Adara Group

We’re working proactively to reduce Ebola risk and protect health workers and communities. In response to current outbreak in DRC and Uganda, we’re focused on staying ahead of risk while ensuring essential services continue safely.

While cases in Uganda remain contained, this is a serious situation that requires ongoing vigilance. Effective control depends on speed, trust and strong frontline systems — from protecting health workers and identifying cases early to ensuring communities have clear and accurate information.

Across all Adara-supported facilities, we have mobilised Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and infection prevention and control (IPC) supplies, helping health workers care for patients safely. Community Health Workers have also received also PPE kits, alongside practical training on infection prevention and safer home visit protocols to reduce exposure risk.

At the same time, we are strengthening preparedness across our programmes – reinforcing ICP practices, sharing Ministry of Health guidance, and adapting how we work on the ground to minimise risk while maintaining access to care.

We will continue to closely monitor the situation and stand ready to respond — alongside the health workers and communities at the heart of this work.

Care shouldn’t end at discharge from hospital — and neither should support for newborns and families.

Last week, our Deputy Director of Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Beatrice Niyonshaba, joined experts from across Africa at the Masana wa Afrika Early Childhood Development Conference in Johannesburg.

Beatrice presented on newborn survival, highlighting the critical link between facility‑based and community care. She shared the impact and learnings from Adara’s Hospital to Home and Baby Ubuntu programmes, which provide community‑based follow‑up care and early intervention, ensuring continuity of support after discharge.

This was a valuable opportunity to share evidence, learn from peers and strengthen collective efforts to improve community‑based care for babies, infants and families across Africa.

“I am not just a mother who worries… I finally, truly, smile.”

For many families, raising a child with a neurodisability can mean isolation, stigma, and limited access to care.

Before joining Baby Ubuntu, Amina describes her world as “small, lonely, and silent”. Raising her two-year-old daughter Lucy alone, she faced fear and uncertainty.

Through Baby Ubuntu, Amina found the tools and support to care for her daughter – and connection through community.

Today, Lucy is growing stronger every day – and Amina’s smile has returned.

“My girl can now sit. Watching her feels like a miracle,” Amina says.

Read their powerful story:

A smile returns: support for child neurodisabilities in Uganda Raising a 2-year-old with a neurodisability in Uganda, Amina found support & community through the Baby Ubuntu programme.