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Health Policy and Development, Vol. 7, No. 3, September-December, 2009, pp. 1 Editorial In this issue ……. Code Number: hp09009 Dear Reader, This issue of our journal brings you papers looking at HIV/AIDS issues as the main theme. The Editorial looks at causes of the progressively shrinking number of donors in the health sector, which forces the government of Uganda to take loans to keep health services afloat. Kamanzi looks at several perspectives of HIV/AIDS, and concludes that the common ones i.e. the biomedical and the African Permissiveness perspectives are not satisfactory to explain the rapid spread and persistence of HIV/AIDS in the African continent. The paper offers alternative perspectives. Nakiwala analyses the capacity of lower level health units in Uganda to provide antiretroviral therapy and contribute in scaling up the access to the treatment. The paper identifies successes and challenges to scale-up of ART to peripheral levels in settings of limited resources. Bigirwa conducts a systematic review of papers reporting about the effectiveness of community health workers in maternal, neonatal and child health programmes. The paper presents evidence of their effectiveness. Laing highlights the lack of capacity to provide Health Promotion programmes in Uganda and how the available qualified staff are underutilized. The paper also shows why qualified health promoters are poorly deployed and underutilized. Waelkens et al. present an evaluation of a project providing rehabilitation services to people with disabilities (PWD). The paper also highlights the positive developments in the aftermath of the project which could lead to sustainability of the results of the project. Zziwa Buuka highlights the magnitude and case-fatality rate of tetanus in a rural hospital in SE Uganda. The paper gives a description of the cases and recommends actions to take in order to reduce the problem. Wandira and Maniple present the willingness of Ugandan medical students to work in rural health facilities after qualification. The paper shows an important aspect of the problem and of the solution to the crisis in human resources for health. The Recent International Publications presents a couple of papers of relevant to health policy and development in Uganda. Enjoy the reading! Copyright 2009 - Health Policy and Development |
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