Uganda News

Gulu, Uganda:-  When cholera erupted in Lorikowo West Village on July 2, 2025, Amuru District once again found itself confronting a familiar and exhausting pattern. Positioned along the porous Uganda–South Sudan border and surrounded by refugee-hosting districts such as Lamwo and Adjumani, Amuru has long been vulnerable to emerging and re-emerging disease outbreaks. 

In 2025 alone, the district suffered three separate outbreaks, mpox, cholera and measles, each testing the limits of an already strained health system.

Kampala: The World Health Organisation (WHO) Uganda, with financial support from the Embassy of Belgium in Uganda, has significantly strengthened partner coordination, policy dialogue, and collective action across Uganda’s health sector throughout 2025. Belgium’s contribution enabled the WHO to convene and mobilise a wide range of health partners around national priorities, reinforcing coherence and alignment in the sector.

Kampala- Uganda, Africa’s largest refugee-hosting nation, is racing to keep its health system responsive as needs rise and resources shrink. With more than 1.92 million refugees living across settlements in the north, southwest, and in Kampala, the country continues to pursue an ambitious goal: delivering equitable, culturally sensitive healthcare to both refugees and host communities under the banner of Universal Health Coverage.

As Uganda continues to grapple with recurrent public health emergencies driven by epidemic-prone diseases and climate-related disasters, a new wave of strengthened district-level preparedness is emerging, thanks to sustained technical support from the World Health Organization (WHO).

Across the winding corridors of district health offices in Uganda, a quiet but profound transformation is taking place. It is not marked by grand announcements or sweeping reforms, but by the steady, deliberate strengthening of the systems that keep communities healthy.

At Maziba Health Centre IV in Kabale district, a clinical officer Jovita Atuheire gently explains to Sarah—a patient presenting with general body weakness—that she has hypertension. Thanks to the integrated screening services supported by the World Health Organization (WHO) and World Diabetes Foundation (WDF), Sarah leaves the facility with a clear understanding of her blood pressure and blood sugar levels, and a plan for managing the hypertension.

The Speaker of the Senate of the Republic of Kenya, Rt. Hon. Amason Jeffah Kingi, has called for bold, African-led strategies to tackle the continent’s health challenges. Speaking as Chief Guest at the Inaugural Africa Health Summit in Kampala, held under the theme “Reclaiming Africa’s Health Future: From Dependency to Sovereignty through Innovation and Solidarity”, Hon. Kingi emphasized that Africa must move beyond diagnosing problems to delivering solutions at scale.

Uganda is taking bold steps to integrate health service delivery for communicable diseases (CDs) and non-communicable diseases (NCDs), addressing the growing double burden of disease in the country.

In a society where emotional vulnerability among men is often masked by silence or coded expressions—and where resilience is expected above all—WHO Uganda is shifting the narrative, one conversation at a time.

Kampala ‒ In an effort to protect populations often left behind in public health campaigns, Uganda is carrying out a community-focused drive to ensure extensive mpox vaccination coverage beyond the traditional health or public service facilities.