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University of Nebraska Medical Center

2016

District strengthening

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Community And District Empowerment For Scale-Up (Codes): A Complex District-Level Management Intervention To Improve Child Survival In Uganda: Study Protocol For A Randomized Controlled Trial., Peter Waiswa, Thomas O'Connell, Danstan Bagenda, Pricila Mullachery, Flavia Mpanga, Dorcus Kiwanuka Henriksson, Anne Ruhweza Katahoire, Eric Ssegujja, Anthony K. Mbonye, Stefan Swartling Peterson Mar 2016

Community And District Empowerment For Scale-Up (Codes): A Complex District-Level Management Intervention To Improve Child Survival In Uganda: Study Protocol For A Randomized Controlled Trial., Peter Waiswa, Thomas O'Connell, Danstan Bagenda, Pricila Mullachery, Flavia Mpanga, Dorcus Kiwanuka Henriksson, Anne Ruhweza Katahoire, Eric Ssegujja, Anthony K. Mbonye, Stefan Swartling Peterson

Journal Articles: Epidemiology

BACKGROUND: Innovative and sustainable strategies to strengthen districts and other sub-national health systems and management are urgently required to reduce child mortality. Although highly effective evidence-based and affordable child survival interventions are well-known, at the district level, lack of data, motivation, analytic and planning capacity often impedes prioritization and management weaknesses impede implementation. The Community and District Empowerment for Scale-up (CODES) project is a complex management intervention designed to test whether districts when empowered with data and management tools can prioritize and implement evidence-based child survival interventions equitably.

METHODS: The CODES strategy combines management, diagnostic, and evaluation tools to identify …


Community And District Empowerment For Scale-Up (Codes): A Complex District-Level Management Intervention To Improve Child Survival In Uganda: Study Protocol For A Randomized Controlled Trial., Peter Waiswa, Thomas O'Connell, Danstan Bagenda, Pricila Mullachery, Flavia Mpanga, Dorcus K. Henriksson, Anne R. Katahoire, Eric Ssegujja, Anthony K. Mbonye, Stefan S. Peterson Mar 2016

Community And District Empowerment For Scale-Up (Codes): A Complex District-Level Management Intervention To Improve Child Survival In Uganda: Study Protocol For A Randomized Controlled Trial., Peter Waiswa, Thomas O'Connell, Danstan Bagenda, Pricila Mullachery, Flavia Mpanga, Dorcus K. Henriksson, Anne R. Katahoire, Eric Ssegujja, Anthony K. Mbonye, Stefan S. Peterson

Journal Articles: Epidemiology

BACKGROUND: Innovative and sustainable strategies to strengthen districts and other sub-national health systems and management are urgently required to reduce child mortality. Although highly effective evidence-based and affordable child survival interventions are well-known, at the district level, lack of data, motivation, analytic and planning capacity often impedes prioritization and management weaknesses impede implementation. The Community and District Empowerment for Scale-up (CODES) project is a complex management intervention designed to test whether districts when empowered with data and management tools can prioritize and implement evidence-based child survival interventions equitably.

METHODS: The CODES strategy combines management, diagnostic, and evaluation tools to identify …