A new approach to community participation in tsetse control in the Busoga sleeping sickness focus; Uganda. A preliminary report

A process is described by which trapping technology is being taught to a rural community which has been affected continuously by an epidemic of sleeping sickness for over a decade. Through a systematic health education programme; people are actively involved in making and setting traps and in learning about the general characteristics of the tsetse fly and the disease. A mono-screen trap has been developed for community use and is being used to trap flies. This is the first time that this kind of community participation has been attempted in tsetse control--and this approach is discussed in relation to other approaches

Implications for Research on Health Care Financing : discussion Paper

Health care financing needs be related to the physical; social and political aspects of the environment which; in most instances; determine or at least influence the economics of health service provision. There is need to look at the constraints of fiscal limitations and political expediency. more important; data is necessary on: . who provides the financing and in which combination. -GDP devoted to ehalth care. - Methods for payment for health care; - data on auxiliary healp; - dependency on private or public financing. . What categorization for financing by both financier and user - which service provision element(s) for which financing. . How is it planned; organised and executed. . Accountability and sustainability

Strengthening the capacity of district health teams in monitoring and evaluation of district health services : report and Training module

Government has committed itself to the policy of decentralisation for all line Ministries; the Ministry of Health and that of Local Government being central in the decentralisation process. In the Health Sector; the strategy seeks to improve the health status of the population by putting most health sector operations at district level. These include; among others; planning and budgeting; management and implementation; and supervision/monitoring and evaluation of services provided. The strategy; in effect; entails increased resource mobilisation and retention at district level; more efficient resource allocation and utilisation; building and/or restoring the functional capapcity not only for exisiting government facilities; but also personnel skills and participation and participation of non-governmental bodies and the community. More importantly; it demands that health teams at district level will increasingly be rquired to monitor and evaluate their programmes and specific health activities to ensure quality; cost effectiveness and sustainability at community level. The monitoring and evaluation of district health services assignment by the Child Health and Development Centre was therefore part of the process to strengthen the capapcity of district health teams at district level will increasingly be required to monitor and evaluate their programmes and specific health activities to ensure quality; cost effectiveness and sustainability at community level. The monitoring and evaluation of district health services assignedment by the Child Health and Development Centre was therefore part of the process to strenthen the capacity of district health teams to carry out independent monitoring and evaluation of their health services. This process is part of the UNICEF-GoU country Health programme 1995 to the Year 2000. Four pilot districts were purposely selected by UNICEF and the Child Health and Development Centre with a view to have a regional representation; the districts are Apac; Kabale; Mukono and Tororo