Thousands of women in Uganda voiced that they wanted more and better supported nurses and midwives—a demand that was only magnified during COVID-19.
At the height of the pandemic, the National Task Force for COVID laid out a plan for an emergency recruitment of additional healthcare workers to support the beleaguered healthcare system. Advocates brought women’s demands for more nurses and midwives to key decision-makers including the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Finance, and Parliament to bolster the case. Their voices proved catalytic with a drive to ultimately recruit about 2,000 health workers from 2020-2021 and assigned them to key districts where women’s and girls’ demands originated.
