Strategies Used by Facilities in Uganda to Integrate Family Planning into HIV Care: What Works and What Doesn’t
), Nigel Livesley(2), Akol Zainab(3), Amandua Jacinto(4), Kenneth Kasule(5), Stephen Kinoti(6), Thada Bornstein(7),
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Abstract
Family planning (FP) often gets neglected in HIV care, but it is of immense importance in offering individuals and couples protection against unintended pregnancies. To help HIV care clinics improve FP provision for their clients, the Uganda Ministry of Health (UMOH) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Health Care Improvement Project initiated FP-HIV Collaborative for 15 sites in Uganda.
The UMOH Quality of Care Initiative in HIV Care identified the need to integrate FP to increase the pool of individuals who otherwise may not be reached through traditional FP clinics. The goal of this intervention was to offer FP services as an integral component of HIV prevention, care and treatment services for HIV-positive individuals, with core funding from Maximizing Access and Quality, USAID’s SO1 group. This brief report presents a summary of the changes observed following the quality improvement intervention strategies that the site teams introduced.
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Maximizing Access and Quality, USAID’s SO1 group for the funding.
The University Research Co. LLC Quality Assurance Project senior colleagues, in particular Dr. Stephen Kinoti, senior quality improvement advisor, and retired Ms. Peggy.
Reproductive Health Department, Ministry of Health
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