As you get older, you start to understand the difference between friends and associates, family and blood, love and lust, want and need. And most of all what's important and what's not.

In Phase 3 of our 2025 programming, @acholiwomen launched a national mentorship programme. 🌍 50 healthcare student professionals across Uganda — connected with experienced mentors, equipped with clinical and career guides. Women-led health leadership starts here. 💪🏾

🇺🇬 BREAKING: Uganda's Mental Health Crisis Mental health cases surged 71% (2021-2024)—from 294,326 to 843,295. ⚠️24% of adults affected, but only 19 psychiatrists for 48M people. 🔻Depression amplifies NCDs thus poor outcomes #UgandaHealth #MentalHealth #NCDs

CHALLENGE UNLOCKED 🔓 Tag a woman in healthcare in Northern Uganda who deserves to be celebrated today. 👇🏾 Your clinician. Your midwife. Your community health worker. Your mentor. Your MOM. 💛 She is the foundation. Make sure she knows it. #WomenWhoHeal #RisingInHealth

In Memory of Dr. Mathew Lukwiya In his final hours, he spoke to Sister Apio Anyai Angioletta, the paediatric nurse who had known him for years. She would later remember his exact words. "Sister, things are worsening. I have tried to fight. The battle is almost over. Now I am seeing that I am also going. The time has come for me to go. That I know. I am going. But if I go, I will be at the doorway. Nobody is going to die now. I will tell my God that enough is enough." Then he began to sing a hymn about war. Everyone in the room broke down. Sister Apio replied, "No, doctor, it will not be like that." But it was. On December 4th his breathing briefly stabilised. Later that evening his lungs began to haemorrhage. He died at 1:20am on December 5th, 2000. He was buried at 4pm the same day. The coffin was sprayed with Jik bleach as it was lowered. Margaret asked if she could see him one last time and was refused. The body was considered too infectious. He was placed in a grave he had chosen himself while he was dying, at the Grotto inside the hospital grounds, beside Dr. Lucille Teasdale and later Piero Corti. Teasdale had died in 1996 of AIDS, contracted while operating on an HIV-positive patient. The student was buried beside his mentors. And then something extraordinary happened. After Lukwiya's death, every remaining Ebola patient at Lacor survived. Not another single person died at the hospital. Sister Apio remembered the promise he had made on his deathbed: "I will tell my God that enough is enough." It is the kind of detail you would not believe if you read it in a novel. By the time the WHO declared Uganda Ebola-free on February 6th, 2001, 425 confirmed and probable cases had been recorded, and 224 Ugandans had died, including thirteen health workers from Lacor alone. The survival rate during the outbreak was nearly 50%, compared to as low as 10% in previous African outbreaks, largely because of the systems Lukwiya had built before anyone else even knew what was happening. This is what the mainstream story leaves out. The intern who refused a teaching job in England. The doctor who walked into the bush instead of the nuns. The administrator who turned the hospital into a shelter for nine thousand people, most of them children, every night. The Acholi son of a smuggler who topped his country in school, won the John Hay Prize at Liverpool, and still chose Gulu over everything else. By the time he made that final speech to his nurses, the heroism was already the entire shape of his life. The Ebola work only made it public. Happy Heroes Day, Dr Matthew and all healthcare workers who sacrifice more than they should have to! #HeroesDay # *Copied*

#PayAllMedicalInterns @Parliament_Ug @mkainerugaba @ObothOboth @Thomas_Tayebwa @DrAyumeCharles @BaryomunsiChris @KagutaMuseveni

Medical students are the backbone of tomorrow’s healthcare, yet the new health training & internship policy directly threatens student welfare and compromises our future. ​We deserve fair treatment, timely graduation, and humane conditions. The policy must be revised📌📌 #PayAll

We extend special appreciation to the Leader of Opposition, Hon. @JoelSsenyonyi, for ably articulating the issue of medical internship before the House. The welfare, deployment, supervision, and facilitation of medical interns are not minor administrative concerns. They directly affect service delivery, patient safety, and the future of Uganda’s health workforce. Thank you for giving this matter the attention it deserves. @Parliament_Ug @LoP_Uganda youtu.be/n18dmG75f8A?si=-9If…

Government can, and should find money to pay medical interns! #KeepingTheGovtInCheck

