Improving Health Outcomes for the Poor in Uganda : Current Status and Implications for Health Sector Development

This study shows that Uganda has similar or somewhat better health indicators than other African countries with a similar income level. However further effort is needed to address inequality in health outcomes and in the health system. Overall recommendations arising from this report, which are discussed in detail in Chapter 8, center on five areas: (a) prioritizing interventions that affect infant and maternal mortality, (b) improving health promotion and disease prevention practices at the family and community level through community mobilization and inter-sectoral collaboration, (c) mobilizing funds for the health sector including strategies that encourage risk polling mechanisms; (d) focusing on human resources and collaboration with the private sector to improve health service delivery, and (e) improving accountability through improving information systems and supervision.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Health Sector Review biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2004-06-30
Subjects:	ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES, ACCESS TO SANITATION, ADOLESCENTS, ADULTS, AGED, ALCOHOL, ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION, ANTENATAL CARE, ARI, BIRTH SPACING, BLOOD PRESSURE, CHILD MORBIDITY, CHILD MORTALITY, CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES, CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATION, CLINICAL GUIDELINES, CLINICS, COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY GROUPS, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, CONDOMS, DEATHS, DIARRHEA, DISEASE PREVENTION, DISTRICTS, DRUG PRESCRIBING, DRUG USERS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC STATUS, EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC CARE, ESSENTIAL DRUGS, ESSENTIAL HEALTH CARE, EXPENDITURES, FAMILIES, FAMILY HEALTH, FAMILY PLANNING, FERTILITY RATE, FERTILITY RATES, GENDER, HAND WASHING, HEALTH, HEALTH BEHAVIOR, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CARE DELIVERY, HEALTH CARE RESOURCES, HEALTH CENTERS, HEALTH FACILITIES, HEALTH FINANCE, HEALTH FINANCING, HEALTH INDICATORS, HEALTH INFORMATION, HEALTH INSURANCE, HEALTH INTERVENTIONS, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HEALTH POLICY, HEALTH PRACTICES, HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, HEALTH PROMOTION, HEALTH PROVIDERS, HEALTH SECTOR, HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH STATUS, HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS, HEALTH SYSTEM, HEALTH SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, HEALTH SYSTEMS, HEALTHY LIFESTYLES, HIGH FERTILITY, HOME CARE, HOMES, HOSPITALS, HOUSEHOLDS, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RESOURCES, HUNGER, HYGIENE, IMCI, IMMUNIZATION, IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE, INCOME, INFANT FEEDING, INFANT MORTALITY, INFECTION, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INNOVATION, INTERSECTORAL COLLABORATION, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LIVE BIRTHS, MALARIA, MALNUTRITION, MATERNAL HEALTH, MATERNAL MORTALITY, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, MORBIDITY, MOTHERS, NUTRITION, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, PARTNERSHIP, PATIENTS, PREGNANCY, PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PREGNANT WOMEN, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES, PRIVATE SECTOR, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC SECTOR, RADIO, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, RURAL AREAS, SAFE DRINKING WATER, SANITATION, SANITATION PRACTICES, SEX WORKERS, STUNTING, TETANUS, TOBACCO, URBAN AREAS, WORKERS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/06/5504857/uganda-improving-health-outcomes-poor-uganda-current-status-implications-health-sector-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14514
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