In Uganda, high healthcare costs impose a heavy financial burden on households, diverting funds from essential needs like food, education, and housing. Insufficient public healthcare financing and the lack of formal employment benefits for the large informal workforce exacerbate accessibility and affordability issues, making it challenging for many to obtain necessary medical care.
Vision
To create resilient communities that have equitable access to quality and affordable healthcare for better health outcomes through health cooperatives
Mission
To champion, promote, develop, and strengthen cooperatives for increased access to quality and affordable healthcare through cooperative health insurance to advance good health and wellbeing for communities
Goal
To strengthen locally led health cooperatives in an enabling environment and health system that increases access to quality health care for improved health equity and outcomes in Uganda.
Benefits of Cooperative Health Insurance
Seeking Early Healthcare
Pre-payment encourages members to seek care early, which reduces the overall cost of care and improves outcomes. Early treatment reduces the spread of Malaria …
Improved disease-prevention behaviors
Members are 22% more likely to 38% more likely to sleep under bed nets, have hand-washing stations in their homes (80.4% coop vs 66% non-coop) …
Stay longer in school
Reduced pregnancies and increased retention of girls in schools are indicative of positive outcomes in education and public health.
Medical Services of The Specialties
At The Clilab Health Services Clinic we offer the most advanced and
effective bespoke treatment packages to suit your needs
- Strengthen cooperatives
- Cooperative members services
- Cooperative market performance
- Partnerships and Networks
- Legal and regulatory framework
Health Cooperative Performance Journey in Uganda 2019-2024
Health Cooperative Membership Dec. 2019-Mar.2024
In Uganda, Cooperative is offered in the private not for profit (UCMB, UPMB and UMMB) and PPF health facilities. There are 68 health care providers offering cooperative health insurance in Uganda (7 in the north, 16 -east, 38 -south and 7 -central). There are 24 UCMB, 12 UPMB affiliated and 32 private health facilities offering cooperative health insurance to 38,747 health cooperative members.
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