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Data Driven Quality Improvement in Uganda Annie Clark, URC Sr. QI Advisor MNCH

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What are we trying to accomplish in Uganda?

• Support the MOH and USAID strategy for improving maternal and newborn health outcomes in Uganda

• Demonstrate the effectiveness of modern quality improvement approaches in improving maternal and newborn care at both the facility and community level.

• Operationalize the MOH community strategy

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Findings of the facility baseline assessment in Luwero and Masaka districts by HCI/URC in December 2010 

• Standard of newborn care could not be ascertained since services were not adequately documented at facilities.

• Only 32% of health facilities surveyed had equipment for resuscitation of newborns

• 46% mothers discharged before 24 hours for facility deliveries• Health workers still emphasized postnatal follow-up 6 weeks after

delivery• No mother/newborn and health worker interface during first week

of life for home or facility births except in presence of danger signs noted by mothers

• Staff unaware of MOH newborn care standards.

Facility Collaborative Interventions

Provision of locally made cloth childbirth models for ENC/AMTSL training

Provision of Helping Babies Breathe training equipment, educational material and job aids

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Equipment supplied to facilities in Masaka and LuweroLocally Made Newborn Resuscitation Tables. Bag, Masks and

Penguin Suction Device

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TOT for 20 District Coaches in ENC/HBB/AMTSL and Quality Improvement

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Training of 82 providers in ENC/HBB/AMTSL & Quality Improvement by the Coaches supported by URC/HCI Staff

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Coaches Preparing Action Plans for Visits to their Assigned Health Facilities

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Monthly Coaching Sessions of Maternal/Newborn Care Providers in Masaka & Luwero Districts

Facility Improvement Collaborative Learning Session

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Assessment of Maternal/Newborn Care at Community Level

• No VHTs trained in ENC • No job aids• No postpartum visits to

mothers and newborns• Poor data collection• No quality improvement

strategy for VHTs• No supportive supervision

mechanism in place

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HCI Community Collaborative Improvement Interventions

Training VHTs in Essential Newborn Care, Quality Improvement, and Data

Collection

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Looking Ahead - Sustaining Gains and Scaling Up

Uganda:• Demonstrated effectiveness of QI to improve

MNH in Uganda• Harvest Meeting September 2012• Dissemination Meeting September 2012• CORE funded MNCH Project ends Sept. 2012• Opportune time for scale-up