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Uganda has approximately 6,940 health facilities of which 45% are government owned, 5% are private not for profit and 40% are private for profit. Different health facilities require different health cadres depending on the specialization of care. A range of disciplines ranging from nurses, midwives, clinicians, doctors and specialists provide ...
Healthcare in Uganda. Uganda's health system is composed of health services delivered to the public sector, by private providers, and by traditional and complementary health practitioners. It also includes community-based health care and health promotion activities.
A maternal health nurse in Karamoja MMR. Uganda, like many developing countries, has high maternal mortality ratio at 153 per 100,000 live births. [1] According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a maternal death is the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or ...
Child health in Uganda. Children in Uganda are regularly exposed to many preventable health risks. According to the WHO, the country ranks 186th out of 191 eligible countries in life expectancy. It also ranks 168th out of 188 in infant mortality rates, with approximately 97 infant mortalities for every 1,000 births.
The Uganda National Health Users'/Consumers' Organization or Uganda National Health Consumers' Organisation ( UNHCO) is a Ugandan nonprofit organization established in 1999 to advocate for the realization of the right to health for all Ugandans. Since its inception, UNHCO has been implementing programs that advocate for a strong ...
Uganda was the first country to open a Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) clinic in Africa called AIDS Information Centre and pioneered the concept of voluntary HIV testing centers in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Ugandan government, through President Yoweri Museveni, has promoted this as a success story in the fight against HIV and AIDS, arguing ...
The largest state-owned hospital in Uganda is Mulago Hospital in Kampala with around 1,500 beds. It was built in 1962. [1]Ian Clarke, a physician and missionary from Northern Ireland, [2] built the 200-bed International Hospital Kampala, [3] which was the first International Organization for Standardization-certified hospital in the country.
The Ministry of Health is a cabinet-level government ministry of Uganda. It is responsible for planning, delivering, and maintaining an efficient and effective healthcare delivery system, including preventive, curative, and rehabilitative services, in a humane, affordable, and sustainable manner. The ministry is headed by Minister of Health ...