National Conference on
Equity in Health in Uganda
“Knowledge for action on equity in health in Uganda”
HEPS Uganda – Coalition for Health Promotion and Social Development, School of Public Health Makerere University with
Regional Network on Equity in Health in East and Southern Africa (EQUINET).

March 27 - 28, 2008
Kampala, Uganda
The purpose of the meeting was to assess the progress of equity of health in Uganda.

PADEAP Uganda attended the meeting and presented a paper on “Integrating Refugees into the National Health Frameworks and Actions Plans”.

Abstract of the paper:
The paper highlighted the need to include refugees into the national health programmes and policies. It also highlighted to the fact that if the Ugandan government, UNHCR and its implementing partners and other stakeholders pool their resources together, equity in health, not only for refugees, but for the host communities will be streamlined and efficiently delivered.Intergrating refugees into the national health frameworks will help them to integrate into the Ugandan society. It will also financially benefit all stakeholders since it will streamline costs of health service delivery and avoid duplication of services.

Integrating refugees into the national Health Framework in Uganda

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