Uganda Government Launches the National Education and Training for Health Policy, 2025

Uganda has released the National Education and Training for Health Policy, 2025. The launch event happened today 29th April 2026 during the 4th National Health Professionals’ Education, Training, & Health Care Conference, 2026, at Source of the Nile Hotel, Jinja.

It was officially launched by John Chrysestom Muyingo, the state minister for higher education, who stood in for Mrs, Janet Museveni who was the guest of honor and could not make it. Other imoortant officials present included, Dr. Aceng from the Ministry of Health, Dr. Charles Olaro, Director General Health Services, who represented MOH PS Dr. Diana Atwine, and Dr. Kedrace Rwankore Turyagyenda, the PS Ministry of Education & Sports.

This Policy focuses on the Education and Training of health professionals based on the needs of the population, upcoming science, technology, and innovations, and the need to close the gaps in the quality of healthcare professionals in the country. It has specific take ons on issues like interns and internship and the manner in which health training institutions should report their numbers to the ministries.

Specifically, for medical interns (mostly nurses, midwives, doctors, or any other medical professionals), internship for 1 year is compulsory and a student will not graduates until successfully finishes internship. For example, a medical doctor will finish the five yearrs of medicine and is not graduated and instead sent for internship and graduates only when internship successfully happens.

The most uncomfortable part of this is that the government will no longer pay any allowances to internes. Parents and guardians will pay for internship costs exactly the same way they paid for school fees. Schools are also supposed to report their admissions and progresses in time for the Ministries to easily keep track of learners, their time for internship, and their completion rates.

During the brief policy explanations in the evening, most people showed unhappiness with the policy, asked many ‘cross-examining’ like questions, which ended up annoying presenters and even called for descalation.

Health training institutions, ministries of health and education, health students (from medical to allied and public health), trainers [tutors, lecturers, school owners), and hospitals or health facilities are major stakeholders in this.

The Minister of Health, Aceng, cautioned the participants against thinking and saying that the policy is as good as all other policies in Uganda that only end in words, and instead asked us to all rally behind the policy and find out specific inputs to make it a reality.

Well, the policy is ambitious, and we are all looking forward to using it for our own interests and the interests of our country, Uganda.

I and MIKLAH Life couldn’t miss the event, and we already have many projects that are in line with the policy and all we can do is enhance them and deliver them with precision and care.

See more at miklahlife.com or specifically at MILAH FOR HEALTH PAHE. Thank you.