Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation-Uganda (Baylor Foundation Uganda) through its Global Health Security (GHS) Program, is supporting the Government of Uganda to strengthen and build International Health Regulations core capacities for the prevention, detection, and response to public health threats.
With funding from development partners, including the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), USAID, GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit), and the UK Department of Health and Social Care’s Fleming Fund (via UK Aid, managed by Mott MacDonald), Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation– Uganda (Baylor Foundation Uganda) is supporting the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), and the Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE) to address emerging and re-emerging public health threats.
Our work focuses on strengthening disease surveillance, border health security, laboratory systems, antimicrobial resistance prevention and control, vaccination programs, risk communication and community engagement, the National Ebola Survivors Program, and the Field Epidemiology Training Program. These efforts aim at improving Uganda’s pandemic preparedness and its capacity to prevent, detect and respond to public health threats and emergencies.
In addition, our emphasis on the One Health Approach – particularly in addressing antimicrobial resistance— has enhanced coordination among human, animal, and environmental health sectors. Together, these interventions contribute to building robust health security systems and ensuring Uganda is better equipped to respond to current and future infectious disease threats.