Primary Health Care: How Much Progress Have We Made?
What: A workshop sponsored by the Uganda Health Communication Alliance.
When: Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 8:00 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: Speke Hotel, Speke Road, Kampala.
Who:
Dr. Sarah Kiguli, head of the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Makerere University Faculty of Medicine: Are Uganda and its donors making enough of a commitment to primary health care to make the Millennium Development Goals achievable?
Dr. Nathan Kenya Mugisha, Director for Clinical Services, Ministry of Health: Village Health Teams – Can they close the primary health care gap?
Dr. Peter Okwero, Senior Health Specialist, The World Bank: What approaches to primary health care are affordable and sustainable?
Christopher Bakiika Ssengendo, Executive Secretary UCBHCA, Principle Consultant PHC/CBHC, Researcher and Author of Ten PHC Publications, Historic Evolution and Conceptualization of PHC
Why:
Thirty years after public health leaders issued the Declaration of Alma-Ata calling on governments and health workers to make essential health care “universally accessible to individuals and families in the community,” questions remain about the adequacy of primary health care in Uganda and other developing countries. Do we devote relatively too many resources to specialized care and the treatment of specific diseases? Would overall health improve if we spent more on basic, general and preventive care for all? Experts from the Ministry of Health, World Bank and Makerere University will explore that question in a half-day workshop
