“…Rural hospitals in the African region, including Uganda, are perceived as the poorest care settings in resource‐poor countries. However, they were vital in achieving the United Nations (UN) Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the past and have an important role to play to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) related to health, considering that the majority of the population in this region live in rural areas (Hammerstedt et al ., ; Chamberlain et al ., ). Uganda shares the most common public health issues in African regions, including malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, pneumonia, perinatal conditions, and injuries among children and adults (Ministry of Health & Makerere University School of Public Health, ).…”