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Under NDP III, the Ugandan government acknowledges that achieving a demographic dividend is crucial for economic growth and social development

Actors in the health system have called upon the government to develop better health financing management. Following the National Budget Framework Paper (BFP) for the financial year 2024/25 that...

The survey mainly focused on discussing attitudes and perceptions of male involvement in reproductive health

The country needs 450,000 units of blood annually

By Babra Anyait Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) under their umbrella Centre for Health, Human Rights Development (CEHURD) have expressed concern

“We must focus on manufacturing our own commodities and pharmaceutical commodities and stop this attitude of begging and waiting for donations,” Dr Aceng said

Some issues cited as potentially problematic in the law include mandatory access by the inspector to premises at any hour and mandatory provision of vaccination for admission of children to schools

This comes at a time when NGOs are complaining of reduced foreign funding to Uganda

Daily Monitor Wednesday April 28 2021 Summary Uganda suffers a persistently high maternal mortality ratio currently at 336 per 100,000 live births which translates into 16 women dying every day during childbirth.  Lack of basic maternal health commodities such as gloves, syringes, blood and medicines are the major causes of maternal deaths. Advertisement The Centre for Health Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) has sued government for not adhering to court orders that mandated it to raise fu...