This article discusses the structure, performance, and challenges of the health supply chain system in Uganda. It provides reflections and implications for ongoing interventions for system strengthening. Discussions:The findings highlight several issues and challenges affecting the health supply chain system...
Discrimination against PLHIV in healthcare settings is one of many such issues that warrant urgent attention80. While some matters are determined by actors outside of health system institutions (e.g., lawmakers adopting laws that regulate certain aspects of how health systems operate and how ...
This paper shares the experiences, achievements and opportunities of this partnership in co-learning and supporting the health system in Uganda. This includes a project being implemented to strengthen the training, supervision and motivation of community health workers in rural Uganda. Training and ...
Understanding the persistence of vertical (stand-alone) HIV clinics in the health system in Uganda: a qualitative synthesis of patient and provider perspectives. BMC Health Serv Res 2018; 18(1): 690. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3500-4 PMID: 30185191 Policy Research Department, ...
Understanding and valuing the broader health system benefits of Uganda’s national Human Resources for Health Information System investment In general, the system appears to be strengthening both demand for health workers (through improved awareness of staffing patterns) and supply (by improving... J ...
KAMPALA, March 28 (Xinhua) -- The number of COVID-19 cases in Uganda has risen within a week from one to 23, putting pressure on the country's health system as more cases are anticipated. The Ugandan Health Ministry announced earlier this week it is recruiting over 200 health personnel ...
Health systems resilience is key to learning lessons from country responses to crises such as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In this perspective, we review COVID-19 responses in 28 countries using a new health systems resilience framework. Through a combination of literature review, national...
Objective: This research aimed to develop and validate enterprise architecture (EA) requirements to standardise digital health (DH) in Uganda's health system. These requirements were generated from DH challenges identified in an earlier prerequisite empirical study that was conducted to explore the feas...
Community perceptions and factors influencing utilization of health services in Uganda. Int J Equity Health. 2009;8:25. Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Hwang J, Guilcher SJT, McIsaac KE, Matheson FI, Glazier R, O’Campo P. An examination of perceived health care availability ...
A comparative analysis was conducted based on extensive case studies of maternal health and health systems in Bangladesh, Russia, South Africa, and Uganda. A number of cross-cutting health system characteristics affecting maternal health were identified by comparing these diverse settings. The most ...