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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