Fingerprinting deployed at HIV clinics in Uganda

Fingerprinting deployed at HIV clinics in Uganda
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Deployment Status	Ongoing
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Events	* uses Record type Property:Has event Start (27 April 2016, Documented, , Start of project was in 2016)
City	Kampala
Country	Uganda
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Deployment Type	Health Surveillance, Fraud Prevention
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Summary	In 2016, the Uganda Ministry of Health began deploying fingerprint recognition at HIV clinics. The project is set to last for 5 years. The project is aimed at stopping duplication and tracking and tracing individuals. Officials argue that many were abusing the health services. Uganda has a poor record with and enacts social exclusion of people viewed as being part of the queer community, and sex workers. There are high levels of violence against these groups and homosexuality is illegal.

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Information Certainty: Documented

Deployment Purpose: Health Surveillance, Fraud Prevention

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In 2016, the Uganda Ministry of Health began deploying fingerprint recognition at HIV clinics. The project is set to last for 5 years. The project is aimed at stopping duplication and tracking and tracing individuals. Officials argue that many were abusing the health services. Uganda has a poor record with and enacts social exclusion of people viewed as being part of the queer community, and sex workers. There are high levels of violence against these groups and homosexuality is illegal.

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Status	Ongoing
Events	Start (27 April 2016, Documented, , Start of project was in 2016)
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Managed by	Uganda Ministry of Health
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City	Kampala
Country ⠉	Uganda

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In 2016, Uganda began a 5 year project which seeks to register HIV patients using fingerprints. Uganda has a poor record with, and high levels of state exclusion of, sex workers and people classed as homosexual. There are also high levels of violence against these populations

One basic benefit expected from the project is to get an accurate view of how many individuals in the country are living with HIV/AIDS. But it will also help to curb fraud, with authorities asserting that some HIV/AIDS patients mislead healthcare service providers in order to obtain extra medications. Now, fingerprint data will be used and shared between clinics to ensure that patients get only the medications to which they are entitled, which should in turn help authorities to more effectively manage resources 2

The Minister of Health, Dr Elioda Tumwesigye, said that identity verification based on fingerprint technology will improve access to services, aid in tracking HIV patients, drugs and can generate information that can be used for decision making 1

The in-charge at Bukuku Health Centre IV in Kabarole District, Dr Solomon Asiimwe, says the introduction of fingerprint technology at the health facility has greatly helped to trace HIV/Aids patients. He said previously, there was duplication of records where patients could do double testing in different health facilities but the new technology is able to capture everyone who has been tested 4

In 2022, the Uganda government shut down a gay rights organisation.

Sexual Minorities Uganda (Smug) has been ordered to shut down with "immediate effect" for not registering properly with authorities. The campaign group decried the order as a "clear witch hunt" by the government against LGBT Ugandans. Sexual minorities face widespread persecution in Uganda, where anti-gay and transphobic views are common. Gay relationships are illegal in Uganda, where they can be punished by up to life in prison for committing "unnatural offences." 3

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