Protect Every Patient.
Empower Every Practitioner.
Before UMR, Uganda had no way to verify its own doctors. Three disconnected regulatory councils, no cross-referencing, and over 50,000 fraudulent practitioners operating freely across the country.
The Uganda Medical Registry solves this permanently — providing real-time, blockchain-secured credential verification accessible to patients, employers, embassies, and government agencies nationwide.
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Why Uganda Needs UMR
Uganda Medical Registry is being built to solve a national healthcare trust crisis. Uganda faces high maternal mortality, fragmented council systems, fake practitioners, payroll fraud, and weak district-level credential verification. UMR creates a unified national trust layer for verifying healthcare practitioners, facilities, and institutions in real time.
A System That Can No Longer Depend on Paper
Uganda's current verification environment is fragmented across UMDPC, UNMEC, and AHPC, with manual checks, delayed validation, and weak interoperability. This has allowed fake practitioners, ghost workers, forged certificates, and cross-district fraud to persist. UMR is designed to close these gaps with digital verification infrastructure.
50,000+ estimated unqualified practitioners operating in Uganda
6,000 maternal deaths annually — 375 per 100,000 live births
UGX 2.8 trillion in annual healthcare fraud and waste estimated
12,000+ estimated ghost healthcare workers on national payrolls
Verification in 3 Steps
Anyone can verify a practitioner's credentials instantly — no login, no cost, no bureaucracy.
Search the Registry
Enter a practitioner's name, license number, NIN, or scan their QR code.
Blockchain Cross-Reference
Credentials are verified across UMDPC, UNMEC, and AHPC in real-time.
Instant Verified Result
Receive a tamper-proof verification report with live status, specialty, and CPD compliance.
What the Uganda Medical Registry Delivers
Six core capabilities designed to close Uganda's healthcare trust gap from practitioner level to national level.
Real-Time Practitioner Verification
Instantly confirm the registration status, specialty, and credentials of any healthcare practitioner across Uganda using live blockchain data.
Unified Council Registry
UMDPC, UNMEC, and AHPC are unified on a single interoperable platform — eliminating fragmentation and enabling cross-council credential checks.
Blockchain Credential Integrity
Every credential is sealed on Hyperledger Fabric — tamper-proof, immutable, and independently verifiable without accessing a central database.
QR-Based Public Verification
Any practitioner can carry a QR-coded digital ID. Any member of the public can scan it to receive an instant, authoritative credential result.
District and Facility Verification
District Health Officers and facility managers can verify practitioners deployed in their jurisdiction, supporting accountability at every level.
Payroll and Fraud Detection Support
UMR supports government and health institutions in identifying ghost workers, duplicate registrations, and fraudulent credential claims across districts.
Built for All Uganda
UMR is designed for national deployment across all four regions, 135 districts, and Kampala Capital City Authority — supporting regulators, district health offices, facilities, embassies, institutions, employers, and the public.
The Team Behind UMR
Government, regulatory, and operational leadership driving Uganda's national healthcare verification mission.
Hon. Minister of Health
Ministry of Health Uganda
Government PatronAlhaji Habib Kagimu
Chairman
Uganda Medical RegistryMusiitwa Tonny Collins
Executive Director
National Programs & Strategic CommunicationsMaryanne Apok
Chief Operating Officer
Operations & DeliveryOkuk Paul Nyankori
Head of Technology & Systems
Technology LeadershipChief Technology Officer
Blockchain Infrastructure Lead
Digital ArchitectureUMDPC Registrar
Uganda Medical & Dental Practitioners Council
Council LeadLegal & Regulatory Structure
UMR operates under a comprehensive government framework ensuring sovereignty, legal authority, and data protection.
National Healthcare Act 2020
Legal mandate for a unified national healthcare practitioner registry across all regulatory councils.
Ministry of Health Directive 2022
Directive requiring all practitioner regulatory councils to participate in cross-council digital verification.
Blockchain Governance Framework
Published technical standards for healthcare blockchain implementation, data sovereignty, and immutability.
African Medical Registry Treaty
Bilateral agreements with 12 African nations for cross-border credential recognition and verification.
Governed for National Trust
UMR is structured to support sovereign healthcare data governance, regulatory coordination, and secure verification oversight. The platform is designed to help Uganda strengthen public trust while maintaining institutional control over verification, licensing, and healthcare workforce visibility.
Sovereign Data Governance
All practitioner data remains under Uganda's sovereign control with no third-party data transfers without regulatory authority.
Regulatory Coordination
UMDPC, UNMEC, and AHPC operate through a unified governance layer enabling coordinated oversight and dispute resolution.
Secure Verification Audit Trail
Every verification request generates an immutable audit log — supporting compliance, legal proceedings, and regulatory accountability.
Public and Institutional Trust
Designed to build confidence among citizens, employers, embassies, and international health institutions in Uganda's healthcare workforce.
Built on Secure Digital Infrastructure
UMR combines digital identity, private permissioned blockchain infrastructure, QR verification, AI-assisted compliance tools, and registry intelligence to support trusted healthcare verification across Uganda.
Uganda's Healthcare Credential Transformation
How UMR is being built — step by step — toward a unified national healthcare trust platform.
National healthcare trust gaps identified and documented. Concept for a unified medical registry formally recognised as a national priority.
Secure blockchain infrastructure architecture designed. Registry data models, governance protocols, and council integration frameworks developed.
UMDPC, UNMEC, and AHPC engaged for structured council alignment. Pilot preparation initiated with regulatory stakeholders.
Cross-council data standardisation and unified platform preparation. Regulatory coordination and government framework confirmations underway.
Full national deployment across all 135 districts and Kampala. Public verification, district dashboards, and institutional access made available.
Strategic and Institutional Alignment
UMR is designed to align with Uganda's regulatory ecosystem, healthcare institutions, medical training pathways, and regional health modernisation goals. Advisory and partnership structures will be announced formally as they are confirmed.
Ministry of Health Uganda
Government PrincipalUMDPC
Regulatory CouncilUNMEC
Regulatory CouncilAHPC
Regulatory CouncilMakerere University
Academic PartnerRegional Health Collaboration
Continental AlignmentPartnership and advisory confirmations are formalised through official institutional channels. Announcements will be made upon confirmation.
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