Stories

Stories

Read the stories about our work, from those who do the work, and our upcoming programs, press releases, and project highlights.

[National Medical Stores staff undergo a practical session on processing of orders for COVID-19 emergency supplies using the eELMIS with a trainer from MSH/UHSC.] {Photo credit MSH staff}

Using Supply Chain Data to Fight COVID-19 in Uganda

Data, Health Information, and Measurement

[The Koboko District Rapid Response team and partners discuss medicines and medical supplies to order through the eELMIS] {Photo credit: MSH staff}

Real-time Data Strengthening Uganda’s Response to COVID-19

Data, Health Information, and Measurement

{Photo Credit: Rui Pires}

Report and Webinar on Integrating Oxytocin into Vaccine Cold Chain

Pharmaceutical and Supply Chain Management

[Henry Oundo, UHSC staff member, reviews stock records with Opolot Grace, assistant inventory management officer at Princess Diana Health Center, Uganda.] {Photo credit UHSC staff/MSH}

Safe and Secure: Twenty-six Ugandan Facilities Increase Storage Space and Improve Management of Health Commodities

Data-driven Actions: Responding to a Malaria Upsurge

Uganda experienced a large number of malaria cases in April and May 2019. While this would normally correlate with patterns of seasonality, the season…

Malaria

[Community health worker Betty Achilla examines a baby at one of the 31 households she supports.] {Photo credit: Sheila Mwebaze/MSH}

Tools for Community Health Workers to Ensure Availability of Medicines for Maternal and Child Health

Data, Health Information, and Measurement

[Photo caption: Professor Barnabas Nawangwe, Makerere University Vice Chancellor (4th left); UHSC Chief of Party Phillip Kamutenga (5th right); and Professor Josaphat Byamugisha (2nd right) with laboratory staff during the launch of RxSolution at Makerere University Hospital, Kampala, Uganda, November 2019.] {Photo credit: Elias Tuhereze}

RxSolution Improves Patient Care in Kampala

Data, Health Information, and Measurement

[A district TB and leprosy supervisor conducts supportive supervision.] {Photo credit: MSH staff}

Finding Uganda’s Missing TB Cases: Improved Mentorship and Supportive Supervision Could Be the Answer

Human Resources for Health

[Principal Dispenser and MTC Secretary, David Ouma in the Moroto regional referral hospital medicines stores]

Improving Malaria Case Management in One Ugandan Hospital

Malaria

{Photo Credit: Rui Pires}

Saving Mothers during Childbirth: Using the Vaccine Cold Chain to Keep Oxytocin Cold

Pharmaceutical and Supply Chain Management

[Laboratory technician, Samuel Oule, discusses laboratory data with the facility in-charge, Dr. Denis Omiat, at Apapai Health Centre IV.] {Photo credit: MSH staff}

Mentorship and supportive supervision improve management of laboratory commodities

Human Resources for Health

[Pharmacists at KIU Teaching Hospital view data in the Pharmaceutical Information Portal] {Photo credit: MSH staff}

The Quantification and Procurement Planning Unit (QPPU): Improving Resource Mobilization and Utilization Through Monitoring Commodities and Sharing Information

Data, Health Information, and Measurement