NU Health
The NU Health project will strengthen local and national mechanisms for governance and accountability to improve access to health care, particularly for the most vulnerable populations in the Acholi sub region, through utilisation of results based financing mechanisms.
Under the DFID-funded Post-Conflict Development Programme (PCDP) in Northern Uganda, NU Health is improving the supply of essential medicines to public and private health facilities, and reducing or eliminating user fees at private not-for-profit facilities.
The project has four objectives:
- Improve availability of essential medicines in both Government of Uganda (GoU) and Private Not-for-Profit (PNFP) health facilities through credit lines targeted towards Essential Medical Health Services in full and associated support to the Joint Medical Stores
- Reduce user fees across the maternal newborn and child health continuum of care, particularly for pregnant women and children under 5 years at PNFP facilities through a results-based financed grants mechanism
- Strengthen local, independent and GoU capacity and accountability to rigorously monitor and evaluate the quality of PNFP provision and all project components
- Consolidate the recognition of the role PNFPs play in the provision of primary health care and their inclusion into government policy and programming through evidence-based advocacy
Additionally, a pilot emergency transport system with subsidised ambulance transport for mothers will be integrated with programme outputs.
A four year project, NU Health will be implemented in 31 PNFP health facilities in the Acholi sub region in Northern Uganda, specifically in the districts Gulu, Kitgum, Lamwo, Pader, Agogo, Nwoya and Amuru. Baseline assessments, reviews and design work carried out during the inception phase (November 2011-March 2012) will inform actual implementation from April 2012.
Funded by DFID, HPI is the managing agent in partnership with Montrose Africa and Transaid.