Global Fund gets boost towards $18billion funding goal
Health Minister, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng (L) together with Vice President Hon. Jessica Alupo (C) and Uganda’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Adonia Ayebare (R) at the Seventh Replenishment conference in New York. Uganda increased its pledge to $3million dollars at the Seventh Replenishment Conference up from the $2million it pledged at the Sixth […]
Global Fund Sub Recipients meeting held
Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary, Dr. Diana Atwine speaking at the Sub-Recipients quarterly performance review meeting The Global Fund Sub Recipients quarterly performance review meeting was held on Friday, September 16 at the Kampala Serena Hotel. Various Global Fund Sub Recipients shared their performance updates and progress reports in line with the action log from […]
Malaria disease trends in Uganda
According to the Ministry of Health, the number of malaria cases in Uganda has been rising since January this year. For instance, of the 11.25 million patients who had visited outpatient departments since the start of the year, about 3.15 million had malaria. Close to 775,000 malaria cases were children under five years old. According […]
Key results for the 3 diseases in countries where the Global Fund invests
Key results for the previous year (2021) in countries where the Global Fund invests include: For HIV: 23.3 million people received lifesaving antiretroviral therapy for HIV, continuing the trend of a rising number of people on treatment for the virus. 69% of people living with HIV had a suppressed viral load. 12.5 million people reached […]
FCU holds Performance review and Stakeholder engagement meeting
The Funds Coordination Unit of the Global Fund Grants held a stakeholder engagement and performance review retreat between 8-9 September at the Serena Hotel in Kigo. The Retreat aimed to clarify the role of the Funds Coordination Unit (FCU) and promote an understanding of the roles of the various stakeholders and their contribution towards mobilization […]
Stock-taking exercise held at NMS warehouse
Counting and reconciliation during the stock-taking exercise at the NMS warehouse in Entebbe. The National Medical Stores (NMS) drugs and related medical supplies stock-taking and reconciliation exercise took place recently between the 14-15 of July at the NMS Warehouse in Entebbe. The exercise was conducted among others by representatives from the Funds Coordination Unit (FCU) of […]
Global Fund grants Monthly Performance Review meeting held
The Global Fund monthly performance meeting was held on 4th July at MoH headquarters. The Meeting discussed a range of issues including programmatic performance of the three diseases- Malaria, TB and HIV/AIDS, and COVID 19. The GF monthly performance meeting provides a status and performance update that assesses progress and establishes areas of improvement to […]
FY 2022/23 Budget allocations to plug health care gaps
Following the reading Budget, according to the government’s health sector priorities, in the new financial year, the Ministry of Health will start implementing the Uganda COVID-19 Emergency Response and Preparedness Project supported by a grant from the World Bank amounting to US Dollars 180.3 million (equivalent to Shs667.1 billion). This grant will finance the rapid […]
GF Sub Recipients review meeting held
On Friday 10th June, the Global Fund Uganda Sub- recipient quarterly performance review meeting was held at the Kampala Serena Hotel. The meeting was attended by a range of implementing partners who included the Uganda Aids Commission, the Ministry of Education and Sports, Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Programme for Accessible Health Communication […]
Global Fund Mission team makes Uganda visit after two years
Global Fund officials together with Health Minister, Dr Ruth Aceng and Health Permanent Secretary, Dr Diana Atwine. The Global Fund Mission was recently in Uganda for a range of engagements associated with the programmatic areas and issues concerning Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW). The Mission visit was held between May 30th to June 8th, […]
