What is the “Good Life Fund”?  A sustainable fundraising mechanism that  will pool locally generated financial resources to support priority health interventions including :

• Control of Hemorrhage that contributes to 42% of Maternal deaths

• Supporting major causes of Child morbidity and mortality

• Arresting  the rising prevalence of Non communicable diseases (NCDs) currently contributing to 27% of all mortality in Uganda.

 

 

Key Facts and what the Good Life Fund will do!

 

Maternal Child Health

• The top causes of Maternal Mortality are preventable. Hemorrhage (42%) Pregnancy related hypertension (12%) Post-partum sepsis (11%).

• 90 children of the 1000 born die before their fifth birthday, 54/1000 before their first birthday while 27/1000 babies die within 28 days of being born. The commonest causes of death are pneumonia, malaria, diarrhea, prematurity and sepsis.

 

Non-communicable Diseases

• Uganda Non Communicable Disease (NCD) related morbidity and Mortality has been on the rise since the year 2000.

• According to WHO Uganda country profile, NCDS were responsible for 27% of all deaths in 2014.

• The NCDs are attributed to 4 main risky life styles including; Tobacco use, harmful use of alcohol, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity.

• Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women worldwide,  for which a vaccine is now available.

 

 

Goodlife Fund Interventions

• With guidance from the Ministry of Health, through the Supply Chain unit of UHMG the fund will initially support in availing commodities for emergency obstetric care to prevent MCH deaths.

• Support Health education and promotion to create  awareness to address NCDs

• Cervical Cancer: For the medium term, the Good Life Fund will explore HPV vaccination program amongst adolescents in disadvantaged communities.

• Support diagnostic measures  through outreaches and Health camps