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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 ...

The following broad achievements were identified from the implementation of the previous strategic plan 2007-2011: a) Development of the Patients’ Charter  UNHCO spearheaded the formulation of a Patient’s Charter for Uganda which provides an overall framework for empowerment of health ...

Medicines and supplies worth UGX 5 million was destroyed in an arson attack at Kinuuka Health Center III in Lyantonde district. This was the second arson attack at the health centre. The cause of the attack, though unclear, it is ...

Project title: Assessment of the Extent to which Resources Allocated to the Health Facilities Affect Access to Essential Medicines in Uganda. This is a three year  project funded by the Results for Development Institute Inc (R4D) under the transparency  and accountability ...

UNHCO and partners have launched an advocacy campaign in support of the tobacco control bill. The objectives of this campaign are: to galvanize support for the passage of the tobacco control bill; and to broaden the the voice of Civil Society ...

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 ...

The community Score Card as a Community Monitoring Tool. The Community Score Card (CSC) engages providers of services (duty bearers/health workers/ DHTs) and service users (Right Holders/health consumers/users) separately on various aspects of service delivery and then brings them together ...

Regional AIDS Training Network (RATN) is a network-based, non-governmental regional organisation committed to the facilitation of capacity and skills development of individuals and institutions for effective HIV and AIDS response in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) region. RATN currently has ...

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 ...