial resourcing of AGHA and diversifying its funding base
• Developing and implementing AGHA organizational and programmatic monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems, including systematic documentation of AGHA’s key achievements.
• Assessing capacity assets and needs
• Establishing and implementing effective, transparent, and accountable management systems and procedures
• Re-branding and ensure AGHA has a positive presence and is visible in all spaces – virtual and others.
• Building & nurturing innovation