11. Assessing the Management and Administration in Public Health Facilities of Uganda and the Implications for the Healthcare Service Delivery and Utilization: Evidence from the CODES Project
- Author:
- Moses Mukundane, Annet Nannungi, Dennis Bataringaya, Adelaine Aryaija-Karemani, Patrick Ssesanga, and Wilson Winstons Muhwezi
- Publication Date:
- 01-2016
- Content Type:
- Research Paper
- Institution:
- Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE)
- Abstract:
- This Policy Research Paper is an outcome of the feld activities carried out under the Community and District Empowerment for Scale-Up (CODES) project- a fve-year initiative (2012-2016) designed to reduce child deaths caused by diarrhoea, pneumonia and malaria—the three of the top childhood killer diseases in Uganda today. The paper presents an assessment of one of the critical determinants of quality of healthcare provision – the health facility level management and administration. The paper is premised on the argument that the existing weaknesses in health facility management and administration immensely jeopardize the quality of health care service delivery in public health facilities as well as effective utilization of healthcare by the community. This is to the extent that even when the issues and challenges that require government intervention seem to be improving or being addressed at health facilities, with outstanding weaknesses in facility management and administration, the quality of care does not correspondingly improve.
- Topic:
- Services, Public Health, Management, and Administration
- Political Geography:
- Uganda and Africa