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[Global Health Studies @KofihLetter]

Had a highly productive meeting with the Uganda National Health Laboratory Services (UNHLS). Despite the challenging circumstances, we engaged in realistic and practical discussions to find actionable solutions. Looking forward to our continued collaboration! 🇺🇬🤝🇰🇷 #KOFIH #UNHLS

[Global Health Studies @KofihLetter]

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[Ministry of Health- Uganda @MinofHealthUG]

Ebola is under control in #Uganda. Visit #Uganda and continue observing good hygiene, avoid contact with anyone who is sick and enjoy the Pearl of Africa.

#MOHatWork | #FightEbolaUG26

[Korean Embassy in Uganda @embassy_korea]

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ㅇ 에볼라 확진자 현황 6.5.(금) 기준
- 누적 확진자: 19명 (신규 확진 3명)
- 입원 치료 중: 13명
- 퇴원: 4명
- 사망: 2명 (신규 사망 1명 DR콩고 국적)
ㅇ 전체 확진자 19명 중 5명은 우간다 국적자로 파악
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[The Lancet @TheLancet]

Behind every paper at The Lancet Group are layers of editorial scrutiny and integrity checks.

✅ Learn how we work with authors and teams around the world to support trustworthy research: https://t.co/5J98KyRm2A

[Embassy of Rwanda in Korea, Cambodia and Laos @RwandainKorea]

Honored to represent the Republic of Rwanda at the Republic of Korea’s Memorial Day commemoration, a solemn occasion dedicated to remembering and paying tribute to the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to their nation.

On this day of remembrance, we join the people and Government of the Republic of Korea in honoring the enduring values of patriotism, courage, peace, and national unity. The remarkable journey of Korea stands as a testament to the resilience and sacrifices of those who laid the foundation for the country’s prosperity and progress.

Rwanda extends its deepest respect to the fallen heroes and reaffirms its commitment to the strong and growing friendship between our two nations.
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대한민국 현충일을 맞아, 조국을 위해 고귀한 목숨을 바친 영웅들의 숭고한 희생을 기리는 추념식에 주한르완다대사관을 대표하여 참석하게 되어 뜻깊게 생각합니다.

오늘 이 추모의 날을 맞아, 르완다는 대한민국 정부 및 국민과 뜻을 같이하며 애국심, 용기, 평화, 그리고 국민적 화합이라는 지속적인 가치를 기립니다. 대한민국의 눈부신 여정은, 오늘날 국가의 번영과 발전의 기틀을 마련하기 위해 헌신한 순국선열들의 회복탄력성과 희생을 증명하는 증거입니다.

르완다는 순국선열과 호국영령들께 깊은 경의를 표하며, 양국 간의 공고하고 발전적인 우호 관계를 더욱 강화해 나갈 것을 다시 한번 약속합니다.

#MemorialDay #RepublicOfKorea #RwandaInKorea #Remembrance #Diplomacy #KoreaRwandaRelations #HonorAndService 🇷🇼🇰🇷

[KOFIH Uganda Office @kofihuganda]

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[KOFIH Uganda Office @kofihuganda]

ID Project Assistants Strengthen KOFIH/MoH Collaboration
On June 02, 2026, our dedicated Project Assistants, Dr. Evelyn Tibananuka, Mr. Festo Wadengo, and Ms. Peace Katushabe visited KOFIH main office (Mariba House, Kololo).
They met with Country Director Mr. Baik Ju Wang, Senior Project Manager Mr. Kavuma Prichard, and the Project Coordinator. The meeting focused on how their roles will fast-track and enhance KOFIH’s contribution to Uganda’s ongoing Ebola Virus Disease outbreak response, while activating the established structures of the KOFIH–MoH Infectious Diseases Project, now in its 4th year of implementation.
Together, we are tackling implementation challenges, strengthening day-to-day coordination, and reinforcing monitoring, reporting, and governance systems to deliver greater impact in preventing, detecting, and responding to infectious diseases. Stronger partnership. Faster response. Healthier Uganda!
@MinofHealthUG @WHOUganda @UNICEFUganda
#IDProject #EbolaResponse #KOFIH #MoHUG #HealthSystemsStrengthening
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[Parliament Watch @pwatchug]

Dr. Chris Baryomunsi, Minister designate for Health admitted that there is a lot of work to do in Uganda’s health sector but his focus will be on prevention and health promotion, arguing that when the disease burden in Uganda is examined, there is a combination of both communicable diseases and non-communicable diseases wherein; Communicable diseases are diseases of underdevelopment and poverty, whereas non-communicable diseases are diseases of lifestyle, diseases of affluence.

[Ministry of Health- Uganda @MinofHealthUG]

The Ministry of Health is conducting a survey on the #Ebola SOPs and preventive measures. We would like to hear from you.

