PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

The module starts by defining health and the determinants of health. The difference between the holistic approach of Primary Health Care and the reductive one of mere "medical care" is illustrated. The Uganda National Health Policy and the management tools available in the national context (Health Sector Strategic Plan, Health Sector Performance Reports, policy statements and policy papers, Health Management Information System, district work-plans, Demographic and Health Surveys, Multi-indicator Cluster Surveys etc.) are analysed in detail. The current state of international health policy is also discussed. Health managers, from the Ministry of Health, national and international organisations, districts and health sub-districts, are invited to discuss the theory and practice of health policy, planning and management in Uganda. The purpose of this course is to familiarise potential development agents without a medical background, with the principles and policies of health care.