Uganda

• Vincent Oketcho, Chief of Party, Uganda Capacity Project

  “I became interested in the health workforce because I’ve seen it firsthand,” says Vincent Oketcho, who began his global health career as a medical doctor specializing in public health. “In Uganda, we’re short of people, in number, in skills. They are not performing...

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• When No One Is There: Uganda’s Absent Health Workers

  Preliminary results from a recent study in Uganda suggest that health workers may be absent from their posts as much as 35% of the time. The health workers most likely to be absent are often the more highly trained workers such as doctors or clinical officers. The study presents a stark,...

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• African Health Ministers’ New Commitments Focus on eHealth

  Last month, a number of African health ministers recommitted to making more investments in the health sector, building greater health research capacity, accelerating the response to noncommunicable diseases, and employing eHealth technologies to improve the efficiency, quality, and use of health...

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• Mobile Phones Stopping Fraud and Abuse in Health Care in Uganda

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• Creating Partnerships in Support of Health Workers in Uganda

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• Twenty-Six Health Managers Complete Leadership Training Course in Uganda

  Last month, 26 Ugandan health leaders and managers from seven different districts completed six months of training in leadership and management at the Health Manpower and Development Centre in Mbale. The training was aimed at helping health managers respond to and remedy poor staff retention,...

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• IntraHealth’s Technical Leadership: Gender Equality in the Health Workforce

  Last month, the International Journal for Equity in Health published an article written by an IntraHealth International-led research team that highlights the absence of men in the HIV/AIDS caregiving workforce in three districts in Lesotho. The study concluded that HIV/AIDS caregiving is...

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• New UNFPA Report Highlights Need for 350,000 More Midwives

  Last week, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and partner agencies released The State of the World’s Midwifery 2011 report, which shows the world is short 350,000 midwives—nearly the same number of women who die each year from complications of pregnancy or childbirth:...

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• The Role of Effective Budget Management in a Fully Staffed Health Sector

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• A Web-Based System at Ugandan Professional Council Encourages Accountability and Quality Control

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