Uganda News

Kampala, 10th November 2015: Community Health and Information Network (CHAIN) with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) convened a stakeholders meeting on Patient Safety at Mulago Hospital Guest House. The meeting was convened to discuss issues concerning patient safety and health-care quality and also brainstorm ways to incorporate patients and communities’ perspectives in efforts to address health-care challenges.

Kampala, 26th November 2015: Uganda held a National symposium to discuss the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) for all Ugandans under the theme “Towards Universal Health Coverage in Uganda: Building on successes and ensuring Health Systems resilience” at Silver Springs Hotel in Kampala to discuss future of UHC in Uganda, the Health system capacity and the roles of different stakeholders towards achieving UHC.

Kasese, 26th November 2015: Uganda launched the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (HPV Vaccine) at Bwera Secondary School grounds, Kasese district. The Vaccine is meant to protect girls and women against cancer of the cervix.

Kampala 27th November 2015: Uganda launched the new National Medicines Policy (NMP) and National Pharmaceutical Sector Strategic Plan III (NPSSPIII) in a meeting held at Hotel African in Kampala. The objectives of the meeting were to launch the two documents, share the dissemination plan and get commitment and involvement of stakeholders in implementing the NPSSSPII.

The First Lady of Uganda, Hon. Janet Kataha Museveni, hosted and launched the 11th and final Elimination of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV & AIDS (EMTCT) campaign which began with a stakeholder breakfast meeting at her private home in Rwakitura, Kiruhura district and later a National Launch at  Nyakasharara Public grounds. The theme of the day was “Towards an HIV Free Generation”.

Kampala 16th December 2015:  The Reproductive Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) assembly took place at Serena Hotel in Kampala under the theme “Better accountability and coordination for Reproductive Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health.

The meeting was organized for stakeholders to share experiences and lessons learned around the development, use and sustainability of an engagement platform for the RMNCAH stakeholders for better health outcomes of mothers, children and adolescents and improved accountability mechanisms.

KAMPALA, 18 December 2015:- Ugandan hosted the twenty-first session of the Joint Action Forum (JAF) of the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) at Speke Resort Munyonyo, 15th to 16th December 2015, under the theme ‘Forty Years of Onchocerciasis Control in Africa’ in Kampala.

Kampala, 19 January 2016 -- The World Health Organization Regional Director for Africa Dr. Matshidisho Moeti paid a courtesy call on the Rt Honorable Prime Minister of Uganda, Dr Ruhakana Rugunda at his office in Kampala. 
 
Dr. Moeti had come to Uganda to attend and preside over the Joint Action Forum (JAF) for the African Program on Onchocerciasis Control in Africa (APOC).
 

Entebbe, 3rd February 2016 - The Quarterly National Electronic Health Management Information System, (eHMIS) Stakeholders Meeting took place at the Lake Victoria Hotel (LAICO).

Kampala, 15th February 2016:- “After this retreat I envision a Country Office that knows what is expected of us; we should be among the leading implementers of the Transformation Agenda by implementing the Key Performance Indicators to change the image of Africa,” said Dr. Wondimagegnehu Alemu, the World Health Organization Representative in Uganda Country at the 3-day WHO Uganda 2016 staff retreat held at Munyonyo Speke Resort Hotel in Kampala.