Uganda Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA) 2012
| Author(s) |
Ministry of Health |
| Date |
2012 |
| Country |
Uganda |
| Language |
English |
| Contributor(s) |
WHO |
| Publisher(s) |
Ministry of Health |
| Description |
This report presents findings of the 2012 Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA) implemented in Uganda |
| Abstract |
The Uganda Ministry of Health in collaboration with World Health Organization (WHO) implemented a Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA) in 2012. The SARA 2012 was conducted to assist the health sector in assessing and monitoring service readiness and capacity at district and health facility levels; assessing the equitable and appropriate distribution of services and resources as well as providing the health sector with skills and tools for monitoring service and resource availability on a more regular basis with limited external support.
The SARA 2012 covered 102 health facilities in five districts across five geographical zones in the country.
This report covers the following categories of indicators:
1. General service availability
• Health infrastructure density
• Health workforce density
• Service utilization
2. General service readiness
• Basic amenities
• Basic equipment
• Standard precautions for infection prevention
• Diagnostic capacity
• Essential medicines
3. Service specific availability and readiness
• Family planning
• Antenatal care
• Basic obstetric care
• Comprehensive obstetric care
• Child immunization
• Preventive and curative services for children under five years of age
• Adolescent health
• Malaria
• Tuberculosis
• HIV counselling and testing
• HIV care and support
• Antiretroviral therapy
• Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT)
• Sexually-transmitted infections
• Non-communicable diseases
• Surgical services
• Blood transfusion
• Advanced diagnostic
• High level diagnostic equipment
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