Richard Businge
Richard Businge is a health systems leader and strategist who heads the Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (MNCH) Directorate at Bulamu Healthcare. In this role, he drives strategic direction, program innovation, and quality assurance to strengthen MNCH systems in Uganda and beyond.
He holds a Master’s in Maternal and Child Health, a Bachelor’s in Nursing, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Global Health Policy, combining clinical expertise with health policy and systems leadership. For over a decade, Businge has shaped MNCH priorities in Uganda by guiding program design, scale-up, and integration across facility and community levels.
Previously, he provided strategic and technical leadership to organizations such as Jhpiego, AVSI, World Vision, Save the Children, and TASO, and has successfully steered multimillion-dollar health programs funded by Irish Aid, the Government of Korea, the Government of Italy, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Vision, and USAID.
Businge is recognized for redefining newborn care in low-resource settings, leading the redesign and functionalization of Neonatal Care Units in Karamoja, West Nile, Rwenzori, and East-Central regions in Uganda, and advancing community-driven newborn survival models. His strategic focus has consistently been on scalable, cost-effective, and high-impact interventions that strengthen health systems and reduce inequities in access to care.
He serves on the Ministry of Health’s Newborn working group, where he influences national strategies for newborn survival, ensuring evidence-driven and context-specific solutions reach the most vulnerable populations
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