Uganda National Health Consumers' Organisation

Following unconfirmed reports of three mothers who died out of negligence of health workers at Lyantonde Hospital from a partner organisation, UNHCO set off to verify the information given. The District Chairperson’s View: The first stop was at the Lyantonde ...

UNHCO has started distributing Mama Kits in the districts of Luweero, kamuli and Lyantonde. So far 160 Mama Kits have been distributed in the district of Luweero. The beneficiaries are mothers who deliver from public health facilities. The facilities that ...

Download Communique by Clicking this Link: Over the last decade, government has formulated a wide range of policies, action plans, enacted new laws and established new institutions to lead its anti-corruption efforts. However, these efforts have yielded substandard results and ...

September 27, 2011 PRESS STATEMENT END PREVENTABLE MATERNAL DEATHS IN UGANDA – A CALL FOR ACTION BY CIVIL SOCIETY This is a day before the Uganda Constitutional Court proceeds with a landmark court case on maternal deaths – Petition Number ...

Press Release on Maternal Health Petition Kampala, Thursday, 07/04/2011 – a Media Briefing of civil society organizations organized by the Uganda National Health Consumers’ Organization (UNHCO) has come up to speak against the unacceptable higher maternal deaths in Uganda. CONTRIBUTORY ...

UNHCO has been following the events that happened over the last 4 days in Mulago Referral hospital. Patients admitted to Mulago Hospital with spinal injuries early this week went on the strike abandoning their ward, demonstrating against lack of medical ...

UNHCO, supported by 9th EDF SDP, recently conducted a survey to establish citizens’ opinions and satisfaction with local government services and local administration in the districts of Nebbi, Oyam, Pallisa, Isingiro, Masaka, Nakapiripirit and Kasese. The focus was on the ...

UNHCO held a press conference on 10th August 2010 at the Secretariat to highlight the challenges in accessing reproductive health supplies and put forward suggestions to improve the situation. Below is an extract of the press statement. SPECIFIC CHALLENGES: Despite ...

In September 2006, the United Nations General Assembly resolved to adopt Target 5.B of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): “Achieve by 2015, Universal Access to Reproductive Health”. The four official indicators for MDG 5.B are: contraceptive prevalence rate; adolescent birth ...