Okwero, PeterTandon, AjaySparkes, SusanMcLaughlin, JulieHoogeveen, Johannes G.2012-03-192012-04-042012-03-192012-04-042010-03-01978-0-8213-8290-5https://hdl.handle.net/10986/2426https://hdl.handle.net/10986/5949This report reviews performance of Uganda's health sector and assesses options for increasing total health spending and improving efficiency of health spending to improve health, nutrition, and population outcomes. Although Uganda's health outcomes are improving, the country is unlikely to achieve its national targets for health as well as the health related Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Uganda is faced with a high disease burden from communicable diseases; in addition, the country is witnessing a growing epidemic of non communicable diseases. The main conclusion of the report is that while Uganda needs to continue exploring ways to mobilize funding for health it needs to improve the efficiency of its health spending to maximize the health benefits for its population. Uganda could reap significant savings by improving management of human resources for health; strengthening procurement and logistics management for medicines and medical supplies; and by better programming of development assistance for health. Besides, Uganda needs to take proactive steps to mitigate growing pressure to increase health spending.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO CONTRACEPTIVESACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICESADULT LITERACYAGE AT MARRIAGEAGE DISTRIBUTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAIDS RELIEFANTENATAL CAREBEHAVIOR CHANGEBURDEN OF DISEASECARE FOR CHILDRENCAUSES OF DEATHCHILD MORTALITYCHILD MORTALITY RATECHILD MORTALITY RATESCHILDREN PER WOMANCITIZENSCLINICSCOMMUNICABLE DISEASESCONGENITAL MALFORMATIONSCONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCEDEATHSDELIVERIES IN HEALTH FACILITIESDEPENDENCY RATIODEPENDENCY RATIOSDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCEDISABILITYDISASTER PREPAREDNESSDISPARITIES IN HEALTHDISSEMINATIONDOCTORSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC POLICYEMERGENCY OBSTETRIC CAREEMERGENCY PLANEMPLOYMENTENVIRONMENTAL HEALTHEPIDEMICESSENTIAL DRUGSESSENTIAL HEALTH SERVICESFAMILIESFAMILY PLANNINGFAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMSFAMILY PLANNING SERVICESFAMILY SIZEFERTILITYFERTILITY RATEFIRST MARRIAGEFIRST PREGNANCYGENDER DISPARITYGLOBAL DEVELOPMENTGLOBAL HEALTHGOOD GOVERNANCEGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTHEALTH CAREHEALTH CARE SECTORHEALTH CENTERSHEALTH EXPENDITUREHEALTH EXPENDITURESHEALTH FACILITIESHEALTH FINANCINGHEALTH INDICATORSHEALTH INFRASTRUCTUREHEALTH INITIATIVESHEALTH INTERVENTIONSHEALTH MANAGEMENTHEALTH OUTCOMESHEALTH POLICYHEALTH PROBLEMSHEALTH PROGRAMSHEALTH REFORMHEALTH SECTORHEALTH SERVICEHEALTH SERVICE DELIVERYHEALTH SERVICESHEALTH STATUSHEALTH STRATEGYHEALTH SYSTEMHEALTH SYSTEMSHEALTH TRAININGHEALTH WORKERSHEALTH WORKFORCEHIGH FERTILITYHIGH FERTILITY LEVELSHIGH FERTILITY RATEHIGH POPULATION GROWTHHIVHIV INFECTIONHIV INFECTIONSHIV/AIDSHOSPITALHOSPITALSHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCESHUMAN RIGHTSHUMAN SECURITYILLNESSILLNESSESIMMUNIZATIONINFANTINFANT MORTALITYINFANT MORTALITY RATEINFANT MORTALITY RATESINFORMATION SYSTEMINFORMATION SYSTEMSINFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTINJURIESINTERVENTIONLABOR MARKETLEADING CAUSESLEGAL STATUSLEVELS OF MORBIDITYLIFE EXPECTANCYLIVE BIRTHSLIVING CONDITIONSLOCAL GOVERNMENTSMALARIAMANDATESMARRIED WOMENMATERNAL CAREMATERNAL MORTALITYMATERNAL MORTALITY RATESMATERNAL MORTALITY RATIOMATERNAL MORTALITY RATIOSMEASLESMEDICAL STAFFMEDICAL SUPPLIESMEDICINESMIDWIVESMIGRATIONMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSMINISTRIES OF HEALTHMINISTRY OF HEALTHMODERNIZATIONMORBIDITYMORTALITYMORTALITY RATEMOSQUITO NETMOTHERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNATIONAL HEALTH POLICYNATIONAL LEVELNATIONAL PRIORITIESNATURAL RESOURCESNURSENURSESNURSINGNUTRITIONNUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIESOFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCEPATIENTSPHARMACIESPHARMACYPHYSICIANSPOLICY MAKERSPOLITICAL LEADERSHIPPOPULATION GROWTHPOPULATION GROWTH RATEPOPULATION GROWTH RATESPOPULATION STUDIESPRACTITIONERSPREGNANCYPREVENTION EFFORTSPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY HEALTH CAREPROGRESSPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC HEALTH SPENDINGPUBLIC SERVICEPUBLIC TRANSPORTATIONQUALITY ASSURANCEQUALITY OF LIFEREFUGEESREGIONAL EQUITYREHABILITATIONREPRODUCTIVE HEALTHRESOURCE MOBILIZATIONRESOURCE USERESPECTRURAL AREASRURAL COMMUNITIESRURAL WOMENSANITATIONSECONDARY EDUCATIONSERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE PROVIDERSSERVICE PROVISIONSEXUAL BEHAVIORSEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONSSKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANCESOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCESOCIAL SUPPORTSOCIOECONOMIC STATUSSTISSUSTAINABLE ACCESSSUSTAINABLE GROWTHSUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENTTEENAGE PREGNANCYTETANUSTRADITIONAL HEALERSTUBERCULOSISUNDER FIVE MORTALITYUNDER-FIVE MORTALITYUNMET CONTRACEPTIVE NEEDURBAN BIASURBANIZATIONUSER FEESVACCINE COVERAGEVACCINESWASTEWATER SUPPLIESWOMANWORKERSWORKFORCEWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-8290-5