Primary Health Care and Health Sector Reforms in Uganda(Article)
The health system in Uganda has undergone a number of changes since independence in 1962 and the PHC concept as a timely innovation, and very welcome in Uganda. And also as a response to the global economic decline of the 1970s and 1980s, the World Bank and IMF introduced Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) in some developing countries and accordingly a package of reforms was proposed to address problems in the health sector, and these were called health sector reforms (HSR). Both PHC and HSR have faced similar and dissimilar challenges.
Authoured by: Tashobya, Christine Kirunga
Academic units: Faculty of Health Sciences