Uganda News

Uganda’s Ministry of Health (MoH), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), convened a two-day performance review meeting to assess the progress of the TB and Leprosy Program (NTLP) for the second quarter of 2024.

Moroto-Uganda’s Ministry of Health (MoH), with support from the World Health Organization (WHO, Malteser International, and Hiroshima University deployed the national Emergency Medical team (nEMT) to provide critical support in responding to a measles outbreak in Moroto district, Karamoja region, northeastern Uganda.

Health Development Partners (HDP) in Uganda bid farewell to Dr. Yonas Tegegn Woldemariam, whose six-year tour of duty as WHO Representative to Uganda comes to an end this month.

Over 268,000 children in Uganda suffer from malnutrition, specifically wasting. To combat this, the country is enhancing data collection and use in its healthcare facilities and communities through the Nutrition Information System (NIS) project.

In October and November 2023, Kyotera district, in southern Uganda, reported a ‘strange’ illness in different communities. Those who contracted the “illness” presented with blisters, fever, rashes, headache, muscle pain and swelling of limbs.

Shafiq, a motorbike rider for over ten years, almost lost his life to the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) just over a year ago. He used to go deep into villages to pick up and drop off passengers.

Mr. and Mrs. Kintu* are among the few medical personnel that contracted Ebola virus disease while in the line of duty in 2022. Fortunately, the timely and aggressive medical care that they received while admitted in the Ebola Treatment Unit (ETU) coupled with mutual support saved their lives.

The Uganda Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), convened a two-day National Policy dialogue on investing in and optimizing the health workforce to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Uganda.

Uganda eliminated leprosy as a public health problem in 1994, a result of combined efforts by health authorities in the country. However, over the years, registered cases of this neglected tropical disease have gradually increased from 121 cases in 2017 to 518 cases reported in 2022.  

Recognizing this increment, the stigma and discrimination associated with the disease, Uganda developed and launched a Zero Leprosy roadmap in October 2023, an initiative to integrate comprehensive care for leprosy into existing healthcare services.