Uganda Non-Communicable Diseases Alliance

The Uganda NCD Alliance (UNCDA) was founded in 2010 as an alliance of; Uganda cancer society -UCS, Uganda Diabetes Association-UDA, and Uganda Heart Research Foundation-UHRF to lead the response to NCDs which was and is striking hard in low and middle income countries (LMIS) where Uganda lies. UNCDA was established as a lead Civil Society Organisation (CSO) and partner with the Ministry of Health (MOH) in the fight against NCDs in Uganda. To date, UNCDA leads and coordinates other CSOs in the response to the NCDs challenge. The Uganda NCD Alliance has over the years established branches in 11 districts across the four regions of Uganda. UNCDA implements programs, projects and activities through the branches to districts and regions. In addition, UNCDA partners with 12 other CSOs, PLWNCDs and stakeholders to advocate for access to NCD prevention and control services and policies on improved NCD services. UNCDA supports 42 H/Fs in 13 districts to provide NCD screening, diagnosis and education at established NCD clinics and outreaches in the community. Through the NCD clinics at the H/Fs, UNCDA has mobilised PLWNCDs into groups that are being supported to grow into patient organisations right from the grassroots of UNCDA. As partners with MOH, UNCDA is a member of the NCDs technical working group (TWG), National NCD Multisectoral Coordination Committee (NCDMSC) and Healthy Policy Advisory Committee (HPAC) representing NCDs – CSOs. The Uganda NCD Alliance has international partnerships; member of NCD Alliance East Africa (EANCDA), Africa NCD Network (ANN) and NCD Alliance Global (GNCDA). To deliver its mandate, UNCDA is funded by Civil Society in Development of Denmark (CISU) on program basis, the International Cancer Institute (ICI) of Kenya, AstraZeneca Charity Aid Foundation (CAF) and World Diabetes Foundation (WDF).