Uganda National Health Consumers' Organisation

Government has a duty to protect public health laws and policies from commercial and other vested interests of the Tobacco industry We, the Uganda National Health Users’/Consumers’ Organization call upon the COVID-19 National Task-force to look into the issue of ...

obacco Control in Uganda suffers set back in making tobacco products less affordable following East Affrican Court accepting the application for an injuction against the Excise Duty (Ammendment) Act 2017. When Tobacco products are more expensive, Uganda registers many health ...

5th April 2016   UNHCO: A fresh outbreak of cholera has been reported in Eastern Uganda. The Monitor newspaper reported that at least one person has been confirmed dead and more than 25 others hospitalised following a cholera outbreak in ...

In November 2013, Uganda launched the A Promise Renewed Sharpened and first Integrated Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (RMNCH) plan with clear goal, objectives, priorities and 5 strategic shifts in order to employ new ways of combating RMNCH challenges. ...

The rights of vulnerable groups such as Women and girls, children, Adolescents and youth, People with Disabilities the elderly among others; should uniquely be guarded and their enjoyment supported by all stakeholders. Part of the ways the health rights of ...

Uganda National Health Users’/Consumers’ Organisation(UNHCO) with the tobacco control advocates is close to achieving the fruit of its labor on the advocacy on the tobacco control bill. Uganda’s Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has finally issued a Certificate ...

UNHCO pays tribute to its founder member and patron Dr. Samuel Lwanga who passed-on on 28th December 2012. Dr. Lwanga will always be remembered for his struggle to uphold the right to health in Uganda. In 1999 Dr. Samuel Lwanga ...

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 ...

UNHCO would like to extend its appreciation to Open Society institute (OSI) and the Health Media Initiative for the technical and financial support toward the development of this website. The website has been designed on a very interactive platform to facilitate sharing ...