Uganda

Cross-cutting

Ethical practice in my work: community health workers’ perspectives using photovoice in Wakiso district, Uganda

Health service delivery should ensure ethical principles are observed at all levels of healthcare. Working towards this goal requires understanding the ethics-related priorities and concerns in the day-to-day activities among different health practitioners. These practitioners include community health workers (CHWs) who are involved in healthcare delivery in communities in many low-and middle-income countries such as […]
Ethical practice in my work community health workers photovoice
Cross-cutting

Are health systems interventions gender blind? examining health system reconstruction in conflict affected states

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 […]
Cover of the paper on gender and health systems in post conflict settings
Health workforce

Reflecting strategic and conforming gendered experiences of community health workers (CHWs) using photovoice in rural Wakiso district, Uganda

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 […]
A CHW takes a sick child to the health facility Uganda
Cross-cutting

Presentation: Gender Dynamics Underlying Voucher Schemes: Experience From Broadening Access to Maternal Health Care in Uganda

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 […]
Service access

Challenging the Status Quo: Making health facilities in Kibuku district, Uganda friendly for physically disabled women

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. […]
Cover of the brief on disability, gender and access to health facilities in Uganda
Cross-cutting

Gendered health systems: Evidence from low- and middle-income countries

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 […]
Front page of paper on gendered health systems