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The Bamako Initiative Was Not About Money
(Uganda Martyrs University, Department of Health Sciences, 2004-04)
The Bamako Initiative (BI) was a pragmatic strategy to implement primary health care (PHC) in the era of economic structural adjustment. Championed by UNICEF’s charismatic leader, James Grant, it sought to fill the gap ...
Political Economy of Health with Reference to Primary Health Care
(Uganda Martyrs University, Department of Health Sciences, 2004-04)
Politics and economics have dealt with resource allocation from time immemorial. However, the basis for resource allocation and sharing depend on the nature and type of politics and economics, which also depend on different ...
The Millennium Development Goals: The Ultimate Test of Will and Determination
(Uganda Martyrs University, Department of Health Sciences, 2004-04)
On the eve of the 3rd millennium, stock was taken of PHC and health sector reforms. The results of a shocking failure of previously advocated goals were evident. Therefore, a new set of goals and mechanisms were adopted ...
Community Participation: An Abused Concept?
(Uganda Martyrs University, Department of Health Sciences, 2004-04)
One of the main principles of PHC was community participation. However, the interpretation and practices of community participation are so diverse that it became different things to different people. The lessons from the ...
Primary Health Care and Sector-Wide Approaches
(Uganda Martyrs University, Department of Health Sciences, 2004-04)
Primary Health Care and Sector-Wide Approaches to health development are among the major health sector reforms that have been undertaken in Uganda aimed at building a strong and cohesive health system. Inevitably, these ...