What Influences Availability of Medicines for the Community Management of Childhood Illnesses in Central Uganda? Implications for Scaling up the Integrated Community Case Management Programme

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dc.contributor.authorBagonza, James
dc.contributor.authorRutebemberwa, Elizeus
dc.contributor.authorEckmanns, Tim
dc.contributor.authorKiracho, Elizabeth Ekirapa
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-21T16:17:45Z
dc.date.available2022-03-21T16:17:45Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThe integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) of childhood illnesses strategy has been adopted world over to reduce child related ill health and mortality. Community Health workers (CHWs) who implement this strategy need a regular supply of drugs to effectively treat children under 5 years with malaria, pneumonia and diarrhea. In this paper, we report the prevalence and factors influencing availability of medicines for managing malaria, pneumonia and diarrhea in communities in central Uganda.A cross sectional study was conducted among 303 CHWs in Wakiso district in central Uganda. Eligible CHWs from two randomly selected Health Sub Districts (HSDs) were interviewed. Questionnaires, check lists, record reviews were used to collect information on CHW background characteristics, CHW’s prescription behaviors, health system support factors and availability of iCCM drugs. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was done to assess factors associated with availability of iCCM drugs.Out of 300 CHWs, 239 (79.9 %) were females and mean age was 42.1 (standard deviation =11.1 years). The prevalence of iCCM drug availability was 8.3 % and 33 respondents (11 %) had no drugs at all. Factors associated with iCCM drug availability were; being supervised within the last month (adjusted OR = 3.70, 95 % CI 1.22–11.24), appropriate drug prescriptions (adjusted OR = 3.71, 95 % CI 1.38–9.96), regular submission of drug reports (adjusted OR = 4.02, 95 % CI 1.62–10.10) and having a respiratory timer as a diagnostic tool (adjusted OR =3.11, 95 % CI 1.08–9.00).The low medicine stocks for the community management of childhood illnesses calls for strengthening of CHW supervision, medicine prescription and reporting, and increasing availability of functional diagnostic tools.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBagonza, J., Rutebemberwa, E., Eckmanns, T., & Ekirapa-Kiracho, E. (2015). What influences availability of medicines for the community management of childhood illnesses in central Uganda? Implications for scaling up the integrated community case management programme. BMC Public Health, 15(1), 1-8.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2525-4en_US
dc.identifier.issn1471-2458
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/2878
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBMC Public Healthen_US
dc.subjectDrug, Availability, Childhood Illnesses, Community health workers, Ugandaen_US
dc.titleWhat Influences Availability of Medicines for the Community Management of Childhood Illnesses in Central Uganda? Implications for Scaling up the Integrated Community Case Management Programmeen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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