The Uganda NCDI Poverty Commission conducted an intervention priority setting workshop on Wednesday 11 December, 2019. This was a follow-up meeting to their two day workshop on 20 -21 November, 2019 which was led by Dr. Gerald Mutungi, Director of NCDs, Ministry of Health, and Dr. Isaac Ssinabulya of UINCD. The committee members had analyzed national data sources and identified a plan to move forward with the publication of a report for next year.
The Uganda NCDI Poverty Commission held its inaugural meeting on Friday August 9, 2019, in Kampala. The Commission is co-chaired by Dr. Gerald Mutungi and Dr. Isaac Ssinabulya and members hail from the Ministry of Health and a broad array of civil society partners. The Commission will focus on analyzing data in order to better understand the burden of NCDs and injuries in Uganda, with particular attention to conditions that disproportionately impact the poor, and to recommend interventions and policies to address it, based on a priority-setting framework that takes account of both cost-effectiveness and equity.
Commission Co-Chairs
Dr. Gerald Mutungi, Ministry of Health
Dr. Isaac Ssinabulya, Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases, (UINCD) and Uganda Heart Institute
Commissioners
Dr. Olive Kobusingye, Makerere University School of Public Health
Prof. David Guwatudde, Makerere University School of Public Health
Dr. Sr Mary M. Ajiko, Soroti Regional Referral Hospital
Dr. Frank Mugabe, Ministry of Health
Dr. Dan Kajungu, Makerere University CHAP/Iganga Mayuge HDSS
Mr. Christopher Kwizera, Uganda NCD Alliance
Dr. Stanley Bubikire, Ministry of Health
Dr. Hafsa Lukwata, Ministry of Health
Dr. Nathan Kenya-Mugisha, Walimu
Dr. Noleb Mugisha, Uganda Cancer Institute
Dr. Hafsa Kasule, World Health Organization
Dr. Deogracious Munube, Mulago National Referral Hospital/UPA
Dr. Robert Kalyesubula, Makerere University College of Health Sciences
Ms. Martha Nabadda, Ministry of Health and World Health Organization
Prof. Moffat Nyirenda, Medical Research Council Uganda
Mr. Anthony Ddamba, National Medical Stores
Dr. Roy Mayega, Makerere University School of Public Health
Dr. Lumu William, Mengo Hospital/Uganda Christian University
Dr. Emmy Okello, Uganda Heart Institute
Dr. Bruce Kirenga, Makerere University Lung Institute
Prof. Jeremy Schwartz, Yale University School of Medicine
Dr. Sarah Byakika, Ministry of Health
Dr. David Okello, African Center for Global Health and Social Transformation
Mr. Stephen Baryahirwa, Uganda Bureau of Statistics