ABSTRACT
Uganda proposes to introduce Social Health Insurance (SHI). Whereas the idea of SHI is good; the scheme has to be designed properly and carefully; in order to avoid dangers like fraud and especially; cost escalation due to over-prescription. Health workers are; particularly; key takeholders in preventing cost escalation. Attempting to start a SHI scheme without educating; convincing and winning over the health and attitudes of Ugandan health workers to the proposed scheme. It was done in one network of faithbased private-not-for-profit (PNFP) health facilities under the Catholic Diocese of Jinja; in SE Uganda. Despite being done close to the starting of the scheme; the study found that most of the health workers were not knowledgeable about the scheme at all and that they had a negative attitude but at the same time focusing on improving the design of the scheme to prevent common pitfalls e.g. fraud and cost escalation