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Since 2017, Save for Health Uganda (SHU) has partnered with Smart Applications International a leading ICT solutions provider on a shared mission to transform healthcare access through technology. This strategic collaboration is anchored in a mutual commitment to digitizing Community Health Insurance (CHI) schemes across Uganda, improving the speed, security, and efficiency of healthcare delivery…. Read More

Since 2016, Save for Health Uganda (SHU) has consistently led the national dialogue on equitable healthcare financing by organizing the Annual National Community Health Financing (CHF) Conferences. These gatherings are designed to raise awareness about Community Health Financing and push for policy reforms that ensure vulnerable families in Uganda can access quality healthcare without financial… Read More

Organization will observe its 75th anniversary. In 1948, countries of the world came together and founded WHO to promote health,…

Each year we commemorate World TB Day to raise public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of…

RESOLUTIONS FROM THE 7th NATIONAL COMMUNITY HEALTH FINANCING CONFERENCE HELD ON 23rd – 24th NOVEMBER 2023 AT PROTEA HOTEL ENTEBBE. Theme of the conference Toward universal health coverage in Uganda through expanding private and community health insurance schemes. The conference objectives are: i. To propose strategies for expanding private and community-based health insurance schemes in… Read More

The proposed National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) bill will soon be tabled again in Parliament to pave way for creation of a National Health Insurance Scheme. In a speech read for her by Dr. Olaro Charles at the opening of the 6th National Community Health Financing Conference on 24th November, 2022 at Golf Course Hotel,… Read More

Save for Health Uganda (SHU) has inaugurated the first batch of community health insurance (CHI) sub-schemes created in the three districts of Iganga, Bugweri and Mayuge in Busoga sub-region, eastern Uganda. Six of the sub-schemes are located in Iganga, two in Bugweri and three in Mayuge. The eleven sub-schemes include Namasoga, Iwawu East and Central… Read More

Three community health insurance (CHI) schemes supported by Save for Health Uganda (SHU) have signed two memoranda of understanding to create a joint pool of funds that will enable them to contract a national-level referral health facility for specialized services and make benefits to their members portable across regions. The schemes that signed formal collaboration… Read More