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Abstract #159065
Audio (mp3) recordingPeter Kintu, Mr, Elizabeth Ekochu, Dr, Samson Kironde, Dr, and Xavier Nsabasagani, Mr. JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc./UPHOLD, P.O. Box 40070, Kampala, Uganda, 256-0772-523 548, eekochu@upholduganda.org
Context: JSI/UPHOLD is funded by USAID and supports 34 districts in Uganda to improve the quality and utilization of health, education and HIV/AIDS services. UPHOLD promoted the use of LQAS surveys, because routine management information systems and the demographic health surveys provided limited annual planning information at district and lower levels.
Description: Since 2004, three annual LQAS surveys have been held and results disseminated in collaboration with national and district level staff. UNICEF and the Northern Uganda Malaria, HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis Program (NUMAT) have partnered with UPHOLD to conduct the surveys. District teams have been trained in the use of this methodology something that will ensure its sustainability even beyond the life of UPHOLD. A national LQAS conference was held in 2006 to share experiences with stakeholders and promote the methodology.
Lessons Learned: The LQAS approach has empowered districts to utilize local information to evaluate intra-district performance and develop action-oriented, sub-county specific responses to under performance. Partnerships in the execution of LQAS have resulted in widening of the scope and coverage of the survey. The methodology has been found to be cost effective, simple to utilize and rapid to execute. Some stakeholders still have methodological concerns.
Recommendations: There is need for more dissemination of information on LQAS to address methodological concerns. LQAS should be institutionalized as a regular information source at local government level and strengthening partnerships with other potential users of survey results is one way of filling funding gaps for survey execution.
Learning Objectives:
- 1.Articulate how Lot Quality Assurance can be used to provide localized evidence-based planning and decision making
- 2.Describe the process used to promote the methodology among partners at national and district level
Keywords: Information Systems, Partnerships
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Any relevant financial relationships? No
Any institutionally-contracted trials related to this submission?
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.
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