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Introduction
Center for Health Human Rights and Development, (CEHURD) is a Ugandan non-profit organisation that was founded in 2007. It focuses on advancing health rights for vulnerable communities through advocacy,litigation and research. CEHURD mainly focuses on health rights and systems in East Africa like sexual reproductive rights,trade and health and medical ethics.

Service
CEHURD mainly focuses its work on vulnerable groups like women,children,persons with disabilities,persons living with HIV,refugee populations among others. CEHURD uses strategic litigation to bridge the gaps in the health system. CEHURD also empowers individuals to stand up for their human rights. CEHURD has trained journalists on health rights and trained grassroot health advocates. CEHURD is notable for the constitutional petition filed by Prof. Ben Twinomugisha and others seeking a declaration that the non-provision of basic maternal health commodities and the unethical conduct of the health workers towards expectatnt mothers was a violation of the right to health.