Save Local Ugandan from Non Communicable Diseases

Summary:

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs)—including cancer, diabetes, heart disease, chronic respiratory diseases, hypertension, asthma, mental health conditions, and syphilis—remain major public health challenges in Uganda. These conditions not only affect individual health but also hinder socioeconomic development due to reduced productivity and premature deaths.

This report summarizes NCD-related activities and outcomes for the quarter from December 2025 to March 2026 in the districts of Kibuku, Budaka, Pallisa, and Butebo in Eastern Uganda.

Planned Activities:

• Conduct six integrated community health outreaches to provide screening services for cancer, diabetes, hypertension, asthma, and sickle cell disease in hard-to-reach communities.
• Conduct eight community sensitization outreaches on NCD prevention and control.
• Provide routine NCD screening services at Kagumu Health Centre III.

Achievements:

• 95 individuals screened for diabetes
• 186 individuals screened for hypertension
• 61 adolescent girls and young women screened for breast cancer
• 18 new diabetes cases identified and initiated on treatment
• 32 hypertension cases identified and initiated on treatment

Challenges:

• Limited funding to implement project activities despite high demand for services
• Low community awareness and limited knowledge and skills in NCD prevention and control, highlighting the need for intensified sensitization efforts

Recommendations:

• Appeal to partners and well-wishers to support implementation of the project
• Strengthen community sensitization and prevention programs to address the rising burden of NCDs, which are increasingly affecting Uganda’s socioeconomic development and placing a growing financial strain on the health system

Links:

• http//www.kado.or.ug

SUMMARY

Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) (Cancer, Diabetes, Heart disease, chronic lung disease, Hypertension, Asthma, Mental health ailments syphilis) continue to be major health problems in Uganda. These diseases not only affect people's health but they also negatively impact the socioeconomic development of Ugandans the loss of productivity of people who get ill or die too early. This therefore, a quarterly report of the aver NCDs in Uganda for the quarter Augusr to November 2025. The project coverage areas are Kibuku, Budaka, Pallisa and Butebo Districts, Eastern Uganda.

PANNED ACTIVITIES FOR THE QUARTER:

1. Conduct 4 integrated community health outreached to provide services (Cancer, Diabetes, Hypertension, Asthma and sickle cell screening) in hard to reach communities
2. Conduct 5 community sensitization out reaches on NCDs
3. Provide routine screening for NCDs at Kagumu Health center III

 ACHIEVEMENTS:

• 161 screened for diabetes
• 234 screened for hypertension
• 71 adolescent girls and young women screened for breast cancer
• 29 diabetic cases positives identified and initiated on treatment
• 28 cases with hypetetention identified and initiated on treatment

CHALLENGES:

• We have very limited funding to implement the project yet the demand for services is high.

• RECOMMENDATION:
• The organization well-wishers to partners with us to implement this project. The se diseases are escalating and negatively impacting the socioeconomic development of Ugandans and increasing financial burden on the health system and through the loss of productivity of people.

Links:

• http//www.kado.or.ug