Read the newsletter of the new World Health Organisation Patient Saftey Campaign

The third draft of the Bill has been finalised and submitted to the Minister for tabling in Cabinet. At this point it is difficult to give an exact date but hopefully this will be soon.

 Complaints and service fees (non health expenditure) up 

• Dealing with 2 212 complaints from beneficiaries about their schemes, an increase of 21% when compared to the previous year.

IAPO launches Patient Safety Toolkit   Kampala, Uganda, 3 November 2008 – The International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO) has launched an advocacy toolkit for patient groups to inform and support their activities, advocating for improved patient safety, at a regional meeting of patient groups in Uganda.

State of the nation’s health

Now in its third year, the District Health Barometer compares all 52 health districts in the country to see which are the healthiest and which are just plain sick.