{"id":8369,"date":"2024-05-17T00:05:51","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T00:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=8369"},"modified":"2024-05-17T00:05:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T00:05:51","slug":"health-financing-experts-discuss-needed-reforms-to-ensure-high-performance-and-resilient-health-systems-in-uganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=8369","title":{"rendered":"Health financing experts discuss needed reforms to ensure high performance and resilient health Systems in Uganda"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), convened a 2-day roundtable discussion to reflect on priority strategies and reforms to accelerate progress towards achieving sustainable and effective financing of health in Uganda.<\/p>\n

The event brought together health financing experts from various government ministries, departments and agencies, development and implementing partners, and academia to share evidence-based information on the health financing landscape in Uganda. Participants will identify, reflect on, and agree on policy and practice recommendations to improve the health\u00a0system\u2019s\u00a0performance and meet the\u00a0population\u2019s\u00a0health needs.<\/p>\n

Countries committed to achieving\u00a0Universal Health Coverage (UHC) as part of the 2030 Sustainable Development\u00a0Goals (SDGs). The goal is to ensure\u00a0that all people have access to the full range of quality health services they\u00a0need\u00a0without facing financial hardship whilst receiving needed health services. However, six years to the end of the SDG era, several countries, including\u00a0Uganda,\u00a0are facing challenges that are compromising their movement toward UHC.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng Ocero,\u00a0Uganda\u2019s\u00a0Minister of Health, pointed out that the\u00a0country\u2019s\u00a0health resources are highly fragmented, resulting in a mismatch with government priorities leading to duplication and wastage of resources.\u00a0\u201cTo achieve our goal of universal health coverage,\u00a0I urge all partners to channel their resources through a single system to facilitate efficiency and coordination,\u201d\u00a0she said.<\/p>\n

The Ministry of Health, with support from WHO and partners, has made commendable progress in improving the health financing landscape in Uganda. The\u00a0government\u2019s\u00a0budget allocation to the sector has steadily increased, with an annual health budget growth rate of 10%\u00a0in the 2022\/23 financial year. Furthermore, the government has moved from input-output budgeting to program-based budgeting, which promotes efficiency and resource prioritization.\u00a0To support strategic operations, results-based funding mechanisms have been introduced and integrated.<\/p>\n

While these efforts are commendable, recent assessments of\u00a0Uganda\u2019s\u00a0health financing system highlight persistent challenges to achieving UHC.\u00a0\u201cTo meet our goal of Universal Health Coverage, it is essential to strengthen strategies to improve\u00a0government resource allocation to the health sector and\u00a0to ensure that donor efforts in support of essential health programs are sustainable,\u201d\u00a0said Dr. Yonas Tegegn Woldemariam, WHO Representative to Uganda.<\/p>\n

At the event, three health financing knowledge products that\u00a0provide insights into the health financing landscape in Uganda were launched.\u00a0They include the National Health Accounts 2016-2019, the Health Financing Progress Matrix 2024, and the Report of the Mid-term Review of the Health Financing Strategy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese products and the recommendations from this roundtable will inform subsequent policy dialogues and reforms to catalyze progress towards universal health coverage in Uganda,\u201d concluded Christabell Abewe, the Health Financing Officer at WHO Uganda.<\/p>\n

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of World Health Organization \u2013 Uganda.<\/p>

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