2017 - 2018

Through USAID/Uganda Voucher Plus Activity puts strict emphasis on facility managers recruiting qualified midwives to prove EMONC services as pre-requisite for enrollment in the Voucher scheme.

Implemented a UNICEF project that supported 5 West Nile districts (Arua, Koboko, Yumbe, Moyo, and Adjumani), Kiryandongo, and 7 districts in Karamoja sub-region (Nakapiripirit, Kaabong, Kotido, Napak, Amudat, Moroto, Abim) to improve their human resource planning and recruitment processes.

Conducting selective recruitment of health workers by funding the Service Commission in Abim district.

Trained, in 2017 a total of 60 nurses and midwives in BEmONC from 47 supported health facilities in Kyankwanzi and Nakaseke districts.

Trained 30 health workers in the refugee settlements in EmONC.

Trained 192 midwives on the 4 modules of Emergency Obstetrical and Newborn Care (EmONC) in 5 West Nile districts (Arua, Koboko, Yumbe, Moyo, Adjumani) and Kiryandongo.

Partnered with AOGU to train 205 health workers in private facilities on EmONC.

Has developed Sexual harassment prevention and response guidelines for the health sector which has been cleared by the Senior Management Committee and Health Policy and Advisory Committee. The MOH has in addition, finalized a Gender Health and Human Rights Training manual for health professionals and has been cleared by the senior Management Committee and Health Policy and Advisory Committee as well.

Conducted refresher trainings for 132 private providers on FP, 247 on GBV services and 352 providers on HIV/AIDS.

Developed a Guideline to settle health workers; it was disseminated to hard-to reach districts and carried out induction of health workers in 23 hard-to-reach health facilities. These facilities were supported to develop Staff Retention plans. IntraHealth provided the supervisors of health workers, mentorship techniques to enable health workers settle in better.