On October 24, 2025, The Uganda Countdown Country collaboration team shared key findings from the analysis of Uganda’s Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) indicators for the 2020–2024 period at the National Safe Motherhood Conference 2025.

The RMNCAH analysis, part of the Countdown to 2030 initiative, assessed routine health facility data against survey and UN estimates to evaluate data quality, service coverage, health systems capacity, and mortality outcomes.

Key messages to the conference participants include:

1. DHIS2 data remain a valuable yet under-utilized asset for RMNCAH monitoring. When data quality is prioritized, DHIS2 can generate timely, actionable district-level insights for program managers and decision-makers.
2. Since COVID-19, data quality and completeness have improved, yet continued investment in health information systems is necessary to maintain progress.
3. Subnational inequalities persist, demanding tailored, equity-focused interventions.
4. Under-reporting of mortality events remains a major challenge.
5. Strengthening the health workforce and engaging the private sector are essential to sustain RMNCAH gains.

The team calls for immediate, increased investment in data systems, quality assurance, and local data use to ensure no woman, newborn, or child is left behind. Analyzing routine data should directly guide progress tracking for Uganda’s countdown to 2030.

The team also presented work on immunization in a parallel session on Harnessing Health Information Systems and Digital Advocacy, focusing on leveraging routine facility data to monitor and improve childhood immunization in Uganda (2019–2024): trends, data quality, dropout patterns, and inequalities.