2017 - 2018

Through the USAID/Uganda Voucher Plus Activity, the ANC4+ contacts from supported facilities stands at 23%.

Modified the standard on ANC to ensure that pregnant women access more than 4 ANC visits throughout the pregnancy, through the implementation of ANC 4+.

Rolled out the voucher scheme to 160 EmONC health facilities in 33 districts in East and north.

Have trained the trainers. National orientation and program launch were also completed.

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.

25 of the 160 voucher supported EMONC facilities have ambulances, 34 have standby facility vehicles to ease referrals while other 78 are linked to nearby ambulances.

Pays fuel to a particular fuel station for any ambulance to access and for any health facility to use the ambulance including HC IIs.

Strengthening and synchronizing the national ambulance system to facilitate the referral mechanisms in West Nile and Rwenzori sub-regions.

Provided fuel for ambulances or vouchers for ambulance support and paid allowances for ambulance drivers in 14 districts.

Has health facilities in various parts of the country whose staff have been trained on EmONC under projects like RHITES East.