The Global Fund Uganda team held its mission to Uganda from 5-9th August. The Mission included among others, a courtesy call to the Permanent Secretary and Secretary (PS/ST) to the Treasury, Mr Ramathan Ggoobi. The team that paid a courtesy call to the PS/ST included...
Second wave distribution of Long-Lasting Insecticide Treated mosquito Nets kicks off
Second wave distribution of Long-Lasting Insecticide Treated mosquito Nets kicks off The second wave of the distribution of Long-Lasting Insecticide Treated Mosquito Nets (LLINs) kicked off this week in various parts of the country. Earlier this month, on July...
Global Fund team pays courtesy call to Finance Ministry
The Global Fund team, led by Mr. Linden Morrison, the Department Head, High Impact Africa 2, and Dr. Saman Zaman, the Senior Fund Portfolio Manager recently paid a courtesy call to the Ministry of Finance. The meeting was attended by Dowson Kalemba from the Global...
Malaria Free Uganda raises funds in private sector drive
The Malaria Free Uganda private sector initiative recently boosted the government’s fight against malaria with a donation of UGX 80 million (approximately USD 21 000) to the Ministry of Health. A bulk of these funds were raised during the “Malaria Family Carnival”...
PEPFAR, US delegation meets with Finance, Health ministry officials
The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Uganda team, recently paid a courtesy call to the Ministry of Finance to strategically discuss and generate a common understanding of the newly released PEPFAR 5-Year Strategy. The meeting also sought to...
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...
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...
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...