Uganda: Press Releases

Management Sciences for Health to Increase Access to Affordable, Quality-assured Medicines in Uganda

May 11, 2020

Arlington, VA—Management Sciences for Health (MSH) announced today that the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded it a cooperative agreement to support Uganda’s efforts to strengthen its health supply chain to increase availability of and access to safe, quality-assured medicines and health supplies in public and private nonprofit health facilities.“We’re grateful for the opportunity to continue our work as a trusted supply chain advisor to the government of Uganda and USAID,” said Marian W. Wentworth, MSH’s President and CEO.

MSH Appoints Herbert Mugumya as Country Representative in Uganda

February 16, 2017

Herbert Mugumya

MEDFORD, Mass. — Global health NGO Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is pleased to welcome Mr. Herbert Mugumya as its new Country Representative in Uganda. Mr. Mugumya, who will be based in MSH's office in Kampala, has more than 24 years of hands-on experience in public health, having managed complex, multi-component U.S. government development projects in several countries. Mr. Mugumya is responsible for leading and coordinating all MSH efforts in Uganda by working in partnership with key in-country stakeholders and partner organizations.

Dr. Jonathan Quick's Remarks on Accredited Drug Shops at Clinton Global Initiative Pitching for Partnerships

September 23, 2014

Accredited Drug Shops: Pitch for Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting 2014Read Dr. Quick's remarks (as prepared)Jonathan D. Quick, MD, MPH, Management Sciences for HealthTwo billion people – one third of the world’s population – lack regular access to quality essential medicines. In rural Tanzania, as in most low income countries, when people are sick enough to seek treatment their first stop is not a trained health provider or clinic. No, their first stop is the drug seller down the street.

Management Sciences for Health Seeks Partners to Scale up Community Access to Quality Medicines for 70 Million People in 5 African Nations

September 22, 2014

Management Sciences for Health (MSH) announced it is seeking partners to complete its 2011 Commitment for Action at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), pledging to scale up sustainable Accredited Drug Shops in five African nations by 2015 to bring quality essential medicines to 70 million people in rural communities. The program has already served 36 million people in three nations and economically empowered thousands of women. Over 10,000 Accredited Drugs Shops are now in operation. Read more about the Accredited Drug Shops here. MSH President & CEO Dr.

MSH to Lead 5-Year Program to Increase the Availability, Accessibility and Appropriate Use of Essential Medicines and Health Supplies in Uganda

September 12, 2014

MSH is pleased to announce that we have won the follow-on program to our successful Securing Ugandans' Right to Essential Medicines (SURE) program. USAID has awarded MSH US$29.9 million over a five-year period to increase the availability, accessibility and appropriate use of essential medicines and health supplies for Ugandans. The new program, Systems Strengthening and Health Commodities (SSHC), will be based in Kampala with Dr. Birna Trap as Chief of Party. The project is part of the portfolio of MSH's Center for Pharmaceutical Management led by Vice President Douglas Keene.

New law in Uganda likely to set back gains made in HIV & AIDS

May 27, 2014

Photo credit: Rui Pires

MSH Urges President Museveni to Veto HIV & AIDS Prevention and Control Bill 2010 MSH is deeply concerned about a new discriminatory and damaging law passed last week in Uganda. The HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Bill, 2010, passed last week by the Ugandan Parliament, makes it a crime to “willfully, knowingly and intentionally” infect another with HIV and makes it mandatory for men to be tested alongside their wives/pregnant partners.

Anti-Homosexuality Act is a Step Backward for Uganda

March 03, 2014

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Management Sciences for Health, a global health nonprofit organization working in over 60 countries, is deeply concerned with Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act, recently signed into law by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. “MSH believes this new law will negatively affect the health of Ugandan citizens, and may restrict what groups like MSH can do to help Uganda fight HIV/AIDS and meet its Millennium Development Goals,” said Dr. Jonathan D. Quick, President and CEO of MSH.

MSH Chosen by USAID to Build Leadership and Management Capacity of HIV/AIDS Service Providers

March 17, 2008

Under the AIDSTAR Sector II Program, MSH will lead a partnership to build the leadership and management capacity of governments and NGOs worldwide.

MSH Chosen by USAID to Lead a New HIV/AIDS Team

March 17, 2008

Under AIDSTAR, MSH leads team of organizations that provides HIV/AIDS services to field agencies worldwide CAMBRIDGE, MA—Management Sciences for Health (MSH) has been selected by the U.S.