The objective of the patients’ charter is to empower health consumers to demand high quality health care, to promote the rights of patients and to improve the quality of life of all Ugandans and finally eradicate poverty nationwide. The patients charter and its constant review processes will enable health users’ to contribute to the development and contribution of the overall health care system, guide and improve the capacity of health providers in provision of high quality care. The implementation of the Patients’ Charter will enhance community participation and empower individuals to take responsibility for their health. This will promote accountability and improve the quality of health services.
This package of health services is a standard guideline that will be used by health care providers, administrative and political leaders and the communites themselves as realistic targets that can be achieved. The package is currently being costed but even in the absence of the cost estimate, it is expected that the District and sub-county levels, resource allocation, budgeting and priorisation will be greatly assisted by this document. Supervision by MOH and the District will also find this document a very useful tool for measuring performance of health services.
This policy has been designed to address gaps in existing legislation and administrative practices with respect to the tracking the performance and evaluation of public policies and investments. The planning, monitoring and evaluation of results is inadequate across the public sector. Plans are not being designed with performance in mind; routine monitoring is uneven in scope and quality; evaluation is sparse in coverage and use. Budgeting for monitoring and evaluation is not consistent despite sufficient resources being available. Consequently, Government, Parliament and the public are not sufficiently informed on the value for money of public investments, the successes and failures of public programmes, and the lessons which provide the foundation for reform and development. This policy will seek to address this imbalance.
An Act to consolidate, harmonize and update the law relating to occupational safety and health; to repeal the Factories Act, Cap 220 and to provide for connected matters.
This year’s report on progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) highlights several milestones. The target of reducing extreme poverty by half has been reached five years ahead of the 2015 deadline, as has the target of halving the proportion of people who lack dependable access to improved sources of drinking water.
The OSH implementation strategy outlines the steps to be undertaken by anyone who would like to ensure safety and health at the work place in the health sector. It simplifies the guidelines outlining the objectives of implementing a safety and health program at the work place, tools to use, areas of action, and how to monitor and evaluate progress of implementation. It is meant to be a simple reference for all levels of managers as they undertake the task of improving the safety and health of their workplaces. The implementation strategy can be used at any level of service delivery in both the public and private health sector.
National Development Plan 2015
World health statistics 2019 summarizes recent trends and levels in life expectancy and causes of death (Section 1) and reports on the health and health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and associated targets (Sections 2–8) It then summarizes the major findings, including the availability of underlying data for monitoring progress towards the health-related SDGs (Section 9), and concludes by briefly discussing the implications for health policy and the planning of programmes (Section 10). Annex 1 provides regional level statistics, Annex 2 presents country-level statistics for selected health-related SDG indicators and Annex 3 summarizes WHO regional groupings
The Uganda Health Sector Strategic and Investment Plan (HSSIP) (2010/11- 2014/15) is the key Ministry of Health document to guide the health sector. It is the sector’s comprehensive national plan and provides the guiding framework for the detailed planning and implementation of health sector activities. It includes 26 core indicators and many of those have a baseline for 2010 or earlier, and a target for 2015.
The purpose of this plan, HMP 1006-2015 is to inform the principles and objectives of the health policy and provide guidance to development of strategic and development plans within the sector and other sectors.
This report shows where we stand in 2006 in achieving these goals. The challenges the Goals represent are staggering. But there are clear signs of hope. The data on the following pages and other evidence suggest that providing every child with a primary school education is within our grasp.
This report is about the strategies that have been made to ensure that the MDGs have been attained by the year 2015.
