Uganda

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

david — Wed, 14 Oct 2015 14:47:49 +0000

Author's name:

Julia Driessen, Dykki Settle, David Potenziani, Kate Tulenko, Twaha Kabocho, and Ismail Wadembere

August 2015 (All day)

This case study describes Uganda’s Human Resources for Health Information System (HRHIS), implemented with support from the Uganda Capacity Program and CapacityPlus, and documents perceptions of its impact on the health labor market against the backdrop of the costs of implementation. Through interviews with end users and implementers in six different settings, the article documents pre-implementation data challenges and considers how the HRHIS has been perceived to affect human resources decision-making and the health care employment environment.

Building Human Resources for Health Governance and Leadership Capacity at the Country Level: Approaches, Results, and Recommendations

Carol Bales — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 19:21:04 +0000

Author's name:

Lisa Howard-Grabman

January 2015 (All day)

Building Human Resources for Health Governance and Leadership Capacity at the Country Level

CapacityPlus used three types of leadership approaches—thought leadership, community leadership, and implementing for results leadership—to develop HRH governance and leadership capacity at the country level. Presented at the Prince Mahidol Award Conference in Bangkok (January 26–31, 2015), this poster summarizes the results and outputs achieved in the Dominican Republic, Ghana, Nigeria, and Uganda.

Using Evidence for Human Resources for Health Decision-Making: An Example from Uganda on Health Workforce Recruitment and Retention

Sarah Dwyer — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 13:43:32 +0000

Author's name:

Rachel Deussom and Wanda Jaskiewicz

September 2014 (All day)

CapacityPlus Technical Brief #15 (PDF)

CapacityPlus Technical Brief #15 (Interactive Version)

A strong and well-distributed health workforce is necessary for providing access to high-quality health care and achieving national and global health goals. Developing and implementing policies to effectively address health workforce challenges demands relevant data for evidence-based decision-making. This technical brief offers six recommendations to help national stakeholders transform evidence into policy decisions and subsequent action. Using an example from Uganda, the authors illustrate how the development and sharing of evidence can support decision-making for change in health workforce recruitment and retention policies, toward the aim of improving access to high-quality health care for the population.

The Medical Education Partnership Initiative: Evaluating Community-Based Medical Education Programs: Workshop Report

Sarah Dwyer — Thu, 22 May 2014 17:44:03 +0000

Author's name:

Christopher Deery, Rebecca Bailey, Heather Ross, and Zohray Talib

May 2014 (All day)

MEPI: Evaluating Community-Based Medical Education Programs

In collaboration with the MEPI community-based education technical working group, CapacityPlus and the MEPI coordinating center conducted a community-based education evaluation workshop in Kampala, Uganda, April 1–3, 2014. The workshop brought together representatives from 11 MEPI-supported institutions and consortiums in 7 countries.

“That’s Improvement!”: Uganda Focuses on Health Workers

Sarah Dwyer — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:55:13 +0000

Author's name:

Carol Bales and Sarah Dwyer

September 2013 (All day)

Uganda video and related stories

In this short video, meet three Ugandan health workers who love their jobs. Agnes, Habiba, and Alex find joy in serving their clients, but they face many challenges—and there are simply not enough health workers to meet the demand. To improve health services, Uganda is focusing on the people that provide quality care. These efforts are paying off and service delivery has improved. Other countries can access the tools and approaches that Uganda has successfully used. The related website section includes stories, photos, and links to resources.

Creating an Enabling Environment for Human Resources for Health Program Implementation in Three African Countries

Carol Bales — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:09:52 +0000

Author's name:

Carie Muntifering Cox, Corinne Mahoney Farrell, Crystal Ng, Randi Burlew, and Sara Pacqué-Margolis

February 2013 (All day)

Creating an Enabling Environment for HRH Program Implementation

Over the past decade, global and national health leaders have increasingly recognized the importance of investing in human resources for health (HRH) in order to scale up service delivery and meet the Millennium Development Goals. This prioritization has resulted in increased attention to and funding for HRH. Despite these advances, insufficient progress has been made in implementing HRH interventions to improve access to qualified health workers. Therefore, this qualitative study was conducted to determine the factors that define the enabling environment for successful implementation of HRH interventions in three countries: Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Eliminating Quacks and Improving Health Care in Uganda

Carol Bales — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:25:58 +0000

Author's name:

Carol Bales

January 2013 (All day)

CapacityPlus Voices #12

The Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council requires doctors and dentists to register and obtain an annual practicing license. Unfortunately “quacks” pose as medical practitioners, offering services without the appropriate training. Dr. Ssentongo Katumba, registrar of the council, explains how a new mobile directory based on mobile technology and the iHRIS software is helping the council identify quacks, as well as helping Ugandans seek services from qualified health workers.

