I was in Uganda this past week following up the data cleaning from our October-November population survey. On Wednesday I heard from the people at HLSP.org about their Gates funded work to document low-cost “work aids” and their interest in what the Uganda OBA project may use.
The main work-aids for the output-based STI voucher are a provider manual (pdf link) and wall-mounted algorithm for STI lab diagnosis and treatment. Marie Stopes provides the manual and algorithm to contracted providers, who generally operate small and independently run facilities with space for the simplest lab diagnostics. The private sector health workers in the OBA project are a mix of medical doctors, nurses, lab techs, and a few informally trained community health workers. The algorithm was designed for use by the clinician as a memory aid setting out the program’s diagnostic and treatment objectives.
Hello OBA blog writer. I would like to start a conversation on the OBA experience in western Uganda and how we can plan a scaled-up system in an urban setting. I am familiar with Microcare’s voucher systems. Having spoken to GPOBA they seem to think the health funds are not available. Thanks