Browsing by Subject "Health policies"
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Assessment of operational performance of health sub districts in Mubende district, Uganda.
(2009-11)INTRODUCTION: In 2001, the government of Uganda through its health policy introduced health sub districts (HSDs) with the aim of bringing health services near the people. OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY: The overall objective ... -
Climate for evidence-informed health systems: A print media analysis in 44 low- and middle income countries that host knowledge-translation platforms
(BioMed Central, 2011)Background: We conducted a print media analysis in 44 countries in Africa, the Americas, Asia, and the Eastern Mediterranean in order to understand one dimension of the climate for evidence-informed health systems and to ... -
Evaluating Initiatives to support evidence-informed health system policy-making in Cameroon and Uganda: Case studies of EVIPNet Cameroon and REACH-PI Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-11)Background: During the last twenty years, fostering evidence informed health system policymaking (EIHSP) in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs) has been a priority for national and global health players with the aim ... -
Factors affecting utilization of health care services in Uganda by 2002/2003.
(Makerere University, 2007)The government of Uganda set up the Health Policy Review Commission (HPRC) in 1987 which culminated in the development of the current health policy, Health Sector Strategic Plan (HSSP), to address the ill health in Uganda. ... -
HIV/AIDS prevention interventions in Uganda: A policy simulation.
(EPRC, 2013-06-23)The HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to be a major health challenge in Uganda. The adult HIV/ AIDS prevalence rate had increased to 7.3 percent by 2011 from 6.4 percent in 2005/6. Consequently, understanding the programmes ... -
Initiatives supporting evidence informed health system policymaking in Cameroon and Uganda: A comparative historical case study
(BioMed Central, 2014-11)Background: There is a scarcity of empirical data on institutions devoted to knowledge brokerage and their influence in Africa. Our objective was to describe two pioneering Knowledge Translation Platforms (KTPs) supporting ...