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Midterm Analytical Review of the Strategic and Investment Plan Vol. 2

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Uganda
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Govt. Uganda
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BACKGROUND

The Uganda Health Sector Strategic and Investment Plan (HSSIP) (2010/11-2014/15) is the key Ministry of Health document to guide the health sector. It is the sector’s comprehensive national plan and provides the guiding framework for the detailed planning and implementation of health sector activities. It includes 26 core indicators and many of those have a baseline for 2010 or earlier, and a target for 2015.

For each annual health sector review a health sector performance profile is produced to assess progress towards the targets for the indicators of HSSIP. The midterm review (MTR) of HSSIP is envisaged to provide information that will guide further implementation of HSSIP 2010/11 - 2014/15 and future design of HSSP IV requires a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of progress and performance.

The primary objective of the analytical report is to review, analyze, and document progress, during the first half of HSSIP implementation (2010-2013). It will provide an in-depth analysis and synthesis of all relevant data, including health and other household surveys, census, health facility and disease surveillance data, facility assessments, administrative resources data, policy data and research studies.

The approach is to cover all major health areas, focusing on the HSSIP indicators, but also taking into account core indicators in related programme specific plans. These are referred to in each section of the report. Each section includes (1) a brief data quality assessment, (2) an assessment of progress against targets for key HSSIP indicators, (3) equity analysis by key stratifiers, (4) a comparative analyses with countries in the subregion, (5) analysis of additional indicators, including service delivery, where available. In the final section overall performance and efficiency are assessed by comparing inputs and results at the sub-national level (mostly regions) and Uganda’s performance is compared with other countries in the region. A logical results framework is used to conduct a stepwise analysis.

The analytical review was carried as a desk review of technical reports including population surveys, programme evaluation reports, policy documents and research studies, as well as analysis of existing survey and HMIS data. The analysis was conducted by technical working groups from the Ministry of Health with technical support from the World Health Organization.

The analytical report is based on analysis and synthesis of existing data, including preliminary data from recent data collection efforts. While the focus is on the period 2009-2012 a considerable attention was paid for trends prior to 2009 to help interpret more recent data.