Key Aspects of Health Policy Development to Improve Surgical Services in Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorLuboga, Sam
dc.contributor.authorGalukande, Moses
dc.contributor.authorMabweijano, Jacqueline
dc.contributor.authorOzgediz, Doruk
dc.contributor.authorJayaraman, Sudha
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-14T09:40:44Z
dc.date.available2021-12-14T09:40:44Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractRecently, surgical services have been gaining greater attention as an integral part of public health in lowincome countries due to the significant volume and burden of surgical conditions, growing evidence of the cost effectiveness of surgical intervention, and global disparities in surgical care. Nonetheless, there has been limited discussion of the key aspects of health policy related to surgical services in low-income countries. Uganda, like other low-income sub-Saharan African countries, bears a heavy burden of surgical conditions with low surgical output in health facilities and significant unmet need for surgical care. To address this lack of adequate surgical services in Uganda, a diverse group of local stakeholders met in Kampala, Uganda, in May 2008 to develop a road map of key policy actions that would improve surgical services at the national level. The group identified a list of health policy priorities to improve surgical services in Uganda. The priorities were classified into three areas: (1) human resources, (2) health systems, and (3) research and advocacy. This article is a critical discussion of these health policy priorities with references to recent literature. This was the first such multidisciplinary meeting in Uganda with a focus on surgical services and its output may have relevance to health policy development in other low income countries planning to improve delivery of surgical servicesen_US
dc.identifier.citationLuboga, S., Galukande, M., Mabweijano, J., Ozgediz, D., & Jayaraman, S. (2010). Key aspects of health policy development to improve surgical services in Uganda. World journal of surgery, 34(11), 2511-2517.DOI 10.1007/s00268-010-0585-2en_US
dc.identifier.other10.1007/s00268-010-0585-2
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/473
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWorld journal of surgeryen_US
dc.titleKey Aspects of Health Policy Development to Improve Surgical Services in Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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