An illustration of a pregnant teenager at school. Lowering the heavy cost of teenage pregnancy could save lives and critical resources. According to the 22nd edition of the annual State of Uganda Population Report, Uganda could save more than USD184 million (on an...
National Funding Model IV Grant writing exercise in progress
The National Funding Model IV Global Fund Facility grant writing exercise kicked off in earnest last month and was currently in its third week by 6th February 2023. Spearheaded by the Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) of the Global Fund, the exercise is focused on...
Global Fund team visits recently commissioned NMS warehouse facility
Some of the Global Fund country team members, the Local Fund Agent, the Funds Coordination Unit, and Ministry of Health officials during the tour of the NMS warehouse in Kajjansi The Global Fund country team recently concluded its January 2023 mission to Uganda....
Over 10,000 reached with mobile TB clinic services
A total of 10, 254 were reached with mobile TB clinic services between March 18th to September 30th, 2022. According to the National TB and Leprosy control programme, 571 (5.6%) 6of these had abnormal Chest X-Ray (CXR). Overall, 267 TB cases were diagnosed and 82%...
Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention programme launched in Karamoja
The seasonal malaria chemopreventive (SMC) programme was officially launched on October 26 at an event in Moroto district, within the Karamoja sub region. The event was attended by Uganda’s State Minister for Health - General Duties, Anifa Kawooya, Health Minstry...
New NMS warehouse commissioned
The National Medical Stores warehouse was commissioned by President Museveni on November 3 at Kajjansi on the outskirts of Kampala. Speaking at the event President Museveni underscored the need to bolster local manufacturing of medicine and vaccines as a...
Risk management workshop held
Senior managers and technical staff from the Ministry of Health and Funds Coordination Unit of Global Fund grants recently gathered together a range of stakeholders for a risk management workshop at the Lake Victoria Serena. The risk management workshop served...
Malaria disease trends
According to data extracted from District Health Information System 2 and shared in the recent Weekly Malaria Report (released on 17th September), the level of inadequate RDT stock rose to 12% up from 11% the previous week. The Districts that had inadequate ACT stock...
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...
New Global Fund Report Shows 50 Million Lives Saved Over 20 Years in Fight Against HIV, TB and Malaria
The Global Fund’s 2022 Results Report released earlier this month finds a significant rebound in 2021 for programs working to defeat HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic had a devastating impact on the fight against the three...