Quality First: How Aga Khan University is strengthening Uganda's healthcare

Ahead of a historic milestone for Uganda's health and education sectors, The CEO Magazine sat down with Aga Khan University Hospital's CEO Rashid Khalani. Kampala recently hosted the inauguration of Aga Khan University and ground-breaking ceremony for the upcoming Aga Khan University Teaching Hospital in Nakawa - set to transform medical training and healthcare delivery in the country. In the interview, Khalani explained his ten-year vision for AKUH’s impact in Uganda and East Africa. “First, we must build trust in our own healthcare systems, and that trust comes from delivering consistently high-quality clinical outcomes…second is education…by training the next generation of doctors, nurses and specialists…lastly, a key focus for the next decade is to the stop the billions of dollars leaving our continent due to the high number of patients travelling abroad for care,” he said.