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Kenya and Uganda Model Mentorship for Health Workforce Information Systems

... of Capacity Kenya recently traveled to neighboring Uganda for a week-long visit to learn about strategies successfully put into practice by the Uganda Capacity Program . I interviewed Nguni, senior manager of HRIS in ...

Blog - Carol Bales - October 2013 - 0 comments

Making Things Better in Uganda: Supporting Health Workers and Lending a Hand

Meet Martin Ssendyona , senior medical officer in the Uganda Ministry of Health’s Quality Assurance Department. Martin’s job ... Plus ’s Crystal Ng interviewed Martin while in Uganda to conduct a training on monitoring and evaluation of human ...

Blog - Sarah Dwyer - August 2013 - 0 comments

Creating Partnerships in Support of Health Workers in Uganda

In Uganda, CapacityPlus works in collaboration with the Uganda Capacity Program and key country-level colleagues to strengthen the ... begin every blog talking about the many countries, like Uganda, that find it challenging to build and maintain the kind of health ...

Blog - Sarah Dwyer - June 2013 - 0 comments

Uganda Launches iHRIS Train to Track Health Worker Training

... a country.  iHRIS Train was recently launched in Uganda at an event hosted by the Ministry of Education and Sports. ... completed by currently employed health workers. In Uganda, this information was stored in paper files or in documents located on ...

News - Carol Bales - June 2013 - 0 comments

Uganda Ministry of Health Fosters Gender Equality in the Health Workforce

Last month, the Uganda Capacity Program and the Ministry of Health conducted a workshop in Jinja, Uganda about the importance of gender equality in human resources policy ... Ministry of Health in acting on the priorities outlined in Uganda’s Health Sector and Strategic Investment Plan, Gender Policy, and 2006 ...

News - jennifer - February 2011 - 0 comments

Understanding and Valuing the Broader Health System Benefits of Uganda’s National Human Resources for Health Information System Investment

... This case study describes Uganda’s Human Resources for Health Information System (HRHIS), implemented with support from the Uganda Capacity Program and Capacity Plus , and documents perceptions of its ...

Resource - david - October 2015 - 0 comments

New Publication Spotlight: Preferences for Working in Rural Clinics among Trainee Health Professionals in Uganda

... in Rural Clinics among Trainee Health Professionals in Uganda Many countries struggle to ensure ... and laboratory students at select universities in Uganda. Participants indicated their preferences for job attributes—such as ... The study was conducted in collaboration with the Uganda Ministry of Health using Capacity Plus ’s Rapid Rural Retention ...

News - Sarah Dwyer - August 2012 - 0 comments

Uganda Stakeholders Plan a Way Forward to Expand and Sustain Health Workforce Information System

Uganda's Human Resources for Health Information System (HRHIS) started in 2006, as the registration and licensure registry in the Uganda Nursing and Midwifery Council. The council entered its historical data ... developed and refined based on experiences and needs in Uganda. Seven years later, the iHRIS software is now used by 15 countries to ...

Blog - Carol Bales - April 2013 - 0 comments

Uganda Prepares for Health Worker Compensation Study

... to analyzing differences in total income. Uganda prepares to conduct study In September, Capacity Plus ’s ... of Health Systems 20/20 to prepare for the study in Uganda. They worked closely with the Ministry of Health, Uganda Capacity Program , and local consultants to pretest and finalize data ...

News - Carol Bales - November 2011 - 0 comments

A Human Being as a Human Being

... morning outside of Lira Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda , Mary Philomena Okello takes a few moments to sit and joke with one of ... in this whole area,” she says—an illustration of Uganda’s desperate shortage of health workers . Her district is one of only ...

Blog - Carol Bales - September 2013 - 0 comments