Uganda, Feb. 27 -- A new report on Uganda's human rights performance on its global commitment to improving health and addressing sexual and gender-based violence, shows limited progress in the implementation.

While presenting the report in Kampala on Tuesday, Ms Jennipher Achaloi, the consultant who worked on the report, said that although Uganda has made considerable progress in improving maternal health, cases of sexual and gender-based violence are still very high in the country, among other issues.

Ms Achaloi was contracted by the Centre for Health, Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) to review and validate Uganda's human rights performance and its implementation of the "Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2022 recommendations on sexu...