Wagagai Center for Population Health & Sustainable Development Uganda (CPHS Uganda)

A community-rooted organization advancing population health and sustainable development across Uganda. We bring evidence-based health services, honest health education, and inclusive partnerships to the communities that need them most — because good health should never depend on where you were born.

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Mission Statement

To advance population health and sustainable development by delivering community-centered programs, fostering innovation, and aligning our work with the Sustainable Development Goals — particularly good health and well-being (SDG 3), gender equality (SDG 5), reduced inequalities (SDG 10), and climate action (SDG 13).

Our Core Values

Community first

Our programs begin with listening. Communities shape the design, delivery, and evaluation of everything we do.

Evidence and integrity

We ground our work in sound public health practice and are honest about what we know, what we are learning, and what we achieve.

Equity and inclusion

We deliberately reach those most often left behind — adolescent girls and boys, rural communities, and people living with or affected by HIV.

Innovation with purpose

We embrace digital tools, creative media, and new partnership models where they genuinely improve access and outcomes.

Stewardship and sustainability

We manage resources transparently and build programs designed to last beyond any single grant or project cycle.

Our Roots

CPHS Uganda did not begin with an office or a registration certificate. It began with volunteers.

For two years before formal registration, our founding team — health workers, communicators, and community advocates — organized health talks in churches, visited secondary schools with sexual and reproductive health information, appeared on radio and television to speak plainly about HIV, mental health, and adolescent health, and partnered with like-minded organizations to run public webinars. There was no budget. There was conviction: that credible health information, delivered with warmth and respect, changes what people do — and ultimately, how well they live.

In December 2025, that conviction took institutional form. CPHS Uganda was registered in Kampala as a non-governmental organization, with a leadership team spanning clinical medicine, community programming, finance and innovation, communications, and creative design. Today we carry the same volunteer spirit into structured, accountable programming — working in schools, health facilities, faith communities, and the media to advance the health of Uganda’s people.

Our Footprint

Highlights of Our Programs

CPHS Uganda’s work is organized under six program areas drawn from our Organizational Structure & Strategic Framework, each anchored to the Sustainable Development Goals we serve (SDGs 3, 5, 10, and 13).

Program 1 — Health Services (SDG 3)

Empowering Lives Shaping Futures

Our footprint in numbers.

4000+

Lives impacted

6+

Projects

5+

Team

Our Team

Meet the Team

CPHS Uganda is governed by a founding Board of Directors whose members bring together clinical medicine, community programming, finance and innovation, communications, and creative design. The Board provides strategic oversight and accountability, ensuring the organization remains true to its mission and to the communities it serves.