Our history

Walimu was founded by a group of research doctors (and one student), with a goal of solving a very specific challenge: improving care on the wards where they conduct research. Since then, we have evolved as an organization, recognizing that there is a broader, unmet need in Uganda's health system: getting rapid and appropriate care to the sickest patients. The mission is unfulfilled, and we are striving to fulfill it every day.

We believe that by providing health workers with the right mix of capabilities, opportunities, and motivation, we can improve patient care in Uganda.

Health care providers must be engaged and empowered to achieve lasting results. Our program builds cultures of excellence at hospitals by enabling collaboration, transparency, and accountability.

A high standard of health care can be achieved anywhere. We are committed to supporting hospitals across Uganda as they improve care for their patients.

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Building capacity, not replacing it

We believe deeply in a health system run for and by Ugandans. Everything we do is focused on building local capacity.

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Low Cost per Outcome

We strive to maximize outcomes achieved per dollar by improving the use of existing resources. Lots of things have changed recently: we are calculating updated cost of outcome figures, and will release them soon.

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Wherever the Evidence Leads

We incorporate research into our program, in order to guide our decision-making and rigorously establish our impact. To date, we have not conducted a rigorous impact evaluation of our program. However, preliminary research demonstrates strong potential for our approach. We are constantly expanding our program knowledge, and base our work on the best available evidence on care in resource-constrained settings and health worker behavior change.