Uganda: Doctors Suspend Strike After Govt Commitment

25 November 2017

The Uganda Medical Association (UMA) has temporarily called off a strike that had paralyzed services in government health facilities across the country. The doctors laid down their tools on November 6 to protest against low pay and poor working conditions.

The decision to halt the strike was declared by the National Executive Committee of the UMA at a meeting held at Silver Springs hotel today.

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