Development of a training
centers in Uganda

There is still no national emergency care system in the East African country of Uganda. A national control center was established in the capital Kampala in 2021, but it is not yet linked to a functioning ambulance system. Each district is to have a district control center in the future, but there is still a lack of ambulances and, above all, trained personnel in preclinical and intraclinical emergency care.

At the end of 2021, the EMS policy was introduced in Uganda, which sets standards for the ambulance service and emergency medical care in emergency departments at all levels. Together with this political law, strategies were developed by the Ministry of Health in Uganda to regulate the implementation of the law and standardize emergency care through procedures/SOPs.

Implementation is proving difficult and very slow, as there is still no in-depth understanding of the topic of emergency care in most places. In a country with one of the highest rates of road deaths, neonatal and maternal mortality and extremely high rates of deaths from infectious diseases, a system of emergency care would be essential. This issue is therefore a major concern for us, which we support with AGNF’s own funds.

As the Association of Ambulance Professionals Uganda (AAPU) works in close cooperation with the Ugandan Ministry of Health, our activities are part of the national strategy and the AAPU training center is already exceptional and unique in Uganda in its current stage of expansion. The respectful cooperation between the AAPU and AGNF is based on a common goal: to improve emergency care through professional training.