With the experience from the recent COVID 19 pandemic, the growing cases of Tuberculosis in Uganda, the persistence of HIV and AIDS, it is becoming increasingly clear that Non-Communicable Diseases are already becoming the country's next epidemic.

However, not enough is being said and done about prevention of NCDs. Although a small proportion of health funding is available for NCDs, most of it is spent on treatment or setting infrastructure like Cancer centres. While this is essential…