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BACKGROUND TO HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT PRIORITIES

The Health Department priorities are based on the following National and International strategic development documents:

URCS Strategic plan 2016-2020
GoU Health sector strategic plan (2011 – 2015) and vision 2020
Millennium Development Goals 4, 5, 6 and 7 (child mortality, maternal health, HIV/Malaria, WASH).
IFRC commitment to prevention and control of SGBV and non communicable diseases under CBHFA strategy

HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES DIRECTORATE PRIORITY OBJECTIVES:

To increase access to safe and adequate water supply, sanitation, hygiene and water catchment conservation practices in targeted areas.
To promote practice and improve access to reproductive health services among the vulnerable communities in targeted areas.
To reduce the spread and mitigate the impact of common diseases among the infected and affected individuals and communities in targeted areas.
To promote increased access to safe blood and blood products for emergency transfusion in Uganda.
To empower communities for preparedness, management and response to disease outbreaks and fatal injuries.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

Red report (surveillance) for Strange diseases/illnesses and confirmations
Prepositioning of response tools and equipment.
Preparedness training of volunteers in communicable disease prevention and management.
Improving Blood donor care, motivation and retention
Increasing safe blood unit mobilized
Improving Blood donor education and awareness

1. Health Services

Community Health:

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH)

2. Social and Commercicial Services

BDR

Commercial First Aid and Ambulance services

Commercial First Aid and Ambulance Services
- Offer quality commercial public life-saving trainings
- Provide commercial public ambulance services
- Provide affordable standard safety appliances, life saving equipment and information materials to the general public.
Community F/A, Road Safety and Epidemic control
- Improving community First Aid/ road safety trainings and practices
- Epidemic Control Trainings and deployments for emergency health disease outbreak response
- Facilitating active case search and referral for disease outbreak controls in the affected communities
- Mobilizing communities for epidemic outbreak control and prevention

Directorate Strategies:

Consolidate and sustain the existing partneships and bring on board new partners.
Build community resilience in all health related community challenges through community participation/involvement and capacity building
Marketing commercial FA services
Strengthen advocacy, implemetation and service delivery in line with URCS requirements (Objectives, Policies and guidelines)
Promote innovative ideas and evidence based social research

INSTITUTIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

DISASTER MANAGEMENT