Uganda
Region:
East Africa
RFHA Inc Regional Director:
Greg Cryer
Africa Operations Chair:
Eric Kimani
Country Coordinator:
Stephen Mwanje (RFHD Visionary)
Overview of health
challenges
Uganda's burden of disease is dominated by communicable diseases, which account for over 50% of morbidity and mortality. Malaria, HIV/AIDS, TB, and respiratory, diarrhoeal, epidemic-prone and vaccine-preventable diseases are the leading causes of illness and death.
Uganda was ahead of most African countries in providing free universal access to state health facilities beginning in 2001. This resulted in an 80% increase in visits, with over half coming from the poorest 20% of the population. However, serious access and delivery problems remain - including distance, transportation, bribery and low perceived quality of care.
History
In 2011, Rotary leader Stephen Mwanje, a Past District Governor in Uganda, envisioned all the Rotary clubs in Uganda “working together on a common cause.” A year later, Rotary Family Health Days was launched in his nation and has been held every year since, with the exception of 2020.
Uganda’s 2015/2016 and 2019/2020 prevention strategy identified three objectives:
1. To increase adoption of safer sexual behaviours and reduction in risk behaviours
2. To scale up coverage and use of biomedical HIV prevention interventions (such as voluntary medical male circumcision and PrEP), delivered as part of integrated health care services
3. To mitigate underlying socio-cultural, gender and other factors that drive the HIV epidemic
Rotary Family
Health Days Sites
Rotary Family Health Days is most frequently held twice a year in Uganda and has delivered healthcare services to over 800,000 people.
Click on the report below to learn more about the Health Days that were held in Uganda.
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Impact
In April 2019 a total of 45 Rotary Family Health Days were held in Uganda. The 45 sites were manned by 54 Rotary clubs and six Rotaract clubs.
At the sites, 23,532 people were screened for general medical issues and 3,360 maternal health and family planning services were delivered. Additionally, 1,283 people were screened for hepatitis B, 1,404 people donated blood, 1,020 blood pressure tests were done, 461 people were screened/tested for TB and 4,748 people were screened for other conditions.
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Rotary Family Health Days reporting for Uganda
As a result of movement and gathering restrictions necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic, our 2020 campaign was unable to take place.
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