Uganda, May 8 -- Celebrated on April 7, this year's World Health Day carried an imperative message of fostering health not as a privilege, but a right for all. Interestingly, it coincided with the Kabaka Birthday Run, a monumental health promotion event in Buganda, this time focusing on HIV awareness.

It was grounded in encouraging men to lead in stopping further transmission, advancing the global agenda to achieve zero infections by 2030. By comprehensively mobilising and educating people about their obligations in the fight against HIV, it signalled the efficacy of collaborative participatory health promotion in hastening health for all.

It is hence only viable to replicate such activities in regions experiencing sub-optimal health ou...