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29 October 2024

Sweden’s flexible funding saving lives of mothers and babies in West Nile, Uganda

Before 2017, health, nutrition, water and sanitation indicators in West Nile sub region, northern Uganda were alarming. With long term investments by UNICEF, funded by the Swedish Government, these indicators have improved. Less women are dying before, during and after delivery. Neonatal mortality rates have gone ...

For every child, supplies

As UNICEF delivers high impact health, education, and protection programmes and responds to emergencies, there is a need of a strong and reliable supply chain of essential products such as life-saving medicines, vaccines, and other critical health supplies. Millions of children continue to die of preventable caus...

06 February 2021

UNICEF receives supplies to deliver services for children during COVID-19

On 1st February 2021, UNICEF received supplies and equipment to support maternal and child health programmes in Ntungamo District, thanks to the Global Logistics Cluster that facilitated transportation of the supplies to Uganda with Airbus Foundation. The COVID-19 pandemic and other emergencies continue to add s...

06 November 2020

Hard-to-reach areas in West Nile receive ambulances

KAMPALA – 6 November 2020 - The Ministry of Health has received three ambulances procured with support from United Nations Children’s Fund – UNICEF and financial assistance from the Government of Sweden. The ambulances will be deployed in Pakwach, Madi-Okollo and Obongi District Local Governments in the West Nile ...

01 September 2020

Cleaners, the unsung heroes at the COVID-19 frontline

Everywhere in the world, people have repeatedly been told to frequently wash hands with soap and running water as well as sanitize and clean surfaces around them to avoid catching COVID-19, among other infections. In homes, cleaning surfaces has become a routine. In health facilities, the situation is not any dif...

UNICEF helps to keep health workers safe during the COVID-19 pandemic

Heroic, brave and working round the clock to provide essential health care services during the COVID-19 pandemic, health workers need to be protected so that they are safe while on duty. In Uganda, as community transmission of COVID-19 and related deaths continue to rise, health facilities are taking additional p...

No cholera in Kasese for the first time in 13 years

In Kasese, a cholera outbreak is a near mainstay. At least it used to be. Every year for the past 13 years, Kasese District in western Uganda experienced cholera outbreaks in a somewhat cyclical process that entailed flooding, displacement to camps and then cholera would follow. This year, the floods came, thousan...

Inside the heart that pumps water, sanitation and hygiene COVID supplies to the whole country

The first half of 2020 comes to an end with Uganda still posting an impressive performance in fighting against the Covid-19 pandemic. Against nearly half a million deaths to Covid-19 worldwide, the country of 45 million people has not registered a single corona-related death so far, unlike all her neighbours of co...

Reaching out to communities with soap, sanitizers and detergents to prevent coronavirus

Messages encouraging the general public to frequently wash their hands with soap and clean water are among those that are disseminated worldwide to combat COVID-19. Among those messages is frequent hand washing with soap and water. The practice of hand washing with soap and clean water is one of the cheapest, easi...

28 November 2017

Procurement

UNICEF Uganda procures considerable amounts of goods, services and works in support of its Programme of Cooperation with the Government of Uganda. The main categories of inputs that UNICEF purchases locally are: Goods Services/works Emergency relief items Conference services printed materials Consultancy services...

Thousands of refugees and Ugandans set to benefit as U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative joins Government and UN agencies in fight against malaria

TUESDAY 15 MARCH 2016 – Kampala, Uganda – The United States President’s Malaria Initiative, led by the U.S. Agency for International Development, has joined forces with the Government of Uganda, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organisation (W...

KOICA and UNICEF provide ambulances to save lives in Karamoja

KAMPALA, 09 March 2016 - The Korean International Cooperation Agency and UNICEF in Uganda have today handed over three ambulances to the districts of Amudat, Kotido and Napak to enable pregnant women access life-saving services or health facilities quickly. The support is part of the four-year UNICEF-KOICA partner...