Designing Evidence-Based Incentive Strategies for Health Worker Retention

Sarah Dwyer — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:47:42 +0000

Author's name:

Wanda Jaskiewicz, Kate Tulenko, Laura Wurts, Peter Rockers, Outavong Phathammavong, Phouthone Vangkonevilay, Chanthakhath Paphassarang, Inpong Thong Phachanh, Francis Ntalazi, and George Mgomella

November 2012 (All day)

Designing Evidence-Based Strategies Poster

Many countries struggle to attract and retain sufficient numbers and types of health workers to provide quality services in rural and remote areas. Ministries of health often rely on external partners to develop the evidence base for formulating retention strategies, use less rigorous methodologies, or forego data altogether when making policy decisions. Presented at the Second Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Beijing on November 1, 2012, this poster describes two new tools—the Rapid Retention Survey Toolkit and the iHRIS Retain costing tool for retention interventions—and related results from Ministry of Health surveys in Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Uganda.

Successes and Challenges: Implementing Health Workforce Strengthening Interventions in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania

Sarah Dwyer — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:47:07 +0000

Author's name:

Carie Muntifering Cox, Corinne Mahoney Farrell, Crystal Ng, Randi Burlew, and Sara Pacqué-Margolis

November 2012 (All day)

Successes and Challenges Poster

Human resources for health (HRH) is a relatively young field. As such, less is known about how to successfully implement health workforce interventions than is known about other types of health interventions (e.g., service delivery) with a longer history of implementation. Presented at the Second Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Beijing on November 2, 2012, this poster describes results from a qualitative study with staff from USAID-funded HRH projects in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania led by IntraHealth International, which was conducted in recognition of the need for a more systematic approach to understanding the challenges and success factors in implementing HRH interventions.

« Nous voyons déjà la différence » : Renforcement du leadership et de la gestion des effectifs sanitaires des districts en Ouganda

Sarah Dwyer — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 17:43:50 +0000

Author's name:

David Nelson

July 2012 (All day)

Échos 11

Les participants à un cours sur le leadership et la gestion des ressources humaines pour la santé en Ouganda partagent leur point de vue sur un programme devant les aider à surmonter les défis rencontrés par les effectifs sanitaires au niveau des districts.

Preferences for Working in Rural Clinics among Trainee Health Professionals in Uganda: A Discrete Choice Experiment

Sarah Dwyer — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:04:13 +0000

Author's name:

Peter C. Rockers, Wanda Jaskiewicz, Laura Wurts, Margaret E. Kruk, George S. Mgomella, Francis Ntalazi, and Kate Tulenko

July 2012 (All day)

BMC Health Services Research

In low-income countries, failure to attract and retain health workers in rural areas reduces population access to health services and undermines facility performance, resulting in poor health outcomes. This article in BMC Health Services Research presents findings from CapacityPlus’s study on preferences for job characteristics among final-year medical, nursing, pharmacy, and laboratory students at select universities in Uganda. The findings contribute to mounting evidence that salary is not the only important factor health workers consider when deciding where to work.

“Already We See the Difference”: Strengthening District Health Workforce Leadership and Management in Uganda

Sarah Dwyer — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:13:52 +0000

Author's name:

David Nelson

July 2012 (All day)

CapacityPlus Voices #11

Participants in the Human Resources for Health Leadership and Management Course in Uganda share some perspectives on a program designed to help them address health workforce challenges at the district level. Also available in French.

Determining Priority Retention Packages to Attract and Retain Health Workers in Rural and Remote Areas in Uganda

Sarah Dwyer — Wed, 18 May 2011 14:56:45 +0000

Author's name:

Peter Rockers, Wanda Jaskiewicz, Laura Wurts, George Mgomella

February 2011 (All day)

Determining Priority Retention Packages

In Uganda, attracting and retaining health workers in rural and underserved areas has proven difficult. Positions staffed by the Ministry of Health in many of these areas remain 50% vacant. The Ministry of Health is committed to pursuing a package of strategies to make rural postings more attractive. One important step in determining which package of strategies will be most effective is to estimate which strategies health workers themselves most prefer. To this end, the Ministry of Health, in partnership with CapacityPlus, conducted a discrete choice experiment survey among current students in health training programs as well as health workers practicing in rural districts to investigate preferences for potential attraction and retention strategies. The results constitute an important input to the policy-making process related to the identification, costing, and selection of possible retention interventions for implementation.

Tracking and Monitoring the Health Workforce: A New Human Resources Information System (HRIS) in Uganda

Sarah Dwyer — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:05:01 +0000

Author's name:

Julie C. Spero, Pamela A. McQuide, Rita Matte

February 2011 (All day)

Human Resources for Health

This article draws on work from the Capacity Project, the predecessor to CapacityPlus. It describes Uganda’s transition from a paper filing system for health workers to an electronic human resources information system (HRIS) capable of providing information about country-specific health workforce questions, and how HRIS data can be used in workforce planning.

Satisfaction, Motivation, and Intent to Stay among Ugandan Physicians: A Survey from 18 National Hospitals

Sarah Dwyer — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:15:18 +0000

Author's name:

Sam Luboga, Amy Hagopian, John Ndiku, Emily Bancroft, Pamela McQuide

December 2010 (All day)

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management published a study conducted by the Capacity Project, the predecessor to CapacityPlus. “Satisfaction, motivation, and intent to stay among Ugandan physicians: a survey from 18 national hospitals” found that nearly half of the doctors were so dissatisfied that they would consider leaving the health sector or the country. The report concludes that policy-makers should consider interventions to remedy the quality of management, availability of equipment and supplies, facility infrastructure, workload, and professional development, which are reported as major sources of dissatisfaction.