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Uganda joined the rest of the world to commemorate International Tuberculosis (TB) Day, on March 24, 2023, with a commitment from Government and stakeholders to step up efforts to end the TB epidemic by 2030. 

The World Health Organization (WHO) Uganda joined the rest of the world to commemorate World Malaria Day 2023 and the launch of the lifesaving vector control tool, the Insecticide Treated Mosquitoes nets (ITNs).  

The function took place on 25th April in Bugiri district under the national theme, ‘Getting back on track through investing, innovating, and implementation’. The day was preceded by a match past through town intended to raise awareness and mobilize communities to fight malaria which has claimed many lives in Uganda.

                                                                              PRESS RELEASE

Message from WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti

Joint Press Release 

22 March 2023 – As needs grow and refugees continue to arrive, UN agencies and partner organizations today appealed for $116 million to provide life-saving assistance to Somali refugees seeking safety in an extremely remote area of Ethiopia’s Somali region. 

Since hostilities erupted last month in the city of Laascaanood, in the Sool region, Somalia , hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced within Somalia and close to 100,000 are estimated to have crossed the border into Ethiopia to escape violence. 

To reduce the risk and mitigate the impact of future emergence of zoonotic, vector-borne and communicable diseases, South Sudan has operationalized and launched its One Health Multi Sectoral Coordination Mechanism.

The first ever One Health Mechanism was launched in Juba by Honorable Dr Martin Elia Lomoro, Minister of Cabinet Affairs alongside his counterparts from the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries and the Ministry of Environment with participation of other stakeholders.