Uganda: Better-Equipped Community Health Workers Still Lack Medicines

By Jjumba Muhammad

October 21, 2026

Village health teams in central Uganda have become better equipped, more widely recognised and more trusted by the communities they serve. But a shortage of essential medicines is limiting their ability to treat sick children, according to a new study by Makerere University School of Public Health.

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