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Jinja District Health Department The Jinja District Health Office manages the health facilities within the sub districts and consists of 11 individuals forming the District Health Team (DHT). The DHT’s focus ranges from HIV/AIDS, malaria, TB, health education, biostatistics, health inspectors, records management, finance and monitoring/evaluation. The DHT is responsible for a number of tasks including providing technical support for the Health Sub-Districts, planning and performance reviews, surveillance and data collection, control of epidemics, health advocacy, mobilization and allocation of resources for the health sector, monitoring performance of the district health system and preparing the budget for the district. This practicum experience allowed me to participate in a number of different activities including health education, sensitization re: jiggers, severe malaria education, Yellow Star audits, support supervision at the various health facilities as well as working with the various stakeholders. Jinja Jinja district is located in Eastern Central Uganda approximately 80km from Kampala, the capital city. It is surrounded by the districts of Iganga, Kamuli and Buikwe. Lake Victoria borders its south side, a popular tourist spot known as the Source of the Nile. The population in Jinja is approximately 514,300 (Jinja District, 2014), of which approximately 80% live in rural areas (District Work plan, 2012/13). Health services are broken into four levels: national referral hospitals; regional referral hospitals; district hospitals; and health centres IV, III, II and I, which are non-structured and utilize village health teams (VHT). Within the sub-districts there are 54 government, 15 NGO or Private Not-for-Profit and 5 private facilities. (District Work plan, 2012/13). Safiyya Nazarali BScN, CIC, MPH Schulich Interfaculty Program in Public Health Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada Jinja District Health Department Jinja, Uganda Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission Prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) is part of a global initiative to eliminate new pediatric HIV infections. Although there has been progress in the PMTCT services offered, a lot of effort is still needed. The Ministry of Health in Uganda is working towards a less than 5% transmission rate from mothers to babies. Currently, Jinja’s transmission rate is 15.7%. In order to prevent the spread of HIV from mother to child, the World Health Organization has come up with a 4-pronged approach; 1) prevent HIV in women of reproductive age, 2) prevent unintended pregnancy in women with HIV, 3) prevent HIV transmission from mother to child and 4) provide ongoing care and support to mothers, their children, and families (WHO, 2010). Life After Work Uganda is a beautiful country and offers many unique site seeing opportunities including, Itanda Falls, the Source of the Nile and Murchison Falls National Park. If that’s not enough, you’ll also be getting the best matoke around! Wakitaka Level III Kakira Hospital (private) Buwenge Level IV While in Jinja, I worked on quality improvement initiatives geared to reduce the transmission rate from mothers to babies. Initiatives included improving documentation and follow ups done for missed appointments.
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Jinja District Health Department The Jinja District Health Office manages the health facilities within the sub districts and consists of 11 individuals forming the District Health Team (DHT). The DHT’s focus ranges from HIV/AIDS, malaria, TB, health education, biostatistics, health inspectors, records management, finance and monitoring/evaluation. The DHT is responsible for a number of tasks including providing technical support for the Health Sub-Districts, planning and performance reviews, surveillance and data collection, control of epidemics, health advocacy, mobilization and allocation of resources for the health sector, monitoring performance of the district health system and preparing the budget for the district. This practicum experience allowed me to participate in a number of different activities including health education, sensitization re: jiggers, severe malaria education, Yellow Star audits, support supervision at the various health facilities as well as working with the various stakeholders.
Jinja Jinja district is located in Eastern Central Uganda approximately 80km from Kampala, the capital city. It is surrounded by the districts of Iganga, Kamuli and Buikwe. Lake Victoria borders its south side, a popular tourist spot known as the Source of the Nile. The population in Jinja is approximately 514,300 (Jinja District, 2014), of which approximately 80% live in rural areas (District Work plan, 2012/13). Health services are broken into four levels: national referral hospitals; regional referral hospitals; district hospitals; and health centres IV, III, II and I, which are non-structured and utilize village health teams (VHT). Within the sub-districts there are 54 government, 15 NGO or Private Not-for-Profit and 5 private facilities. (District Work plan, 2012/13).
Safiyya Nazarali BScN, CIC, MPH
Schulich Interfaculty Program in Public Health Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada
Jinja District Health Department Jinja, Uganda
Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission Prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) is part of a global initiative to eliminate new pediatric HIV infections. Although there has been progress in the PMTCT services offered, a lot of effort is still needed. The Ministry of Health in Uganda is working towards a less than 5% transmission rate from mothers to babies. Currently, Jinja’s transmission rate is 15.7%. In order to prevent the spread of HIV from mother to child, the World Health Organization has come up with a 4-pronged approach; 1) prevent HIV in women of reproductive age, 2) prevent unintended pregnancy in women with HIV, 3) prevent HIV transmission from mother to child and 4) provide ongoing care and support to mothers, their children, and families (WHO, 2010).
Life After Work Uganda is a beautiful country and offers many unique site seeing opportunities including, Itanda Falls, the Source of the Nile and Murchison Falls National Park. If that’s not enough, you’ll also be getting the best matoke around!
Wakitaka Level III Kakira Hospital (private)
Buwenge Level IV
While in Jinja, I worked on quality improvement initiatives geared to reduce the transmission rate from mothers to babies. Initiatives included improving documentation and follow ups done for missed appointments.
