Uganda, Nov. 23 -- The current tripartite crisis of food insecurity, climate change, and pandemic outbreaks like Covid-19 and Ebola underscores that Uganda needs a robust and resilient public health system now more than ever.

The 2016 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey shows that approximately 88 percent of the population uses government healthcare facilities as the first point of care. Still, the 2021 National Service Delivery Survey indicates that 45 percent of people do not access public health facilities because they are too far away. Likewise, 56 percent of communities access healthcare within 3kms country-wide, with Lango having the lowest population proportion at 40percent, followed by Karamoja at 43percent. Similarly, emergency...