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“The METS Program is well on track because we need quality data, we cannot invest in programs with bad data because this would be discouraging to our funders,” Dr. Jennifer Galbraith from CDC. This was during the official dissemination of the Governance, Leadership and Management (GLM) and the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Fellowship Programs. TheRead more

Status and Strategies for the Utilization of the Health Management Information System (HMIS) in Uganda – A Study Conducted by METS Introduction Health Management Information System (HMIS) involves the collection, processing, storage, retrieval and dissemination of health information for decision-making. There is a strong debate about the antecedents of utilisation of HMIS information generated atRead more

In an effort to continuously improve quality of health service delivery and outcomes across Uganda, the Ministry of Health (MoH) organised the 4th Annual National Health Care Quality Improvement (QI) Conference at the Kampala Serena Conference Centre on 29-31 August 2017. This was achieved with major support from PEPFAR through implementing partners including Makerere UniversityRead more

Adjumani Amuria Arua Bukedea Bukomansimbi Buliisa Bundibugyo Bunyangabu Butambala Gomba Hoima Kabarole Kaberamaido Kagadi Kakumiro Kalangala Kamwenge Kasese Katakwi Kampala Kibaale Kiboga Kiryandongo Koboko Kumi Kyankwanzi Kyegegwa Kyenjojo Kyotera Luwero Lwengo Lyantonde Maracha Masaka Masindi Mityana Mpigi Mubende Nakaseke Nakasongola Nebbi Ngora Ntoroko Pakwach Rakai Sembabule Serere Soroti Wakiso Yumbe Zombo    Read more

METS program with funding PEPFAR/Centres for Disease Control (CDC) has supported the Ministry of Health/CPHL to scale up viral load (VL) monitoring to over 80% of the PLHIVs on ART between 2016 and 2017 with the use of a VL dashboard, support for curriculum development, capacity building trainings, and continuous quality improvement initiatives.   Introduction:Read more

In the past decade or so, Uganda has benefited from Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) support from Global Health Actors such as the Global fund to fight TB, HIV and Malaria; PEPFAR, WHO, UNAIDS, Roll back Malaria; to mention but a few. These actors have provided HSS support of varying nature and to-date, we have diverseRead more

A team from METS travelled to Malawi to attend and participate in the international implementers’ conference that took place on 12th December 2017 in Lilongwe at the Bingu International Conference Centre. The three-day conference that was hosted by the Ministry of Health Malawi was themed “eHealth to promote evidence based health service delivery and interoperability”. ThisRead more

Introduction Numerous PrEP Clinical trials have shown that oral antiretroviral (ARVs) containing tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) or tenofovir/emtricitabine (TDf/FTC) used by HIV-negative individuals to prevent HIV acquisition, called oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), are safe and effective in several populations. Prior modeling work suggests that oral PrEP is most cost-effective when targeted to populations at highRead more

By Stephen Senkomago Photo Credit: Nancy Karunganwa The week of November 20 – 24, 2017, was an exciting one for the EMR team at METS where we held the first UgandaEMR developer bootcamp, aimed at developing local capability to extend and build upon UgandaEMR. The end-goal was to have 4 new HMIS forms developed toRead more

Efforts towards disease control of HIV/AIDS estimate that by 2030, the epidemic will have been curbed. The 90-90-90 Strategy was adopted, and it estimated that by 2020, 90% of all People living with HIV will know their status; 90% of all people diagnosed with HIV will be receiving sustained Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) and 90% ofRead more

The Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Support (MET) Program together with the Ministry of Health (MoH) are conducting a TB/HIV Evaluation on the Collaborative Policy. The mortality and morbidity of People living with HIV/AIDS is mainly credited to TB. PLHIV are at the Highest risk of developing TB. It is estimated that 22,000-38,000 deaths occur annuallyRead more

The Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Support (METS) Program is a five-year CDC funded, above-site collaborative mechanism between the Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) and the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). The Program focuses on all CDC-supported districts and also offers support on the DREAMS Project, HMIS Tools management, Viral Load Monitoring andRead more

MakSPH METS Program held a mentorship workshop on HIV Testing Services (HTS) in Kabarole District from 2nd – 6th October 2017 at Kalya Courts in Kabarole District. Participants were mentored on how to enter HTS data in the Uganda EMR to help track the number of people tested for HIV, track the cohorts of thoseRead more

Background The Makerere University College of Health Sciences (CHS) identified the need to improve the quality of service delivered to students who are the major stakeholders by improving performance management at the college. This was to be done by providing a solution for obtaining data to monitor and evaluate the services provided. It is uponRead more

Makerere University School of Public Health’s Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Support (METS) Program together with Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC) supported 48 CDC supported districts to develop district specific HIV and AIDS Plans, M&E plans and one-year annual work plans. The District Led Programming Initiative at METS (DLP) was established to enhance district led HIV andRead more