Understanding the needs of women with walking disabilities is key in formulating flexible, acceptable and responsive health systems to their needs and hence to improve their access to care.
Uganda
Countries recovering from fragility and conflict often engage in wide-ranging institutional reforms, including within the health system, to address inequities. Research and policy do not sufficiently explore how health system interventions contribute to the broader goal of gender equity. This paper utilizes a framework synthesis approach to examine if and how rebuilding health systems affected […]
Community health workers (CHWs) are an important human resource in Uganda as they are the first contact of the population with the health system. Understanding gendered roles of CHWs is important in establishing how they influence their performance and relationships in communities. This paper explores the differential roles of male and female CHWs in rural […]
Powerpoint: Gender Dynamics Underlying Voucher Schemes: Experience From Broadening Access to Maternal Health Care in Uganda Moses Tetui , 2014 Uganda The presentation was part of RinGs’ panel at the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Cape Town: “New frontiers in advancing gender analysis in health systems research: context embedded approaches; intersectionality; and engagement with power and ethics”. In […]
RinGs , 2016 Sarah Ssali (Department of Women and Gender Studies at the University of Makarere in Uganda) discusses methodologies for understanding the gendered realities in post-conflict countries. This video is part of the Building Back Better series on health systems in post-conflict settings and gender equity. It draws on her work in Northern Uganda. Multimedia | Cross-cutting
RinGs , 2016 Sarah Ssali (Department of Women and Gender Studies at the University of Makarere in Uganda) gender and poverty in post-conflict countries and its effects on health outcomes. This video is part of the Building Back Better series on health systems in post-conflict settings and gender equity. It draws on her work in Northern Uganda. Multimedia | Cross-cutting
This short video summarizes the findings from a project which used Photovoice to explore gender and ethics among community health workers in rural Uganda. The presentation was a part of a webinar exploring the role of gender in health systems. More information about the study can be found here. This video is also available on YouTube. Multimedia | Health […]
Around 12.5% of the total population of Uganda are living with one form of disability. Maternal and newborn mortality remains unacceptably high. Most efforts to improve maternal, newborn and child health in Uganda have focused on access and quality of care for women in general, paying no attention to special populations like women with physical disabilities with a high likelihood of poor outcomes. […]
Gender is often neglected in health systems, yet health systems are not gender neutral. Within health systems research, gender analysis seeks to understand how gender power relations create inequities in access to resources, the distribution of labour and roles, social norms and values, and decision-making. This paper synthesises findings from nine studies focusing on four […]
