Policies, Regulations and Guidelines

One of the cardinal statutory functions of the medical and Dental Practitioners Council is to take firm and fair disciplinary sanctions against practitioners who behave unethically in the course of their work.

The right to health is a fundamental human right. It is defined as the right to the highest attainable standard of
physical and mental health.

Health laboratory services are essential for the delivery of quality health care and should be accessible to all the people in Uganda. Poor health laboratory services subject patients to inappropriate treatment, chronic ill-health, and catastrophic health expenditures, loss of incomes and ultimately loss of confidence in health services

Uganda has made progress in improving RMNCAH indices over the past 2 decades but RMNCAH conditions currently account for over 60% of Years of Life Lost in Uganda. The RMNCAH conditions thus constitute a major public health problem. Maternal mortality rates fell by only 20% over the past 20 years, decreasing too slowly to achieve national targets.