The 5S Quality Improvement (QI) Training Guide comes to address the current gap of inadequacy of the required materials for developing capacity towards improved implementation of 5S and QI in the country. There is increasing demand towards sharing knowledge to fulfil ability and one potential to perform better and meet the expected health service standards in places of work.
This book of ambulance norms and standards shall be used in guiding the key stakeholders in procurement and use of ambulance vehicles. The Ambulance Norms and Standards shall be given a status of National Standard by the gazette of a Statutory instrument. The document has been prepared under the mandate of the department of emergency medical services and in fulfillment of the Ministry of Health responsibility on providing health Standards and health service delivery standards. These norms and Standards cover the Road Ambulance vehicles and the Boat ambulance Vehicles and the aeromedical ambulances that will be added in the next review.
The manual has been jointly developed by relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies(MDAs) in close consultation with local Governments. It provides detailed information and guidelines on the objectives, processes, organization and management of the Performance system to be applied including activities prior to, during and after assessment.
This report presents the synthesized results from the Local Government Performance Assessment (LGPA) for 2019; conducted between September - December 20191 . The 2019 LGPA is the third edition of the assessment under the new framework of the InterGovernmental Fiscal Transfer Reforms (IGFTR) introduced by Government to increase the adequacy, improve equity and ensure efficiency of Local Government financing.
The 2018 Local Government Performance Assessment (LG PA) Report is the second edition under the new Local Government Assessment framework. The assessment was conducted between September-October 2018 with involvement of the Local Government Performance Assessment Task force, Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), Local Governments and Development Partners. This report provides findings constraining service delivery in Local Governments and proposes recommendations to address them.
On 30 January 2020, the WHO declared the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The new virus is highly infectious and transmits by respiratory droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes. As of today, nearly all the countries in the world had been affected, including Uganda, where the first case was reported on March 21. As a result, all Ugandan borders and points of entry were closed till further notice according to a presidential directive. As the outbreak continues to evolve, Uganda is considering options to prevent introduction of the disease to new areas or to reduce human-to-human transmission in areas where the virus that causes COVID-19 is already circulating.
The Eye Care Guidelines aim to provide easy to use, practical, complete and useful information on how to correctly diagnose and manage the seventeen common eye conditions in Uganda. These guidelines are to complement what is in the UCGs based on the fact that the eye is a very delicate organ and therefore management of the eye required clearly defined and precise step-by-step guidelines for eye care workers at all levels.
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are major causes of acute and chronic liver disease (e.g. cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma) globally, and cause an estimated 1.4 million deaths annually. It is estimated that, at present, 248 million people are living with chronic HBV infection, and that 110 million persons are HCV-antibody positive, of which 80 million have active viraemic infection.
The Ministry of Health has developed the 2019 supplement to include the Bottle Neck Analysis Manual which will help in guiding the development of both central and local government health work-plans. The main aim of the Bottle Neck analysis manual is to aid evidence-based planning to increase effective coverage of high impact interventions particularly for underserved populations by identifying priority bottlenecks to health system performance and local solutions to resolve them.
Additional objectives for the manual include:
• Tracking progress towards improved coverage with equity.
• Strengthen sub-national management & governance for health, increasing the capacity of decentralized management teams to use local data use for planning, management and timely course correction and engage communities and stakeholders as key partners in improving the health of children and women.
The Planning Guidelines herein are geared at improving governance and accountability of the health sector by enhancing coordination of the planning process through: • Introducing the district comprehensive health workplan and budget concept. Interventions and activities supported by Health Development Partners and CSOs should also be reflected in the District Annual Plan. • Improving and harmonizing planning tools and budgeting calendars. • Partner mapping and resource alignment with the sector priorities. • Identification of performance bottlenecks, key interventions, indicators and setting performance targets.
The multiple challenges facing the health sector in Uganda, as in many other developing countries, need a well defined course of action to address them at the different levels of the National Health System. The plans that evolve to address these health problems should have clearly set objectives that aim at making the best use of the available resources. In the process, due consideration should be given to the available options and ensure that the most appropriate strategies are selected to respond to the identified needs. Proper planning has always been important for the health sector. It becomes even more so with the Fiscal Decentralisation Strategy and a Decentralized Health System which have created multiple points for decision making in mobilization, allocation and utilization of resources for a common goal.
The purpose of this document is to outline a concise, step-by-step process for developing a scaling up strategy. The rationale behind such an undertaking is twofold. First, strategic planning for the expansion and institutionalization of successfully tested health systems innovations is essential, but often does not happen. As a result, effective new practices and products remain underutilized. It is hoped that the availability of this guide will encourage broader attention to systematic planning once pilot innovations have been successfully tested.
