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 rec...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Health Sector Review
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
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
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spelling	okr-10986-145142021-04-23T14:03:18Z Improving Health Outcomes for the Poor in Uganda : Current Status and Implications for Health Sector Development World Bank 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 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. 2013-07-23T23:24:39Z 2013-07-23T23:24:39Z 2004-06-30 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 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Health Sector Review Economic & Sector Work Africa Uganda
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topic	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
spellingShingle	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 World Bank Improving Health Outcomes for the Poor in Uganda : Current Status and Implications for Health Sector Development
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description	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.
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title	Improving Health Outcomes for the Poor in Uganda : Current Status and Implications for Health Sector Development
title_short	Improving Health Outcomes for the Poor in Uganda : Current Status and Implications for Health Sector Development
title_full	Improving Health Outcomes for the Poor in Uganda : Current Status and Implications for Health Sector Development
title_fullStr	Improving Health Outcomes for the Poor in Uganda : Current Status and Implications for Health Sector Development
title_full_unstemmed	Improving Health Outcomes for the Poor in Uganda : Current Status and Implications for Health Sector Development
title_sort	improving health outcomes for the poor in uganda : current status and implications for health sector development
publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2013
url	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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Improving Health Outcomes for the Poor in Uganda : Current Status and Implications for Health Sector Development

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