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Increasing access to quality health care since the 1980s.

  • Jhpiego’s support to contraceptive method mix services translated to more than 61,000 delayed or avoided pregnancies in fiscal years 2020/21.
  • Based on Jhpiego’s successful implementation of the low-dose, high-frequency (LDHF) learning approach, the Ugandan Ministry of Health adopted LDHF as the preferred alternative training approach; LDHF was used to build the capacity of more than 5,000 health care personnel who attended more than 13,000 deliveries at Ministry of Health sites.
  • Jhpiego supported health facilities to implement quality improvement activities, including strengthening malaria commodities’ supply chain and logistics management—resulting in reduction of treatment of malaria-negative cases from 47% in 2016 to 2% in 2020.
  • Through the Health Resources and Services Administration-funded Skills Sharing Project, Jhpiego supported virtual technical assistance sessions among Ugandan and U.S. health care providers.

Our Technical Areas in Uganda

Our Work in Uganda

Global Reach II

The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, has delivered remarkable lifesaving results, with several countries approaching UNAIDS 95-95-95 goals for HIV epidemic control.  As countries like Uganda come closer to their targets, challenges to close the remaining gaps and cross the “last mile” become more difficult, requiring innovative, targeted approaches to ensure equity and extend services to the hardest-to reach populations and underserved areas. Global Reach II is a five-year project that supports the delivery of effective solutions to address these challenges in country-level HIV responses, adapting to the country contexts. Funded through the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Jhpiego leads the project with the following partners: University of California San Francisco, International Treatment Preparedness Coalition, Project ECHO, African Forum for Research and Education in Health (AFREhealth), Johns Hopkins University Center for Global Health and Ata Health Strategies.

The Challenge Initiative (TCI) NextGen

As the implementing partner responsible for leading TCI’s East Africa Accelerator Hub, Jhpiego provides technical assistance to local governments in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda as they implement interventions in family planning and adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health. The goal of TCI NextGen, which builds on the previous TCI initiative, is to increase access to modern contraception for urban poor women. This project is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health.

The people we serve

Meeting the Reproductive Health Needs of Youth in Uganda 

In early 2020, the Government of Uganda declared a lockdown with strict measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic; schools closed for 22 months.   “Closed schools meant two things—no learning and teenage pregnancies,” says Teddy Kevin Nabuzale, a psychosocial support counselor with Mbale Youth Group. In some districts in Uganda, teenage pregnancies increased by 30%–50%

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Margaret’s Story—ART Is Only Part of the HIV Response 

It was five years ago when Margaret Kugonza’s husband died after spending just a few days in the hospital. “The doctor asked to see me after his funeral,” Margaret recalls. “I went and they did an HIV test.”  Upon learning she tested positive for HIV, “my heart almost stopped,” Margaret says.  She started antiretroviral therapy

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For HIV Clients, a Journey from Fear to Confidence

One year ago, in a small town in northwest Sierra Leone, Catherine Kamara, a 24-year-old pregnant woman, tested positive for HIV during her antenatal care appointment. “The news of my health condition was overwhelming and scary,” says Catherine. “With counseling and encouragement from Nurse Tinny, I discussed it with my husband and asked him to

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What Good is a Pill, If There is No Will?

Health records revealed that Roger* had been missing his appointments at the clinic in Fort Portal in western Uganda, a region with high HIV prevalence.  His mood, which was beyond sad, hinted as to why Roger was not showing up for antiretroviral therapy. If taken regularly, the medication can suppress HIV to an undetectable level

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Nebbi General Hospital’s NICU Makeover

In the Nebbi General Hospital’s renovated neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), Dr. Jackline Akello hovers over incubators, attending to the newborns who were born too soon and need specialized care. Mothers sit on benches and straw mats in a nearby waiting room, the access door is locked to prevent unauthorized visits and reduce chances of

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Renovated hospital in Uganda

A Malaria-free Future for Newborns

In a quiet room at Mukono Health Centre IV in Uganda, Charity Kamahoro dozes peacefully, having just given birth to her first baby, a healthy girl named Justin, who is malaria-free because her mother took precautions and adhered to treatment during pregnancy. When Nursing Officer Norah Nakimuli covers her with a kanga and asks how

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Gender Parity = Better Health

In Mozambique, an adolescent searches for a way out of the isolation of young pregnancy. In Guinea, a mother, abandoned by her family, looks to her community for help. In Nepal, a woman subjected to brutal beatings by her husband seeks relief through the support of a trained community health volunteer. Gender inequality can put

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A Nurse Finds Her Niche

Beth Wamai

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Nurse Beth Wamai

When Women Bare Arms to Prevent Pregnancy, They Should Not Feel Stuck

The demand for contraceptive implants is up, with more women getting the long-acting protection that they want. This means, of course, that there’s going to be a greater need for providers who are confidently able to remove the tiny, thin rods, about the size of a matchstick, when women decide that they want them removed.

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Born Premature and Unresponsive, Today Triplets Are Healthy!

Apapai, Uganda—I walked into the Eastern Ugandan health clinic in the late morning, just as Susan Nabwire delivered her first baby. Nurse-midwife Christine Apio, who was attending to her, was ready for the first newborn, despite the baby’s arrival nearly two months early.

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Country Contact

Martin Ndifuna, Country Director

Tel. 256.393.202.937

Plot 8 Circular Drive Ministers’ Village Ntinda

Kampala, Uganda

Current and Recent Donors

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Children’s Investment Fund Foundation

Health Resources and Services Administration

Merck for Mothers

Ugandan Ministry of Health

UNICEF

University of New Mexico

UNFPA

USAID

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

World Health Organization

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