Health Management Quality Assurance (HM/QA)
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Management/Quality Assurance (HM/QA) |
Achievements and Products | Activities
Achievements and Products
At the end of the DISH II Project, the component had
achieved the following:
1. Drug Logistics Management
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District-level
Drug Logistics Assessment conducted in
twelve districts as a baseline for the development
of project activities. A similar instrument
was used by the MOH to conduct the assessment
in six other districts under the District
Drug Management Program
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Preparation of guidelines and procedures for
stock management at district level and below,
validated in cooperation with MOH, National
Drug Authority, National Medical Stores, other
relevant institutions and development partners,
and disseminated in twelve districts : Manual
on Drugs Logistics and Stores Management Procedures
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Improved availability of contraceptives through
coordination with procurement and distribution
institutions and individual restocking of
facilities.
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Preparation of a large-scale Drug
Needs Quantification Exercise aimed at
improving DNQ skills at local level in view
of the upcoming move from a kit-based "push"
system to a demand-drive "pull"
system for procurement and distribution of
drugs and medical supplies.
Nine District (HSD) Medical Stores refurbished
in Kampala, Luweero, Masindi, Masaka, Rakai, Ssembabule,
Mbarara, Ntungamo and Kasese districts.
2. Health Management Information System
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Contributed to the 2000 national review of
the HMIS system, in particular for the design
of the Quarterly
Assessment Report (HMIS 106). Record assistants,
in-charges and new facility staff trained
in the used of the revised national HMIS.
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Data utilization workshops conducted for district
level teams, then replicated in six districts
for HSD and facility in-charges (To see the
materials for Data Utilization Workshops click
here to visit the "Using the Health
Management Information System (HMIS) for Improved
Planning & Decision Making" Best
Practice).
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Installation of Access®-based HMIS software
and training of MIS Officer in twelve districts;
later on, upgrade of HMIS software to reflect
changes in national HMIS and to improve reporting
and analysis capacity; re-installation and
refresher training for district team; installation
of system at central level. To view a demonstration
of the HMIS please click
here.
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Quarterly Project Monitoring Reports produced
from the results of 80 sentinel sites from
the twelve counterpart districts.
- Support to the Family Life Education Project (FLEP)
to redesign its Community-based HMIS
3. Supervision and Quality Assurance
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Supported the finalization and dissemination
of the MOH's National Supervision Guidelines;
promoted and supported planning and conduction
of integrated support supervision visits by
district and HSD supervisors
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Developed and installed in twelve districts
the computerized Supervision, Yellow Star,
Training Information Management System (SYSTIMS),
allowing district teams to track information
related to training of staff, conduction of
supervision visits and results of quality
of care assessment, thus improving their capacity
for more effective allocation of resources
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In close collaboration with the other Project's
components and the Quality Assurance Department,
participated in the design and development
of tools and materials for the implementation
of the Yellow Star Programme (To view these
resources visit the Best Practice, "Improving
the Quality of Health Care Services through
monitoring of standards, recognition of performance:
The Yellow Star Program" by clicking
here).
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Coordinated the implementation of the Yellow
Star Programme in a first group of six districts
from August 2001 (Jinja, Kamuli, Luwero Nakasongola,
Rakai, Mbarara), then in a second group of
six districts from February 2002 (Kampala,
Masindi, Masaka, Ssembabule, Ntungamo, Kasese).
Bikiira Health Centre III in Rakai district
was the first facility to obtain the Yellow
Star Award on August 2, 2002. (See initial
results in From
Start to Star!)
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In particular, developed a training module
on the implementation process for the Yellow
Star Program, linked with the strengthening
of supervision and quality improvement skills
(Improving
the Quality of Health care: Training Manual
for Supervisors) and trained 320 district
and sub-district level supervisors.
4. Health Planning and Management/Health Care Financing
- HSD/district level planning:
- Organisation of a strategic planning workshop
for Health Planning Department/MOH
- Joint work planning activities with counterpart
districts; ad hoc support to individual
districts
- Support to the participation of 37 HSD
managers to training workshops on Planning
and Management organised by MOH/WHO
- Health Care Financing:
- Financial and technical support to studies
on:
- Support to the strategic planning process
for the Uganda Community-Based Health
Financing Association (UCBHFA)
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