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    Barriers to accessing health services among Ugandan households
    (Uganda Christian University, 2026-04-15) Kisa Elvis
    Health services are one of the key aspects of human welfare and socio-economic development. Although the Ugandan government has been agitating to promote free primary care, it appears that many families still find it hard to access the required care. In this paper, the researcher examines economic, geographic, cultural and system level challenges that prevent Ugandan households to resort to formal health services. The research adheres to a quantitative cross-sectional study design that retrieved secondary data (UNHS,2024) of Uganda. We then proceed to run descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression to understand what actually drives the ability of households to access health services. The findings indicate that the largest factor is whether a household is well at the family level and the location where they reside. As it happens, poor families and those who are in rural locations are most affected. In brief, the greatest impediments to healthcare in Uganda are still money issues and geographic isolation. The article recommends improving financial protection strategies, bridging the rural-urban gap in healthcare delivery, and increasing the services provided and their quality, particularly to under-served areas. All this provides some helpful ideas that can be advocated by policymakers to advance fairer access to healthcare and to achieve the goals of Universal Health Coverage in Uganda.