The new warehouse will provide an extra 30,000 pallet location storage space for essential medicines, and buffer stocks in case of any health emergencies or epidemics like Covid-19 and Ebola. #NMSWarehouseLauch #ChatwithNMS

President Museveni placed emphasis on increased efforts to locally manufacture drugs and medicines in order to have robust and cost-effective health system in Uganda. #NMSWarehouseLauch

National Medical Stores (NMS) is a government agency mandated to procure, store and distribute Medicines and medical supplies to government owned health facilities. #NMSWarehouseLauch

The new NMS pharmaceutical warehouse is also a green building with installation of energy-efficient solutions like the use of solar energy to run the building and natural light instead of artificial power-consuming bulbs. #NMSWarehouseLauch

The new warehouse project in Kajjansi will improve the storage capacity with additional 30,000 pallet locations of warehouse space, which is almost four times the current capacity at Entebbe NMS headquarters Uganda. #NMSWarehouseLauch

National Medical Stores undertook construction works of a modern pharmaceutical warehouse and office complex at Kajjansi site at a cost of around 69 billion Uganda Shillings. #NMSWarehouseLauch

manage the growing supply chain demands, hence the Construction of this new warehouse. #NMSWarehouseLauch

GAVI CEO, Dr. Seth Berkeley underscored the power of partnership saying that working as partners will be a great deal in achieving desired goals. #NMSWarehouseLauch

The US Ambassador, H.E Natalie Brown, thanked President Museveni and the government of Uganda for the commitment in improving the health services in the country. She said that the completion of the new complex is a big milestone in the health sector. #NMSWarehouseLauch

Hon. Jane Ruth Aceng thanked President Museveni for his continued support to the health sector. #NMSWarehouseLauch

The Minister of Health, Hon. Jane Ruth Aceng noted that the new complex is a demonstration that the government of Uganda is committed to improving medical supplies in the country. #NMSWarehouseLauch

President Museveni saluted the development partners for the support in the building of the magnificent storage #NMSWarehouseLauch

On public health, President Museveni advised the Ministry of health to focus on disease prevention rather than treatment in hospitals, adding that most of the diseases are preventable. #NMSWarehouseLauch

President Museveni placed emphasis on increased efforts to locally manufacture drugs and medicines in order to have a robust and cost-effective health system in the country. #NMSWarehouseLauch

President Museveni noted that the government is committed to getting out of the dependency syndrome in as far as drugs and vaccines are concerned. #NMSWarehouseLauch

President Museveni used the platform to castigate the theft of government drugs in hospitals which he said should be dealt with as it deprives the people of Uganda their rights to access drugs in hospitals #NMSWarehouseLauch

“I want to congratulate the Ministry of health and NMS for constructing this good warehouse, it is a good one, it solves the issue of storing well and in big quantities.” -President Museveni #NMSWarehouseLauch

President Museveni commended the Ministry of health as well National Medical Stores for the complex which he said would solve some of the challenges faced by the sector. #NMSWarehouseLauch

President Museveni has this week commissioned the new National Medical Stores pharmaceutical warehouse and office complex in Kajjansi, off Entebbe Road. #NMSWarehouseLauch

President Museveni calls for need to focus on local manufacturing of medicines and vaccines. #NMSWarehouseLauch