3AM PRAYER O God, our Refuge and Strength, We come before You weary and worn, With hearts heavy like stones that we cannot carry alone. Our eyes are tired of tears, Our spirits faint from waiting, And our souls cry out in the quiet hours of the night. We’re on our knees calling out Your name , hear us LORD, answer us! You who never slumber nor sleep, See every burden we bear in silence. You know the battles we fight behind closed doors, The disappointments that linger, The losses that ache, The exhaustion that reaches deeper than our bones. The unemployment. We are not strong enough on our own, But we lift our heavy hearts to You, The One who invites the weary to come and find rest. Father of mercies, hear the unspoken groans of Your children. Catch every falling tear father. Draw near to us in our weakness. Speak peace into our storms. Lift the weight that presses us down. Our King, we pray that You renew our strength like eagles’ wings. Remind us that we are not forgotten, That Your ear is attentive to our cry, And Your hand is mighty to save. LORD, answer us according to Your perfect love. Grant us endurance for today, Hope for tomorrow, and the quiet assurance that You are working, even when we cannot see it. Turn our mourning into dancing, Our heaviness into praise, And our waiting into encounters with Your presence. We trust You, even in the silence. We choose to hope in You, even when answers tarry. For You are the God who sees, The God who hears, The God who answers. In the name of Jesus, our Savior and Friend, we have prayed. Amen.🙏🏾 #MukyalaTusimbudde

As I celebrate my #Birthday today, I dedicate it to the vulnerable community of #Acholi who are grappling with mental, social & financial trauma in the Post-conflict era Join me today in healing this community and transforming their lives through @acholiwomen @BenOngomTweets

SAVE THE DATE. 📅 Acholi Women in Health Foundation goes public JULY 11, Gulu City! Community. Evidence. Mentorship. Impact. We're bringing everything. RT and let Acholi know healthcare is rising. #AWIHFLaunch  #July11  #UgandaHealthcare

Healthcare is a right, not a privilege. At Acholi Women in Health, we bring care directly to the communities that need it most. Share if you believe every woman deserves quality healthcare now. #RootedInCommunity #HealthEquity #NorthernUganda

SAVE THE DATE. 📅 Acholi Women in Health Foundation goes public JULY 11, Gulu City! Community. Evidence. Mentorship. Impact. We're bringing everything. RT and let Acholi know healthcare is rising. #AWIHFLaunch  #July11  #UgandaHealthcare

When Dr Frank Asiimwe is speaking, you have to listen. Guy is a good speaker. Above that, he is a good leader. 💪

🛑MARK YOUR CALENDARS. 📅🔔 🚥🚧@acholiwomen officially launches on JULY 11 in Gulu City! 🎊 #SRHR #MaternalHealth #MentalHealth We're not holding back RT to spread the word — Acholi healthcare is rising. 🇺🇬💛 @BenOngomTweets @GiftGrace01 #AWIHFLaunch #July11

Uganda’s proposed medical education and internship reforms deserve careful reconsideration. Medical training and healthcare are pillars of human development, and Makerere Medical School remains one of Africa’s finest institutions, renowned for tropical medicine. Intern doctors bridge critical staffing gaps in our hospitals; withdrawing their financial support risks worsening workforce shortages, delaying training, increasing costs, and weakening healthcare delivery. I urge President Museveni to intervene and protect Uganda’s health sector. @KagutaMuseveni @jessica_alupo @R_Nabbanja @BaryomunsiChris @mkainerugaba

🚨"Healthcare for Acholi women cannot wait for the perfect conditions. We take the services to the community." 🔥 📌This is what it means to be rooted in community. Be part by Reposting, and sharing with your networks🪴 #RootedInCommunity #AcholiWomenInHealth

Well highlighted, more are deep in the communities. A reason @acholiwomen was born and being launched on 11th July at @GuluVarsity . Join and support us 🙏🏾 Together let's "Heal the Acholi communities and transform lives" @BenOngomTweets #RisinginHealth #RootedInCommunities

In the last financial year, the Acholi sub-region had a total of 232 public-sector health facilities, including Gulu Regional Referral Hospital and Kitgum Hospital. @BenOngomTweets #NBSLiveAt9 #NBSUpdates

The Official Launch of Acholi Women in Health Foundation (AWIHF) Theme: Rooted in community,Raising in health, the AWIHF story 📍11th July 2026 | Gulu University library Hall Fee; -Students: 20K -Health Professionals: 50K #AWIHFLaunch  #RootedInCommunity  #RisingInHealth