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Theme: Supervision, monitoring, coaching & mentorship for a resilient health system – the role of Quality Improvement The Ministry of Health organized the annual National Healthcare Quality Improvement (QI) conference held on 13 – 15 December 2022 at the Speke Resort Munyonyo. The objectives of the conference included sharing new QI innovations in the managementRead more

Following a 14-day retreat from 4 – 15 July 2022 at the Source of the Nile Hotel in Jinja to commence the mid-term review of the HIV response related National HMIS tools, Ministry of Health (MoH) organized a meeting to Integrate Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) service provision into HIV care tools from 7-19 November 2022.  TheRead more

By Fatumah Nalubega & Nancy Karunganwa As of October 2021, the MakSPH-METS Program was ear marked as CDC’s flagship partner for data management and named lead Strategic Information (SI) for PEPFAR. METS has since provided solutions/support in the areas of health information systems, data analysis and Epi/surveillance for HIV/TB, COVID19, Ebola Virus disease (EVD) whileRead more

By: Nancy Karunganwa and Herbert Mulira In 2019 the Ministry of Health comprehensively revised the Health Management Information System (HMIS)  in a bid to harmonize data needs of various stakeholders. At the beginning of 2020, the Ministry of Health (MoH), with support from PEPFAR, revised and rolled out the HIV HMIS forms (version 2019) throughRead more

The Makerere University School of Public Health – Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Support Program (MakSPH-METS) under the guidance of Ministry of Health (MoH) – Standards, Compliance, Accreditation, and Patient Protection Department finalized the development of the national integrated Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) database (https://cqi.health.go.ug). The database which tracks quality improvement projects at health facilities wasRead more

CDC runs a Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) that trains a workforce that helps track, contain, and eliminate outbreaks before they become epidemics. In the event of disease threats, this workforce investigates and applies their knowledge to control spread of infection, hence the Program helps to detect and respond to threat. They quickly communicate crucialRead more

Supported by PEPFAR, the Government of Uganda implemented the Determined Resilient Empowered AIDS-Free Mentored and Safe (DREAMS) Initiative in 2015. DREAMS is a program of social and economic interventions offered to adolescent girls and young women aged 10-24 years with the aim of reducing HIV incidence among Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW). The DREAMSRead more

In the 2021 operation plan adopted by Uganda, the Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Support (METS) Program of Makerere University School of Public Health took up the role of Lead PEPFAR Strategic Information (SI) mechanism. To prepare the MakSPH-METS team to harness this role, a one-day meeting aimed at orienting the team in National and PEPFARRead more

Cancer of the cervix (CaCX) is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women in Uganda, affecting over 1 in 2000 women every year. Women living with HIV have a substantially increased risk for cervical cancer when compared to women without HIV infection. To this end, the Uganda Ministry of Health (MOH), with support fromRead more