Take the anonymous survey through: https://t.co/zJevLVVyhu
#MOHatWork | #FightEbolaUG26

[KOFIH Uganda Office @kofihuganda]

[KOFIH-Uganda Office] NEWS 2026 May Issue

From Empty Bottles to Open Taps
How safe water is restoring health, dignity, and classroom life at a Busoga school

In Uganda’s Busoga region, the stories of two children at Mpumudde Estate Primary School reveal what water scarcity quietly takes from a child: not only health, but focus, dignity, and the simple right to feel clean. This is what was at stake, and what changed.

For years, the surest sign that the school day had ended at Mpumudde Estate Primary School was not the final bell. It was the clatter of unwashed plates being slipped into hundreds of school bags. There had been no water to wash them, so the children carried their lunch dishes home the same way they had carried their thirst all day; quietly, and without complaint.

Batabazi Wahab knew that silence well. At just 12 years old, the Primary Six West pupil understood the value of clean water in a way many adults overlook.
A thirst that followed them into class

Before a new drinking and handwashing facility was built, water was one of the silent struggles of the school day. Pupils arrived ready to learn, but thirst often followed them into the classroom. Some carried water from home, only for their bottles to run dry by midday. Others bought water when they had a few coins. Those who had none simply endured.

For a child, thirst is never only about the body. It steals attention, too. A teacher may be explaining a lesson, but the mind keeps drifting back to water. The mouth turns dry, the body grows heavy, and a single school day begins to feel far longer than it should.

Thirst also changed how children tried to care for one another. When one pupil arrived with water, classmates without water often asked for a sip from the same bottle. The gesture was generous, but it carried risk: during cough episodes, the mouth of one bottle could move from child to child, spreading cough.
“Sometimes one bottle would serve many children because some had nothing to drink. When one child came with a cough, you would soon hear other children coughing too. The new water point has made drinking safer because every child can get water without sharing bottles.”
- Lydia Naigino Kiirya, Deputy Head Teacher, Mpumudde Estate Primary School

The struggle did not end at the last lesson. After lunch, pupils needed water to wash their plates, and there was rarely any to spare. Most had no choice but to pack the dirty dishes back into their bags and carry them home.
Wahab puts it the way only a child can:
“We used to just put the plates in the bag when they were dirty, and you wash from home.”
- Batabazi Wahab, 12 · Primary Six West

The day the taps arrived
In 2025, that changed. Through a partnership between the Korea Foundation for International Healthcare (KOFIH), the Office of the Prime Minister, and with funding from the Community Chest of Korea under the Waterborne Disease Reduction and Prevention Project (2025-2026), a new drinking and handwashing facility was built at Mpumudde Estate Primary School to serve a population of close to 1,500 pupils.

The structure itself is not grand. It is simply clean water, reliably available, in a dignified space. To a passing visitor, it might look modest. To Wahab and Philis, it rearranged the world.

The plates come home clean now. Cough is no longer spreading like it used to. Children no longer have to stretch one bottle across many mouths, and a child who returns from the hospital with medicine and thirst can finally drink. These are not lines on a hygiene report; they are the return of something more fundamental: the everyday dignity that should come with simply being a child at school.
“Now, when I am thirsty, I just go and drink. It is there. It is clean. I don’t have to think about it anymore.” - Batabazi Wahab, 12

What does it mean for the health worker?
For those who care for the community’s health, the change is not only visible; it is measurable.
“When I walk into Mpumudde Estate Primary School today, I see something a health officer never takes for granted: children who are present, and children who are well. What confirms it for me are the registers at the nearby health centre. Cases of waterborne illness among children from this school and community, such as cholera and abdominal cases that used to fill our waiting rooms, have dropped.

Every shilling no longer spent treating a child for a preventable waterborne disease is a shilling that can meet the rising tide of non-communicable diseases. Safe water not only saves lives; it frees the resources to save more lives. I am deeply grateful to the people of South Korea for making this possible.” - Jinja City Health Officer

A clean drink of water
The bottles are no longer empty. The taps are open. And for the children of Mpumudde Estate, a school day now begins and ends with something that should never have been extraordinary: a clean drink of water.
@OPMUganda @MpumuddeEstatePS @jinjacity @busogahealth @JinjaRRH
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[Africa CDC @AfricaCDC]

Following a high-level cross-border ministerial meeting convened in Kampala, health leaders from the DRC, Uganda and South Sudan, alongside partners, endorsed a shared commitment to a unified response built on one team, one plan, one budget, one implementation model.

Because outbreaks do not respect borders, and neither should our response.

