City Health Department
Fort Portal City’s Health Department is led by the City Health Officer, whose office carries a broad mandate, overseeing how health services reach every resident and safeguarding public health across the City. This spans policy implementation and planning, human resource management, quality assurance, coordinating and integrating health services, controlling disease outbreaks and epidemics, monitoring and evaluating City health performance, advocating for stronger health services, and supporting research into local health systems.
Our Mission
To deliver the highest possible standard of health services to the people of Fort Portal, offering promotive, preventive, curative, palliative, and rehabilitative care at every level of the health system.
Mugisa Emmanuel
City Health Officer