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Odaga, John, Henriksson, Dorcus K, Nkolo, Charles, Tibeihaho, Hector, Musabe, Richard, Katusiime, Margaret, Sinabulya, Zaccheus, Mucunguzi, Stephen, Mbonye, Anthony K and Valadez, Joseph 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6575-6592
(2016)
'Empowering districts to target priorities for improving child health service in Uganda using change management and rapid assessment methods.'. Global health action, Vol 9, Issue 1, p. 30983.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Local health system managers in low- and middle-income countries have the responsibility to set health priorities and allocate resources accordingly. Although tools exist to aid this process, they are not widely applied for various reasons including non-availability, poor knowledge of the tools, and poor adaptability into the local context. In Uganda, delivery of basic services is devolved to the District Local Governments through the District Health Teams (DHTs). The Community and District Empowerment for Scale-up (CODES) project aims to provide a set of management tools that aid contextualised priority setting, fund allocation, and problem-solving in a systematic way to improve effective coverage and quality of child survival interventions.
DESIGN
Although the various tools have previously been used at the national level, the project aims to combine them in an integral way for implementation at the district level. These tools include Lot Quality Assurance Sampling (LQAS) surveys to generate local evidence, Bottleneck analysis and Causal analysis as analytical tools, Continuous Quality Improvement, and Community Dialogues based on Citizen Report Cards and U reports. The tools enable identification of gaps, prioritisation of possible solutions, and allocation of resources accordingly. This paper presents some of the tools used by the project in five districts in Uganda during the proof-of-concept phase of the project.
RESULTS
All five districts were trained and participated in LQAS surveys and readily adopted the tools for priority setting and resource allocation. All districts developed health operational work plans, which were based on the evidence and each of the districts implemented more than three of the priority activities which were included in their work plans.
CONCLUSIONS
In the five districts, the CODES project demonstrated that DHTs can adopt and integrate these tools in the planning process by systematically identifying gaps and setting priority interventions for child survival.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | W General Medicine. Health Professions > Health Services. Patients and Patient Advocacy > W 84 Health services. Delivery of health care WA Public Health > Health Problems of Special Population Groups > WA 320 Child Welfare. Child Health Services. WA Public Health > Health Problems of Special Population Groups > WA 395 Health in developing countries WA Public Health > Health Administration and Organization > WA 546 Local Health Administration. Community Health Services WS Pediatrics > WS 100 General works |
| Faculty: Department: | Clinical Sciences & International Health > International Public Health Department |
| Digital Object Identifer (DOI): | https://doi.org/10.3402/gha.v9.30983 |
| Depositing User: | Jessica Jones |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Jun 2016 10:14 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Sep 2019 11:29 |
| URI: | https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/5910 |
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