🔗 Read press release: https://t.co/DGlwurgXIw

#AfricaResponds #HealthSecurity @_AfricanUnion @WHO @UNFPA @UNICEF

[Korean Embassy in Uganda @embassy_korea]

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5.25.(월) 기준 우간다 내 에볼라 확진자는 총 7명, 확진자 관련 누적 접촉자는 총 400명 이상으로 파악
이 중 약 392명은 Kampala Metropolitan Area 거주
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[Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng Ocero @JaneRuth_Aceng]

I am honored and humbled by the trust and confidence H E the President @KagutaMuseveni has placed in me through my appointment as Minister for ICT.
I am grateful for the privilege of serving as Minister for Health for the past 10 years.

I commit to continue serving diligently.

[Ministry of Health- Uganda @MinofHealthUG]

Community sensitization and engagement on Ebola is ongoing in the areas of Kampala, Wakiso,Kasese,Kisoro,Bundibugyo,Kikuube and Arua Districts to strengthen awareness, prevention and response efforts.
Communities are the center of an effective response. #MOHatWork | #FightEbolaUG26

[Ministry of Health- Uganda @MinofHealthUG]

Ebola can be transmitted through physical and intimate contact. Avoid contact in all forms.
#MOHatWork | #FightEbolaUG26

[Ministry of Health- Uganda @MinofHealthUG]

The meeting agreed on the following urgent actions as per the Joint Communique as follows:
1. Strengthen Cross-Border Surveillance and Early Warning Systems
2. Harmonise Points of Entry Preparedness and Population Mobility Monitoring
3. Protect Frontline and Vulnerable Communities
4. Strengthen Community Engagement
5. Strengthen Clinical Management and Infection Prevention and Control
6. Strengthen Risk Communication and Community Engagement
7. Strengthen Operational Coordination and Incident Management
8. Mobilise Sustainable Financing and Operational Support
9. Strengthen Regional Preparedness and Health Security
10. Sustain High-Level Political Leadership and Regional Solidarity
11. Advance Long-Term Regional Health Security
#MOHatWork | #FightEbolaUG26

[KOFIH Uganda Office @kofihuganda]

Today, 3rd March. KOFIH team and the New CD, in collaboration with the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) and the Ministry of Health (MoH), conducted a monitoring visit under the National Cancer Management and Capacity Building Project (CANCAP_UG).

Now in its 3rd year, the project continues to strengthen cancer prevention and control across Kampala, Mbarara City, and Mbarara District through capacity building, cervical cancer screening, and improved service delivery in 20 health facilities.

Key objectives of the visit:
· Review the status of cervical cancer screening at selected facilities
· Assess progress of the cervical cancer screening validity study
· Evaluate functionality and maintenance of medical equipment

Activities include:
1. A courtesy visit to the District Health Officer’s (DHO) Mbarara District
2. Monitoring visits to:
• Bwizibwera HCIV
• Bubaare HCIII Grateful for the warm reception and continued partnership with local health teams as we work together to improve access to quality cancer care and save lives.

#CANCAP_UG #CervicalCancerPrevention #CancerControl #KOFIH #UgandaCancerInstitute #MinistryOfHealth #Mbarara
@embassy_korea @MinofHealthUG @UgandaCancerIns @UgCancerSociety @UgandaCancer @uganda_fund @UCRFCares @kofihuganda @MbararaUST @city_mbarara @MbararaLg @GovUganda

[Hon Ruth Rujoki Mushabe @RuthRujokiM]

I held a productive meeting with Mr. Eunhyeok LEE Country Program Manager of @kofihuganda (Korea Foundation For International Healthcare)
We are set to visit @kiruhuralg next week to conduct a comprehensive needs assessment in primary healthcare. This will be an important step towards strengthening health services for our people.

[KOFIH Uganda Office @kofihuganda]

Today, 24th March 2026, is Day 2 of the Project Monitoring Visit.

KOFIH team, together with our New Country Director, continued our monitoring visit today under the Strengthening Community Health Workers Project, in close collaboration with Ministry of Health (Community Health & Health Promotion Department).

Project sites covered: Masaka City, Masaka District, and Bukomansimbi DLG, with the following key activities:

1. Courtesy visit to the City Mayor & City Health Officer (CHO)’s office
2. Participated in the VHT user training workshop on eCHIS, empowering Village Health Teams with mobile phones for real-time reporting
3. Courtesy visit to the CAO & District Health Officer (DHO)’s office in Masaka District
4. Monitored the implementation of integrated medical outreach activities (medical camps)

Great strides in strengthening community health systems and improving service delivery!

#KOFIH #StrengtheningCHWs #CommunityHealth #eCHIS #VHT #MinistryOfHealth #Masaka #UgandaHealth #HealthForAll

@embassy_korea @MinofHealthUG @kofihuganda
@GovUganda @CityMasaka @MasakaDistrict_ @bukomansimbi293 @RichardKabanda2 @OcaatreRonald @rutayisire_