Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau holds workshop for Diocesan health coordinators to highlight the need to increase capacity in the health sector
A section of the participants at the technical workshop
By Jacinta W. Odongo, Media Officer, Uganda Episcopal Conference
As part of its aim to promote better public health practices in the country, the department of Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau (UCMB) of the Uganda Episcopal Conference organized a two-day technical workshop for the diocesan health coordinators, diocesan board members and HIV focal persons in the 19 dioceses.
The workshop was held from October 25-26 in Kampala Ecclesiastical Province under the theme of, “Financing for Universal Coverage of Quality healthcare: Exploring Practical Options for the Private not for Profit in Uganda.”
According to the program officer for human resources of UCMB, also the chief organizer of the workshop, Martha Nakuya, the main objective of the workshop was to give updates and feedback to the three mentioned target groups to enable the smooth running of the quality services within the Catholic health network in the country.
“It was geared towards giving updates and feedback about the need to increase capacity in the field of health sector in the country, overall national health development in the diocesan health sectors, the general performance in the lower-level health units in the all the 19 dioceses as well as updates about the UCMB health network,” she said.
The workshop was also aimed at giving the target groups patients-satisfaction feedback which is always conducted in all the 19 dioceses on annual basis.
participants at the workshop
“Through this workshop we also got to learn from how best we can mobilize resources for the health sectors in the country. Thus, we have to think ahead amidst all the challenges especially since funding has reduced in the health sectors,” she added.
The two-day workshop was facilitated by key figures from the United States Agency for International Development, top Diocesan health coordinators and the UCMB Executive Secretary.
A total of 45 participants from the 19 dioceses took part in the workshop. This is the second technical workshop this year to be organized by UCMB. The first workshop was held in April for the diocesan health coordinators to share field experiences in the different dioceses on quality focused interventions and practices in health sectors.
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