Additional Context: This information was collected as part of The Aid Report’s original reporting, “Uganda’s TB gains face new pressure without US-funded outreach programs.” This feature story examines how U.S. aid cuts are weakening the outreach systems that helped the country make major gains against tuberculosis, even as new AI-powered screening technologies expand access to diagnosis.

This quote is attributed to Priscilla Ajambo, community coordinator with the AIDS Support Organisation, or TASO, which relied on external funding for about 90% of its operations and was forced to scale back TB response by about 50% following U.S. aid cuts. Ajambo claims that these cuts have affected active case finding, transportation systems for samples, community health workers, and personnel stationed at health facility screening points nationwide.

Uganda remains one of the world’s 30 highest TB burden countries, diagnosing roughly 86,000 cases annually. Health officials estimate the true number of cases is closer to 100,000, leaving thousands of infections undetected each year.

Devex Researcher Note: The effects on active case finding, or ACF, efforts in Uganda were previously recorded by The Aid Report. Without sustained funding from the U.S., the March 2025 round of a campaign conducting door-to-door screening, which had reached 1.2 million people, did not take place, explaining a 14% reduction in tuberculosis case notifications during the first half of the year.

Source: Devex