Measuring health facility readiness and its effects on severe malaria outcomes in Uganda.

ABSTRACT: There is paucity of evidence for the role of health service delivery to the malaria decline in Uganda We developed a methodology to quantify health facility readiness and assessed its role on severe malaria outcomes among lower-level facilities (HCIIIs and HCIIs) in the country. Malaria data was extracted from the Health Management Information System (HMIS). General service and malaria-specific readiness indicators were obtained from the 2013 Uganda service delivery indicator survey. Multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) was used to construct a composite facility readiness score based on multiple factorial axes. Geostatistical models assessed the effect of facility readiness on malaria deaths and severe cases. Malaria readiness was achieved in one-quarter of the facilities. The composite

SUBMITTER: Ssempiira J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6298957 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature