Uganda News

Kampala – Twenty-nine-year-old Aisha Nangobi is a midwife, a mother of two and a recent widow who has faced more adversity than most her age. Her husband, the first confirmed case in the recent Ebola virus disease outbreak in Uganda earlier in 2025, fell ill suddenly and died within ten days. “When I was told that there was an outbreak and that my husband had died of Ebola, it was really terrible to me,” says Nangobi. “Firstly, I lost my husband and secondly, he died of Ebola. Those two things were hard for me to handle.”

Kampala ‒ Uganda’s Ministry of Health, working with World Health Organization (WHO) and partners, has intensified surveillance, screening and undertaken contingency planning to mitigate the risk of cross-border transmission of Ebola virus disease. This comes as the Democratic Republic of the Congo enters its fifth week of Ebola outbreak response in Kasai Province in the central region of the country.

Kampala. Today, World Health Organization (WHO) joined Uganda’s Ministry of Health and other stakeholders to disseminate the Family Planning Bottleneck Analysis Report, a rapid assessment that highlights barriers hindering the scale-up of evidence-based family planning practices in Uganda.

Led by WHO, Ministry of Health, Makerere University School of Public Health, and UNFPA, the study applied the WHO global protocol adapted to Uganda’s context, to ensure locally relevant and sustainable solutions.

Kampala, Uganda — The World Health Organization (WHO) has reaffirmed its commitment to improving maternal and newborn health in Uganda by providing essential information technology equipment to the Bunyoro Local Maternity and Neonatal Systems (LMNS) in Hoima Regional Referral Hospital, in western Uganda.

Jinja City. The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and other stakeholders, commemorated World Patient Safety Day with a national event held at Mpumude Health Centre IV in eastern Uganda.

The year 2025 has been one of profound transformation at World Health Organization (WHO), and the global United Nations (UN) due to the changing funding environment—testing the resilience and adaptability of the entire UN workforce. Amid global uncertainties and organizational changes, WHO has placed the mental health and well-being of its personnel at the heart of this transition.

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Kampala, Uganda –  Uganda joined the global community in commemorating World Breastfeeding Week 2025 with a high-level breakfast meeting in Kampala under the theme: “Invest in Breastfeeding, Invest in the Future.” The theme aligns with World Health Organization (WHO)’s ongoing campaign dubbed  “Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures”, that urges governments and the health community to intensify efforts to end preventable maternal and newborn deaths and prioritize women’s long-term health and well-being.  

Butebo District, Uganda. Sarah, a mother of four in Butebo district, had always relied on her local health facility for sexual and reproductive health services. During an outreach visit, a midwife introduced her to family planning self-care methods, explaining how she could safely administer injectable contraceptives at home and use a calendar method to track her fertility. She was also shown how to use a HIV self-testing kit and interpret the results.

Butebo. Uganda marked the 2025 International Self-Care Day with a nationwide call for communities to embrace self-care as a vital pillar of public health. Commemorated under the theme “Self-Care Interventions for Health and Wellbeing: Unleashing Young Persons’ Potential,” the event emphasized empowering young people to take charge of their health through informed decisions, proactive behaviors, and serving as ambassadors of self-care.