Access to Healthcare

By Maryann Wanjiku Michuki  There is a truth many of us quietly live with: in Uganda, one medical emergency can change everything. A Twitter user once captured it painfully well when they wrote, “In Uganda, you are always one medical emergency away from a car wash crowdfunding.” It was meant as humour, but it reflects a reality that is anything but funny. I know this reality personally. When my mother was diagnosed with cancer, our world shifted. We were fortunate; we had resources, access, and the privilege of choice. But in hospital corridors, I saw families who held nothing but…