"The government of Uganda faces a multitude of challenges in
the health care arena, from ensuring that health care services are
delivered in the most equitable manner, to structuring the health care
delivery system to be most effective, to waging campaigns against the
leading causes of mortality and morbidity. The government needs the
best information available on existing conditions, in order to devise
strategies to successfully meet these challenges."
This technical paper summarizes the results of three research
efforts concerning current health care issues in Uganda. Its purpose is
to summarize key actions and identify new challenges. In Part I,
"Equity of Access to Health Services in Uganda: The Effects of
Income, Gender, Proximity to Services, and Quality of Care", the
author examines a number of factors that affect access to health
services, including quality of services and income. Part II of this
technical paper, "Decentralization of Health Services in Uganda:
Moving Toward Improved Delivery of Services", summarizes the key
actions that have been undertaken during the decentralization of
Uganda's health sector and identifies challenges that are emerging
during this process. Part III, "Malaria: A Priority Health
Problem", summarizes the status of malaria control in Uganda and
highlights some of the key issues that need to be addressed to further
strengthen malaria control efforts.
This paper should prove useful to those working in Uganda and in
other countries facing similar policy changes, to anticipate the
challenges as they seek to improve the quality of health and other
public services.
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