Introducing criteria based audit into Ugandan maternity units.

ABSTRACT:

Problem

Maternal mortality in Uganda has remained unchanged at 500/100 000 over the past 10 years despite concerted efforts to improve the standard of maternity care. It is especially difficult to improve standards in rural areas, where there is little money for improvements. Furthermore, staff may be isolated, poorly paid, disempowered, lacking in morale, and have few skills to bring about change.

Design

Training programme to introduce criteria based audit into rural Uganda.

Setting

Makerere University Medical School, Mulago Hospital (large government teaching hospital in Kampala), and Mpigi District (rural area with 10 small health centres around a district hospital).

Strategies for change

Didactic teaching about criteria based audit followed by practical wor

SUBMITTER: Weeks AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC286325 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature