Nalongo Nansamba in butalejja
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During her engagement in Butalejja District, T/Dr. Nalongo Nansamba demonstrated leadership by mobilizing traditional healers and communities around unity, responsible traditional healing, cultural preservation and community development.
Her leadership emphasizes that traditional healers should not work in isolation but should cooperate with health workers and government institutions, particularly in areas such as HIV prevention, testing and appropriate referral of patients. This is consistent with her wider public advocacy against false claims of curing HIV and her encouragement of traditional healers to support proper testing and healthcare.
She also promotes discipline, professionalism and accountability among traditional healers, while encouraging them to organize themselves and participate in development initiatives. Her broader leadership has similarly focused on mobilizing traditional and cultural practitioners around public health and development programs.
In short: Nalongo Nansamba’s leadership in Butalejja can be described as community-centered, culturally focused, health-conscious and committed to uniting traditional healers for development