Ministry of Health (MoH) is committed to having one well-coordinated, integrated community health service delivery programme guided by the National Community Health Strategy (NCHS) so as to accomplish national and international goals. MoH finalized development of the first NCHS 2021/22 – 2025/26, which is intended to improve access to primary, promotive, curative, preventive and rehabilitative health care services through multi-sectoral collaboration. The aim of the National Community Health Strategy (NCHS) is to improve health outcomes at community level through strengthening the existing community health system to provide essential services as outlined under the Uganda National Minimum Health Care Package.
The Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) met in Geneva from 17 to 26 October 2017. The meeting was opened by Dr Kazuaki Miyagishima, Director of the Department of Food Safety and Zoonoses of the World Health Organization (WHO), on behalf of the directors-general of WHO and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
