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 Permanent secretary, Dr Diana Atwine and the Coordinator of Funds Coordination Unit of the Global […]
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 cost-effective way of handling Uganda’s health system. “Our main focus should be on manufacturing these medicines […]
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 to refresh the minds of the participants about the fundamentals of the Global Fund Risk […]
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 increased to 34% from 30% the previous week. The number of […]
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 with […]
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 diseases, leading to the decline of key programmatic results across the three diseases for the first time in […]
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 […]
