Uganda has launched a National Action Plan for Albinism with calls for extensive public sensitization to dispel misconceptions and biases surrounding persons with albinism.
“Our big ask today is to support the National Action Plan. You may not have 1 million dollars but you can join us in creating awareness and sensitize more people about albinism,” the minister in charge of disability, Ms Hellen Grace Asamo said at the Plan’s launch in an event to commemorate International Albinism Awareness Day, at the Mayor’s Gardens in Lira City.
The five-year plan seeks to promote and protect the human rights and eliminate the violations inflicted on Uganda’s estimated more than 20,000 persons with albinism, including discrimination and stigma.
