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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

Thirty representatives of the sixteen CDC supported Implementing Partners (IPs) converged at the Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Support (METS) Program office on 20th January 2016 in a bid to demystify the MER 2.0 tool kit. MER 2.0 is a set of PEPFAR indicators that focus on HIV Prevention & Support, Knowing HIV Status, On ARTRead more

Makerere University School of Public Health’s Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Support (METS) Program designed a short-term M&E fellowship program to reinforce the District and health facility capabilities in monitoring and evaluation. The Fellowship that targeted district biostatisticians and HMIS focal persons was held at Hotel Africana on 25th November 2016. The 30 Fellows from 15Read more

6th December 2016 marked the opening of the historical OpenMRS International Implementers’ conference in Uganda themed “eHealth for better outcomes: Innovating and Strengthening Systems”. The first of its kind in the country, and the most attended yet in the history of its existence. The Uganda Ministry of Health with technical support from the Makerere UniversityRead more

Integrating Tetanus Toxoid (TT) Vaccination into Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) services The 2011 Uganda AIDS indicator survey showed that less than 30% of men were circumcised. In response to the low male circumcision prevalence, the Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC) set a national target of 4.2 million male circumcisions to be performed by the endRead more

HIV Case Based Surveillance implementation in Kabarole Introduction Case Based Surveillance (CBS) was recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as early as 2006 and is currently being implemented in a few countries such as Kenya, Ethiopia, South Africa, Tanzania and Namibia. Uganda has now joined these countries by adopting CBS as a means ofRead more

Makerere School of Public Health Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Support (MakSPH-METS) Program Launches Case Based Surveillance (CBS) in Uganda   A cross section of the equipment that was donated by MakSPH-METS Program to Kabarole District The skies cleared to pave way for the much anticipated inauguration of the HIV Case Based Surveillance Project that tookRead more

METS PARTNERS WITH SSESE ISLANDS Participants in the Ssese DHIS2 training. Seated L-R: KCPHS Project Manager Christine Zawedde, METS Program Manager Evelyn Akello, CDC Data Management Specialist Patrick Omiel and HMIS Coordinator Stephen Ocaya Mets Program engaged the Ssese Islands Health Facility staff in a five day DHIS2 training. The training targeted 20 people butRead more

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