UgandaBackground Rural access to health care remains a challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa due to urban bias, social determinants of health, and transportation-related barriers. Health systems in Sub-Saharan Africa often lack equity, leaving disproportionately less health center access for the poorest ...
The reliability of sickling and solubility tests and peripheral blood film method for sickle cell disease screening at district health centers in Uganda. Although sickling and solubility tests and peripheral blood film methods are today available for sickle cell disease screening in Uganda, their relia...
These four cadres have been identified by the Uganda Ministry of Health as the minimum-staffing requirement needed to effectively run a public level-IV health center in the country. Level-IV health centers in Uganda are sub-district facilities that serve on average a catchment population of 100,...
Factors associated with retention of health workers in remote public health centers in Northern Uganda: a cross-sectional study Article Open access 17 October 2023 The effect of Community Based Education and Service (COBES) on medical graduates’ choice of specialty and willingness to work in rur...
"In our health centers, most times the drugs are not enough and the medical people are rarely on duty, but these Chinese medical people have come with medicines and also treated our people," he said. Chinese companies operating in Uganda say they have the responsibility to give back to the...
Uganda's Ebola outbreak is under control, a top public health official in Africa said Thursday, noting that local health authorities are doing well to trace most contacts. "The situation is not getting out of control," said Dr. Ahmed Ogwell, acting director of the Africa Centers for Disease...
Over the years the quality of health service delivery has drastically improved through deliberate efforts that have been made to implement e-health systems in developing economies. In Uganda particularly, e-health systems have been introduced and implemented in both government and private-owned healthca...
Appropriate use of drugs is one essential element in achieving quality of health and medical care for patients and the community. The study aims to measure the performance of 10 primary health care centers (PHCCs) in Alexandria, Egypt regarding the use of drugs using the WHO/INRUD drug use ...
Lemma I: Assessment of access to health information resources among HPs working in HIV/AIDS and family health units of public health centers in Addis Ababa [MSc thesis]. 2009, Addis Ababa: Addis Ababa University Google Scholar Andrews JE, Pearce KA, Ire Son C, Love M: Information-seeking ...
Health managers' views on the status of national and decentralized health systems for child and adolescent mental health in Uganda: a qualitative study. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 9, 1.Akol A, Engebretsen IMS, Skylstad V, Nalugya J, Ndeezi G, Tumwine J. Health ...