Uganda drafts 10-year health financing strategy to cut donor dependence

Uganda is finalising a new 10-year health financing strategy aimed at increasing domestic funding for healthcare and reducing the sector’s reliance on foreign assistance, Ministry of Health officials said Thursday.

The Uganda Health Financing Strategy (UHFS), which will run from 2026 to 2036, is being developed following the expiry of the previous strategy that covered 2015/16 to 2024/25.

Officials told Parliament’s Health Committee and local and international health partners during a consultative meeting in Kampala that the new strategy would prioritise domestic resource…