{"doc_desc":{"title":"Uganda SARA 2012","idno":"DDI-UGA-SARA-2012-vFINAL","producers":[{"name":"World Health Organization","abbreviation":"WHO","role":"Documentation of assessment"}],"prod_date":"2022-04-06","version_statement":{"version":"Final version (2013)"}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"UGA-MOH-SARA-2012-vFINAL","title":"Uganda Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA) 2012"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Ministry of Health"}],"production_statement":{"producers":[{"name":"World Health Organization","role":"Technical support"}]},"series_statement":{"series_name":"Service Availability and Readiness Assessment [hfa\/sara]"},"version_statement":{"version":"vFINAL: Summary report","version_date":"2013-01-01"},"study_info":{"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. \n\nThe SARA 2012 covered 102 health facilities in five districts across five geographical zones in the country. \n\nThis report covers the following categories of indicators:\n1. General service availability \n\u2022 Health infrastructure density\n\u2022 Health workforce density\n\u2022 Service utilization\n\n2. General service readiness\n\u2022 Basic amenities\n\u2022 Basic equipment\n\u2022 Standard precautions for infection prevention\n\u2022 Diagnostic capacity\n\u2022 Essential medicines\n\n3. Service specific availability and readiness\n\u2022 Family planning \n\u2022 Antenatal care\n\u2022 Basic obstetric care \n\u2022 Comprehensive obstetric care \n\u2022 Child immunization \n\u2022 Preventive and curative services for children under five years of age\n\u2022 Adolescent health \n\u2022 Malaria\n\u2022 Tuberculosis \n\u2022 HIV counselling and testing\n\u2022 HIV care and support\n\u2022 Antiretroviral therapy\n\u2022 Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT)\n\u2022 Sexually-transmitted infections \n\u2022 Non-communicable diseases\n\u2022 Surgical services\n\u2022 Blood transfusion\n\u2022 Advanced diagnostic\n\u2022 High level diagnostic equipment","coll_dates":[{"start":"2012-08-01","end":"2012-08-31"}],"nation":[{"name":"Uganda","abbreviation":"UGA"}],"geog_coverage":"Nationally representative as well as at regional (geographical zones) and district levels","analysis_unit":"Health facilities","universe":"The survey covered 102 health facilities in five districts across five geographical zones in the country","data_kind":"Sample survey data [ssd]","notes":"The SARA survey is designed to generate a set of core indicators on key inputs and outputs of the health system, which can be used to measure progress in health system strengthening over time. The SARA focuses on three main areas: service availability, general service readiness and service-specific readiness.\n\nA basic approach to SARA is to collect data that are comparable both across countries and within countries (i.e. across regions and\/or districts) using a standard core questionnaire developed by WHO in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Usually, a country adopts the standard core questionnaire with adaptations to certain elements such as types of facilities, managing authority of facilities, national guidelines for services, staffing categories and national policies for medicines (e.g. for tuberculosis, HIV\/AIDS). The SARA survey requires visits to health facilities with data collection based on key informant interviews and observation of key items. The survey can either be carried out as a sample or a census; the choice between these methodologies will depend on a number of elements including the country's resources, the objectives of the survey and the availability of a master facility list (MFL)."},"method":{"data_collection":{"sampling_procedure":"A sample of 102 health facilities in five districts across five geographical zones in the country (based on UDHS regions: central 1 and 2, eastern and eastern central, west and south west, north and west Nile, and Kampala), plus 3 regional referral hospitals were selected for inclusion in the survey. One district was sampled randomly from each of the five zones, and 20 to 25 health facilities were selected from each district.","coll_mode":["Face-to-face [f2f]"],"research_instrument":"The SARA core questionnaires overview:\nSection 1: Cover page\nSection 2: Staffing\nSection 3: Inpatient and observation beds\nSection 4: Infrastructure\nSection 5: Available services\nSection 6: Diagnostics\nSection 7: Medicines and commodities\nSection 8: Interviewers observations\n\nThe questionnaires were adapted to country specific requirements and national treatment guidelines.","coll_situation":"Twenty data collectors (nurses, clinical officers, students, interns) and five field supervisors were trained in early August 2012 on data collection methodology, questionnaire content, and electronic data collection tools. Data collection took place over a period of three weeks and was completed by the end of August.","method_notes":"Analysis was based on standard tracer indicators for service readiness for key health services including maternal and child health services and diagnosis and treatment of infectious and non-communicable diseases. All results were weighted to reflect the distribution of health facilities in the country."}},"data_access":{"dataset_use":{"contact":[{"name":"Ministry of Health","email":"info@health.go.ug"}]}},"distribution_statement":[]}}