UGANDA STOP TB PARTNERSHIP · NATIONAL COORDINATION PLATFORM

Together, towardsa TB-freeUganda.

Connecting civil society, communities and partners to strengthen Uganda’s response to tuberculosis, from community care to national policy.

OUR NATIONAL IMPACT

135+

Mentorship support visits to community-based organisations

500+

Private health facilities reached through public-private mix

1,000+

Health experts and TB survivors trained

31

Paid-up member organisations across Uganda in 2024

WHO WE ARE

A stronger response.
Built together.

Uganda Stop TB Partnership brings civil society organisations, communities affected by TB and partners together to support the national TB response.

Our work connects advocacy, community engagement, capacity building and resource mobilisation—amplifying the voices of people closest to the challenges.

VISION

A TB-free Uganda.

MISSION

Every TB patient with access to effective diagnosis, treatment and cure; stopping transmission and reducing the social and economic toll of TB.

CORE VALUES

Collaboration · Teamwork · Integrity · Accountability · Innovation · Equity

STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS

Where we focus
our effort.

Community-based TB care

Working with community health workers, survivor networks and CBOs to find and support people with TB close to home.

Public-private mix

Bringing private clinics, pharmacies and laboratories into national TB care so every patient is found and treated.

Capacity building

Training and mentoring civil society organisations, health workers and TB survivors to strengthen TB services.

Advocacy & coordination

Coordinating civil society in the TB response and engaging leaders, media and policymakers on funding and policy.

2024 IN REVIEW

Highlights from our
2024 annual newsletter.

A year of community outreach, advocacy and partnership in the fight against TB.

FAITH-BASED OUTREACH

15 places of worship

TB awareness campaigns across Kampala’s five divisions, reaching thousands of worshippers.

CITY LEADERSHIP

50 city leaders

Kampala councillors and stakeholders engaged to make TB a priority in local decision-making.

TRADE FAIR CAMPAIGN

50,000+ people reached

Nine days of awareness and on-site screening at the Uganda International Trade Fair, Lugogo.

NATIONAL TB MARATHON

700+ runners

The 3rd National TB Marathon in Kampala and the regions, raising awareness and funds for Iganga.

MARTYRS DAY SCREENING

11 TB cases found

TB awareness and screening at the Uganda Martyrs Day commemoration, with cases linked to care.

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

7th TB & Leprosy conference

USTP helped organise the national stakeholders’ conference in November 2024, opened by the Prime Minister.

A CAMPAIGN WITH A CLEAR PURPOSE

Help advance the
Iganga TB ward campaign.

The National TB Marathon brings people together to raise awareness and mobilise resources for a dedicated TB isolation ward at Iganga Hospital.

Since 2022 the marathons have raised UGX 70 million, banked on a dedicated isolation-ward account, and land has been allocated in Iganga Hospital’s master plan.

NEWS & EVENTS

What’s happening across the partnership.

27–28 November 2024 · Speke Resort Munyonyo, Kampala

7th National TB and Leprosy Stakeholders Conference

USTP helped organise the national conference, where the Prime Minister called for TB survivors to benefit from government social protection programmes.

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