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25+ years transforming healthcare supply chains in low-and middle-income countries

21/09/2026

"I had already lost seven family members and hope was dwindling."

Joyce Nakyazze co-founded Kawempe Home Care in 2016 to find HIV-positive patients hiding from stigma. The hard part came next: getting them treatment.

In 2012, Medical Access started supplying medications to Kawempe's patients, including Joyce. She finally started getting her medicine, in full, when she needed it.

That's what this work is really about. Not logistics for their own sake, but people like Joyce, still here, still leading, still fighting for her community.

Joyce's full story, along with 25 years of MAUL's impact across the region, is in our latest report. Read it here: https://heyzine.com/flip-book/53cf1eb46c.html

03/09/2026

It’s Global Week for Action on NCDs. And the healthcare workforce is one of our most important lines of defense. Yet in many countries, there simply aren’t enough health workers to meet the growing demand for chronic disease care. Sub-Saharan Africa alone is projected to face a shortage of 1.5 million health workers by 2030.

NCD care requires a different set of skills: long-term counseling, multimorbidity management, mental health support and data-driven care.
So what’s driving the workforce gap, and what will it take to close it? We explore the challenges and potential solutions in our latest blog: https://medical-access.org/workforce-capacity-gaps

19/08/2026

Counterfeit medicines are a real and deadly threat across Sub-Saharan Africa. Combating them requires proper infrastructure.

Medical Access Uganda uses GS1 technology to serialize every product in our supply chain, giving each item a globally recognized digital identity that can be tracked, verified, and audited at every stage.

The result: greater efficiency, international compliance, and a supply chain patients can trust.

Curious about how we're digitizing Uganda's healthcare supply chain? Learn more about our work: https://medical-access.org/digital

16/07/2026

For over two decades, Medical Access Uganda has been building one of East Africa's most comprehensive healthcare supply chain operations. From importing and warehousing to last-mile delivery across hospitals, pharmacies, and clinics, we exist to ensure patients get the right medicines, at the right time, in the right condition.

It starts long before a product reaches a patient. And we're with it every step of the way.

Watch to learn more: https://youtu.be/j4uTNnRANrQ?si=SQV6oVTxg97F8_S4

02/07/2026

Uganda faces a US$ 33 billion funding gap for NCD control. One-third of medicine costs are paid out-of-pocket and monthly treatment costs can reach US$ 97 per patient.

These are the numbers behind why people stop treatment.

At Medical Access, our NCD+ Access Strategy is clear: supply chain strengthening and financing reform must move together.

Read more: https://medical-access.org/financing-the-ncd-transition

18/06/2026

Why is Medical Access' HIV experience helpful in the NCD context?

Ivan Mwase, Procurement & Supply Chain Lead, believes this experience is exactly what Africa's NCD response needs.

For decades, Medical Access built supply chain systems designed for one thing: keeping medicines for lifelong treatment moving to patients who cannot afford interruptions.

As NCDs become Africa's fastest-growing health challenge, that foundation matters more than ever.

The infrastructure exists. The knowledge exists. Now we put it to work. Learn more: https://medical-access.org/impact

27/05/2026

Across sub-Saharan Africa, too many NCDs are still being detected too late.

If we want better outcomes, diagnostic readiness must become a regional priority. Early detection depends on more than awareness. It requires reliable access to screening tools, stronger primary care capacity, and supply systems that can keep diagnostics available where people seek care.

At Medical Access, we believe that strengthening NCD access means strengthening the full access ecosystem, including the systems that enable earlier diagnosis.

Learn more about why diagnostic readiness needs to be a regional priority: https://medical-access.org/ncddetectedtoolate

27/04/2026

Over one-third of deaths in Uganda and across Africa are now linked to non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Are our health systems ready?

In Uganda, NCDs account for 36% of annual deaths. Across the WHO African Region, they accounted for 37% of deaths in 2019. Chronic diseases demand something different: reliable medicine availability, decentralized diagnostics, long-term follow-up, and supply chains designed for continuity.

This is a critical inflection point for Uganda and sub-Saharan Africa. Medical Access is committed to building on 25 years of supply chain leadership to help make that transition possible.

Learn more about the burden of NCDs in Africa: https://medical-access.org/burden-of-ncds

07/04/2026

This , we’re reminded that progress in health doesn’t always make headlines, but it changes lives every day. Across the world, science is quietly doing what once felt impossible:

But science alone isn’t enough. It only works when it reaches people.

That’s where we come in.

At Medical Access and UHD, we’re focused on turning scientific progress into real access by bringing quality, trusted medicines and health products closer to the people who need them most. From HIV to non-communicable diseases like diabetes and cardiovascular conditions, access is what makes innovation matter.

Because innovation only changes lives if it gets to the people who need it.

This World Health Day, we , and with the systems, partnerships, and people working every day to make it real across Africa.

31/03/2026

For more than 25 years, Medical Access has worked alongside its partners to strengthen public health supply chains across Uganda and sub-Saharan Africa.

Founded in 1998 under the UNAIDS Drug Access Initiative, the organization played a foundational role in enabling early access to antiretroviral therapy in Uganda at a time when treatment costs exceeded US$6,000 per patient per year and availability was extremely limited.

Medical Access started at a critical moment, helping expand access to life-saving HIV treatment when it was out of reach for so many.

Today, the challenge is evolving, and so are we.

As Africa faces shifting disease patterns, Medical Access is entering a new chapter with its NCD+ Access Strategy (2025–2030), bringing the same proven supply chain expertise to non-communicable diseases, chronic conditions, and mental health.

Because access isn’t just about medicines. It’s about building systems that can meet today’s needs and tomorrow’s.

Learn more: https://medical-access.org/from-hiv-to-ncd

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