Browsing by Author "Zikusooka, Charlotte M."

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    Decision Making Practices In The Pharmaceutical Sector: Implications For Uganda
    (African Journal of Business Management, 2015) Ohairwe, Gilbert; Basheka, Benon C.; Zikusooka, Charlotte M.
    This paper is a preliminary analysis of decision making principles and practices with in the pharmaceutical industry. The subject of managerial decision making in the sector forms an important area of research and policy debate and it has of recent become a much prominent sector for obvious reasons. First, the pharmaceutical industry contributes to improving the citizen’s health outcomes and productivity. Second, effective decision making is at the heart of what managers and administrators sector do. Third, there are glaring inefficiencies in the sector which blames the decisions made by those who run the sector. While organizations generate information at a much faster rate, the utilization of such information in decision making remains a matter of concern given the ineffectiveness in which some decisions continue to be made. This dilemma has generated a new and exciting interest for scholars. Moreover, the existence of noticeable historical practices that traditionally informed decision making over the long history of civilization makes it imperative to assess the interparty of these factors within the current decision making environments. This paper therefore traces how decisions have been made over time as specifically as applied to the pharmaceutical sector. The purpose of this study is to draw important insights for contemporary decision making challenges of the pharmaceutical sector within Uganda and the rest of the world. Research may also be carried out on how the buying of reliable information can influence judgment and the optimization of decision outcomes leading to better decision making in the regulation, management and administration of the pharmaceutical sector.
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    Increasing Access to Surgical Services in Sub-Saharan Africa: Priorities for National and International Agencies Recommended by the Bellagio Essential Surgery Group
    (PLoS Med, 2009) Luboga, Sam; Macfarlane, Sarah B.; Schreeb, Johan von; Kruk, Margaret E.; Cherian, Meena N.; Bergstrom, Staffan; Bossyns, Paul B. M.; Denerville, Ernest; Dovlo, Delanyo; Galukande, Moses; Hsia, Renee Y.; Jayaraman, Sudha P.; Lubbock, Lindsey A.; Mock, Charles; Ozgediz, Doruk; Sekimpi, Patrick; Wladis, Andreas; Zakariah, Ahmed; Babadi Dade, Nameoua; Donkor, Peter; Kabutu Gatumbu, Jane; Hoekman, Patrick; IJsselmuiden, Carel B.; Jamison, Dean T.; Jessani, Nasreen; Jiskoot, Peter; Kakande, Ignatius; Mabweijano, Jacqueline R.; Mbembati, Naboth; McCord, Colin; Mijumbi, Cephas; Miranda, Helder de; Mkony, Charles A.; Mocumbi, Pascoal; Ndihokubwayo, Jean Bosco; Ngueumachi, Pierre; Ogbaselassie, Gebreamlak; Okitombahe, Evariste Lodi; Tidiane Toure, Cheikh; Vaz, Fernando; Zikusooka, Charlotte M.; Debas, Haile T.
    In sub-Saharan Africa, only 46% of births are attended by skilled personnel, compared to 96% in Europe (according to data for the African Region of the World Health Organization [WHO] from 2000 to 2008 [1]). In 2005, slightly over one quarter of a million women died from complications of childbirth [1]; most of these deaths could have been avoided by providing women with access to basic obstetric care and obstetric surgical care. On average, across sub- Saharan Africa, a population of 10,000 is served by two doctors and 11 nursing and midwifery personnel, compared to 32 and 79 respectively serving the same number of people in Europe (WHO data 2000–2007 [1]). A child born in sub- Saharan Africa in 2007 could expect to live only 52 years, which is 22 years less than its European counterpart [1].