Uganda: No Wealth-for-All Without Health-for-All

18 February 2010
opinion

Kampala — Realising the vision of health for all is still a distant dream. Many of us are familiar with the challenges of access to public health services, particularly for the rural poor who form the bulk of our population.

There are heart rending stories of rampant thefts of drugs by health workers with the resultant adverse effects, especially for the poor who cannot afford to buy drugs from private clinics and drug shops.

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