Health Programmes
Strengthening Primary Health Care
Through equitable fiscal transfers, UgIFT is transforming healthcare at the grassroots—upgrading, equipping, and staffing Health Centre IIIs across underserved and refugee-hosting districts. The results are shaping healthier communities:
Through equitable fiscal transfers, UgIFT is transforming healthcare at the grassroots, upgrading, equipping, and staffing Health Centre IIIs across underserved and refugee-hosting districts. The results are shaping healthier communities:
Key Statistics
- 371 HCII → HCIII upgrades funded (340 under UgIFT, 31 under URMCHIP)
i). 220 UgIFT upgrades complete (~65%)
ii). 35 URMCHIP upgrades complete - New HCIII construction: 31 of 134 planned currently underway
- Public HCIIIs increased from 1,165 (2018/19) to 1,536 (2022/23)—a 32% surge
- 20,000+ deliveries conducted in newly upgraded facilities
- 80%+ of HCIIIs equipped with labs, maternity wards, and blood banks (Arua, Soroti, Hoima in progress/completed)\
371 HC upgrades and 144 seed schools built since 2017 in field-wide push for equity
Over 25,600 deliveries and 62,690 learners enrolled in new seed schools—with 111% increase in LG financing FY 2017/18–2023/24; 81% of targets met, 68% of indicators achieved
The UgIFT programme in the health sector has made notable progress in improving access to healthcare services in underserved and refugee-hosting districts… These efforts have positively impacted maternal and child health services, as evidenced by increased deliveries, antenatal visits, and immunisation rates.
Why It Matters
77% of communities now live within 3 km of a HCIII, reducing travel barriers
Expanded OPDs, labs, inpatient care, antenatal, delivery, vaccination, and NCD screening (HPV sites rose from 16 to 62)
Three regional blood banks and 116 ambulances funded to bolster emergency response
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Implementation Highlights
Funding through UgIFT ensures no project is isolated, each upgrade, equipment package, and recruitment is anchored in government systems
Medical equipment procurement (e.g., centrifuges, refrigerators) commissioned for 64 HCIIIs under FY 2020/21.
UgIFT’s final milestones include completing all 371 HCIII projects by June 2025, ensuring functionality, staffing, and equipment in each.
Despite fiscal hurdles, efforts remain focused on completing every center and delivering equitable healthcare access nationwide.
