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By Stephen Senkomago Photo Credit: Nancy Karunganwa The week of November 20 – 24, 2017, was an exciting one for the EMR team at METS where we held the first UgandaEMR developer bootcamp, aimed at developing local capability to extend and build upon UgandaEMR. The end-goal was to have 4 new HMIS forms developed toRead more

Efforts towards disease control of HIV/AIDS estimate that by 2030, the epidemic will have been curbed. The 90-90-90 Strategy was adopted, and it estimated that by 2020, 90% of all People living with HIV will know their status; 90% of all people diagnosed with HIV will be receiving sustained Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) and 90% ofRead more

The Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Support (MET) Program together with the Ministry of Health (MoH) are conducting a TB/HIV Evaluation on the Collaborative Policy. The mortality and morbidity of People living with HIV/AIDS is mainly credited to TB. PLHIV are at the Highest risk of developing TB. It is estimated that 22,000-38,000 deaths occur annuallyRead more

The Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Support (METS) Program is a five-year CDC funded, above-site collaborative mechanism between the Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) and the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). The Program focuses on all CDC-supported districts and also offers support on the DREAMS Project, HMIS Tools management, Viral Load Monitoring andRead more

MakSPH METS Program held a mentorship workshop on HIV Testing Services (HTS) in Kabarole District from 2nd – 6th October 2017 at Kalya Courts in Kabarole District. Participants were mentored on how to enter HTS data in the Uganda EMR to help track the number of people tested for HIV, track the cohorts of thoseRead more

Background The Makerere University College of Health Sciences (CHS) identified the need to improve the quality of service delivered to students who are the major stakeholders by improving performance management at the college. This was to be done by providing a solution for obtaining data to monitor and evaluate the services provided. It is uponRead more

Makerere University School of Public Health’s Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Support (METS) Program together with Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC) supported 48 CDC supported districts to develop district specific HIV and AIDS Plans, M&E plans and one-year annual work plans. The District Led Programming Initiative at METS (DLP) was established to enhance district led HIV andRead more

Quality improvement (QI) in the health sector has been a priority and the Ministry of Health has committed to ensuring continuous QI. These efforts can be realized in the provision of a platform that brings all major CQI stakeholders together for an annual Quality Improvement Conference that took place on 29-31st August 2017 at theRead more

22 – 26 MAY 2017 Through the District Led Programming, METS in collaboration with the Ministry of Health designed a tailor made competence based mentored fellowship program to strengthen the Governance leadership and management capabilities of District health managers so that they are able to execute their core essential public health functions which include: understandingRead more

The Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Support (METS) Program participated in the Eastern Region Stakeholders’ Meeting from 23-24 May 2017 in Teso Region. The event doubled as a project review and closure meeting in the Eastern region of the country as well a hand over ceremony by Baylor Uganda to The AIDS Support Organization (TASO) Uganda.Read more

The monitoring and Evaluation Technical Support (METS) Program in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MoH) held a District Health Information System (DHIS2) training for new staff at the Ministry (MoH) and District Health Officers (DHOs) in Jinja. The five-day intensive training (22nd – 26th May 2017) was intended to orient the DHOs from priorityRead more

The Makerere University School of Public Health – Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Support (METS) program conducted two sessions of 3-day trainings in Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) for the staff in the College of Health Sciences (CHS). The training targeted a total of 84 staff (2 representatives from each department and the head of department). TheRead more

The first Regional Quality Improvement Learning Exchange is a collaboration between the Ministry of Health Uganda (MoH), CDC Uganda, Makerere University School of Public Health – Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Support (METS) Program, University of California-San Francisco (UCSF) and HEALTHQUAL International. Five countries from the region were in attendance, these included Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, RwandaRead more

The Ministry of Health (MoH) through the STD & AIDS Control Program conducted a bench marking assessment of the District Performance Monitoring Standards (DPMS) between August 2014 and February 2015. The Ministry of Health in collaboration with the MakSPH Monitoring & Evaluation Technical Support (METS) Program plans to conduct a follow-on assessment between the 5thRead more

DREAMS (DETERMINED RESILIENT EMPOWERED AIDS-FREE MENTORED AND SAFE) Project is a prevention intervention that is currently implemented in 10 districts in the country. The ten districts are; Central One: Gomba, Sembabule, Bukomansimbi & Rakai Central Two: Mukono, Mubende Mityana and Mid Northern: Lira, Gulu & Oyam. In Year III, the project hopes to expand toRead more