Advancing Health Equity for Under-Served Communities
A center of excellence combining research, community engagement and climate-health adaptation to drive systemic change.
Discover Our WorkA center of excellence for health equity in Uganda.
Sustainable Health Security Initiative (SHSI) is a Ugandan nonprofit and research organisation working with under-served communities to advance health, dignity and long-term resilience.
We combine rigorous research, indigenous knowledge and climate-health adaptation to design solutions that are led by the people they are meant to serve — from adolescent SRHR to sickle cell awareness and community disease surveillance.
Empowering Health, Ensuring Harmony.
A healthy, resilient population enjoying their right to health, bodily autonomy, well-being, and the economic independence it brings.
A center of excellence advancing health equity for under-served communities. We use inclusive, community-driven approaches grounded in research and climate-health adaptation to drive sustainable, systemic change in health outcomes.
Our Core Values
How We Work
Listen
We begin with community dialogues, ensuring priorities are set by the people we serve.
Research
We ground every intervention in rigorous, context-specific evidence and indigenous knowledge.
Co-create
We design solutions alongside communities, partners and health authorities.
Sustain
We build local capacity so change endures beyond the life of any single project.
Strategic Focus Areas
Health Equity & SRHR
Advancing sexual and reproductive health, rights and access for adolescents, women and marginalised groups.
Climate & Health Adaptation
Research and community programmes that connect environmental change with resilient health outcomes.
Indigenous Knowledge & Nutrition
Documenting and integrating traditional food systems with modern nutrition science.
Community Disease Surveillance
Co-developing tools with communities to detect, report and respond to disease outbreaks.
Sickle Cell & Non-Communicable Diseases
Awareness, screening and support networks for chronic conditions in hard-to-reach areas.
Partnerships & Capacity Building
Working with universities, ministries and global institutes to strengthen local research capacity.
From the Field
Stories from Our Work
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Our Kampala office
P.O Box 178282
Ring Road, Kyanja, Nakawa Division
Kampala, Uganda