Uganda

• Uganda National Health Laboratory Service, Kampala. | Active | Human health
• Makarere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala. | Active | Human health
• Microbiology Research Laboratory - COVAB, Makerere University, Kampala. | Active | Veterinary
• Central Public Health Laboratories, Kampala. | Active | Human health
• Mulago National Specialised Hospital, Kampala. | Active | Human health
• Mbarara District Regional Referral Hospital, Mbarara. | Active | Human health
• Department of Medical Microbiology, Mbarara University of Science & Technology, Mbarara. | Active | Human health
• Mbarara Regional Referral Veterinary Laboratory, Mbarara. | Active | Veterinary
• Arua Regional Referral Hospital, Arua. | Active | Human health
• Arua Regional Veterinary Lab, Arua. | Active | Veterinary
• Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, Mbale. | Active | Human health
• Mbale Regional Veterinary Lab, Mbale. | Active | Veterinary
• Kabale Regional Referral Hospital, Kabale. | Active | Human health
• Masaka Regional Referral Hospital Laboratory, Masaka. | Active | Human health
• Jinja Regional Referral Hospital Laboratory, Jinja. | Active | Human health
• Soroti Regional Referral Hospital Laboratory, Soroti. | Active | Human health
• Lira Regional Referral Hospital Laboratory, Lira. | Active | Human health
• Gulu Regional Referral Hospital Laboratory, Gulu. | Active | Human health
• Gulu Regional Veterinary Lab, Gulu. | Active | Human health
• Tororo General Hospital, Tororo, | Active | Human health
• Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital, Fort Portal. | Active | Human health
• National Animal Disease Diagnostics and Epidemiology Center, Entebbe. | Active | Veterinary
• National Water Quality Reference Laboratory, Entebbe. | Active | Environmental
• Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Entebbe. | Active | Agriculture
• BUVUMA DLG, Buvuma Island. | Active | Human health
• Nakasongola Veterinary Lab, Nakasongola. | Active | Veterinary

AMR Governance Structure

Uganda National AMR Committee including the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries, Water and Environment; Ministry of Health; and the Ministry of Water and the Environment.

AMR Action Plan

The Government of Uganda created a National Strategy for AMR and an AMR Surveillance Plan, following a situational analysis published by the Uganda National Academy of Sciences in 2015. A National Action Plan has been drafted, modelled on the WHO and FAO global strategies to combat AMR. Uganda has also published a One Health Strategic Action Plan, which includes work to address AMR.

Fleming Fund Policy Brief: summarising the cost of AMR surveillance in Uganda.

Supporting the Ugandan government's commitment to build an effective AMR surveillance system, this Brief provides a snapshot of the Fleming Fund’s study of the system’s costs and expected benefits of a coordinated human-animal-environmental AMR surveillance policy (see below).