Uganda Vision 2040 provides development paths and strategies to operationalize Uganda’s Vision statement which is “A Transformed Ugandan Society from a Peasant to a Modern and Prosperous Country within 30 years” as approved by Cabinet in 2007. It aims at transforming Uganda from a predominantly peasant and low income country to a competitive upper middle income country.
Uganda covers 241,551 square kilometers of which 197,323 square kilometers are land area. The country is divided into 112 Districts all of which have a decentralized local governance system. Uganda has one of the highest growth rates in the world standing at a rate of 3.2% per annum and higher than the Sub-Saharan Africa average of 2.4%.
Fifty percent of Uganda's population is under 15 years of age. The Universal Primary Education Programme has enabled 7 million children, which is over 30% of the entire population, to be in school. When Universal Secondary Education is introduced,the number of children in school could rise to 9 million or 40% of the population.
Despite a general increase in the resources allocated to the health sector from both Government of Uganda and donor projects over the last 5 years, the percentage of government allocation to health as a proportion of the total Government of Uganda budget has significantly declined from FY 2009/10
The publication of this first comprehensive and detailed Uganda National Drug Policy marks a significant step forward in the overall development of national health services in general and national pharmaceutical services in particular. Now for the first time we have available a vital reference point and a basis for the planning of appropriate interventions necessary to make a significant positive impact on the extent and quality of pharmaceutical service provision.
The Ministry of Health has been producing the Annual Statistical Abstract since 2009. With support from UBOS and other implementing partners, the Annual Statistical Abstract is produced to highlight progress in the health sector basing on selected health indicators depending on the availability of data majorly through the HMIS system but also through other databases.
The 2011 Ministry of Health Statistical Abstract is divided into three chapters as explained below; Chapter one is an introduction that covers a brief description about the Ministry of Health, its vision, goal and objectives.
Chapter two covers the Resource Statistics. These include the Health Inputs such as the finances allocated to the health sector, the human resource component in the health sector, distribution of health facilities as well as availability of beds in the different health facilities.
An Act to provide for compensation to workers for injuries suffered and scheduled diseases incurred in the course of their employment.
In Uganda, land continues to be a critical factor, as it is the most essential pillar of human existence and national development. Uganda has never had a clearly defined and / or consolidated National Land Policy since the advent of colonialism in the nineteenth century. This National Land Policy, therefore, consolidates a number of scattered policies, which exist on various aspects of the land question, but are diverse, sectoral and
The second National Development Plan 2015/16 – 2019/20 was launched and sets Uganda’s medium term strategic direction, development priorities and implementation strategies. The NDP’s theme is "Strengthening Uganda’s Competitiveness for Sustainable Wealth Creation, Employment and Inclusive Growth" and the thrust is to accelerate transformation of Ugandan society from a peasant to modern and prosperous country within 30 years.
The management of Post Exposure Prophylaxis following occupational and non occupational exposure to HIV have raised in numerous areas of uncertainly for policy makers and health providers.
The Commission of Inquiry was appointed by the Mister of Health, Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda to review the rehabilitation and social infrastructure in the field of health service delivery under the chairmanship of Professor Raphael Owor.
This paper examines the impacts of a public sector decentralization program on the demand for health care in Uganda in the 1990s. This work is an extension of a previous paper, which provided evidence of a shifting of priorities by local governments in Uganda’s decentralized health system away from provision of primary health care, in particular the provision of public goods or goods with substantial consumption externalities, and toward provision of private health goods such as curative care
