HEPS 2.0: Empowering communities to ensure access to quality health services

The overall goal of the project is to contribute to improved access to quality health service delivery in target districts of Kiboga and Lira by 2018.

Empowering communities to play a role in ensuring access to quality health services in Uganda

 

Background

HEPS-Uganda will implement a two-year project in Kiboga and Lira. With the prime aim of improving citizens’ access to quality health services, the project will use TRAC FM’s methodology to facilitate dialogue among citizens and engagement with local government leaders.

Working with national level CSOs and coalitions, concerted effort will also be geared at advancing policy advocacy initiatives at the national level. The aim is to reduce bottlenecks and hiccups affecting health service delivery at the local level.

HEPS-Uganda will kick start a national level process to establish a parliamentary forum on Health that will rally members of Parliament to influence the needed policy changes in health service delivery especially addressing the health budget.

This project will continue to work with community monitors and members within the existing governance structures of Health Unit Management Committees (HUMCs), District Health Teams (DHT) and local councilors at both sub-county and district levels.

At national level, HEPS-Uganda will work with other CSOs and the Parliamentary committee on Health to ignite a process to establish a Parliamentary Forum on Health. HEPS-Uganda will continue to work in 5 sub counties in Kiboga and 5 in Lira (2 previous and 3 new sub counties). Given the redesign of the DFID funded ACT-Health project, HEPS-Uganda will strategically select 3 new sub counties in Lira to avoid duplication but also increase coverage.

About HEPS-Uganda

The Coalition for Health Promotion and Social Development (HEPS-UGANDA) is a health and human rights non-governmental organization which envisions a society in which all Ugandans can exercise their health rights and responsibilities. Established in the year 2000, HEPS-Uganda is a coalition of health consumers, health practitioners, CSO’s and CBOs that works to ensure equitable access to health services with special focus on access to medicines for all Ugandans.
Visit HEPS Uganda website - https://www.heps.or.ug
Polls part of this campaign:
SIMBA HEPS 2.8: During Pregnancy, do you and your partner go for the 4 Ante-Natal care visits?

WA HEPS 2.8: During Pregnancy, do you and your partner go for the 4 Ante-Natal care visits?

SIMBA HEPS 2.7: Where do you go when you receive abrupt labor pain?

WA HEPS 2.7: Where do you go when you receive abrupt labor pain?

Simba HEPS 2.6: What challenges do you experience most in accessing maternal and child health services in your district?

SIMBA HEPS 2.5: Have you ever taken action to address drug stock-outs of contraceptives in your community?

WA HEPS 2.6: What challenges do you experience most in accessing maternal and child health services in your district?

SIMBA HEPS 2.4: In the last three months did you try to obtain a family planning method that was unavailable?

SIMBA HEPS 2.3: What family planning method do you prefer to use?

SIMBA HEPS 2.2: What do you do when essential medicine is unavailable at your community health facility?

WA HEPS 2.2: What do you do when essential medicine is unavailable at your community health facility?

WA HEPS 2.1: Have you tried to acquire essential medicine from a health facility in the last 3 months, was it unavailable?

SIMBA HEPS 2.1: Have you tried to acquire essential medicine from a health facility in the last 3 months, was it unavailable?

SIMBA HEPS 2.0: What is the major challenge you face when seeking health services in public facilities?

WA HEPS 2.0: What is the major challenge you face when seeking health services in public facilities?

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