We Offer Expert Consulting
Services In Health Systems Development
Developing Healthy Systems For Africa.
Why Choose us?
The key strength of HSDG is the consultants wide experience in planning, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of health sector programmes and projects, and their involvement as actors and advisers in the processes of Uganda’s health sector reforms over the last 2 decades and especially the period since 2000. In addition the directors have been involved in a number of activities in other countries within the sub-Saharan Africa region. We have acquired appreciation of the strengths and weaknesses of decentralized service delivery and the sector-wide approach (SWAp) in health, and poverty reduction programming linked to budget support, and the opportunities and threats of substantial new financing through global health initiatives with its diversity of mechanisms and modalities.
We have seen what works well among the various models for scaling up access to new services and technologies in key areas including: HIV care, malaria control and immunization programmes and the synergies and challenges of various players in a national health system in the context of SWAp and Public Private Partnership for Health (PPPH). We understand the limits of the health management information system, and have gauged the real changes in service provision and management through our involvement in routine and specific performance monitoring, surveys, and special studies for technical reviews, annual joint review missions, strategic reviews of the health sector strategic plans and individual programme evaluations.
Key Strengths & Competencies for HSDG
The key areas of strength and competence for HSDG include:
Countries of experience: Mozambique, Nepal, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia, United Kingdom, United States of America, Yemen, Zimbabwe, Sudan, South Sudan and Botswana.
Who we are
Health Systems Development Group (HSDG) offers expert consulting services in health systems development,focusing on countries in the Africa region that have common contexts in terms of health status, need for health systems strengthening and reform while facing resource limitations and substantial external health financing. We are committed to a systems approach and working in ways that will promote capacity building among health institutions, knowledge-sharing and translation of successful models in health service delivery to scale and across countries.
Health Systems Development Group (HSDG) offers expert consulting services in health systems development,focusing on countries in the Africa region that have common contexts in terms of health status, need for health systems strengthening and reform while facing resource limitations and substantial external health financing. We are committed to a systems approach and working in ways that will promote capacity building among health institutions, knowledge-sharing and translation of successful models in health service delivery to scale and across countries.
Our Objectives
To provide expert consulting services in health systems development in developing countries especially the AfricaRegion, including but not limited to the areas of:
- Provision of expert services in identification, formulation and appraisal missions in the health sector and preparation of health firms/institutions/projects proposals and reports;
- Health Systems diagnosis, strengthening and management reforms
- Operational research geared towards improving health service delivery and outcomes;
- Electronic management information systems that support Monitoring and Evaluation functions.
- Resource tracking, National and sub-national health accounts and HIV/AIDS spending assessment, costing studies and economic evaluations
- Technical assistance in strategic planning and sector-wide approach
- Assessment of Aid effectiveness
- Assistance in the preparation of technical proposals and funding proposals for health programmes
- Capacity building of health institutions and human resources, focused on organization and management
- Offering expertise in planning, monitoring and evaluation of health sector projects and program, and in resource tracking and costing studies;
Our Team
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VINCENT OWARWO MUGUMYA
VINCENT OWARWO MUGUMYA
is a medical doctor (MBChB Makerere Univ. Uganda) with 30 years experience in health system development, decentralization, primary health care, human resource development, national health policy development and implementation and program coordination. Vincent has a Masters in Public Health from San Diego State University (USA). He has worked at the implementation (medical superintendent, district medical officer) policy formulation and advisory levels (expert consultant with JSI, WHO, MOH, DFID, World Bank, AMREF). Vincent provided long term technical assistance for development of district health systems in a regional cluster of districts and addressed the challenges of newly decentralised service delivery, infrastructure rehabilitation, and combating the HIV-AIDS epidemic in the 1990s as a counterpart project director in the 10-year Rural Health Programme supported by the European Development Fund. He also has experience in planning and budgeting for health services, refuge health services, and monitoring and evaluation. Vincent has most recently been involved in developing and implementing a performance management, monitoring, and reporting program, for collecting, reporting, and validating data on HIV/AIDS programs in Uganda. He was responsible for overall management and technical direction, and coordinating monitoring and reporting by large group of implementing partners, liaising with the PEPFAR team leader at the US mission, and compliance with USAID policies and regulations.
GRACE NYERWANIRE MURINDWA
GRACE NYERWANIRE MURINDWA
is a health planner and management specialist. He has received training in medicine (MBChB Makerere Univ. Uganda), and in health management, planning & policy (MA, Nuffield Institute for Health, Univ. of Leeds, UK) and regular updates through short courses. He has twenty five years’ experience of developing countries health systems. Grace has worked with and for developing country governments (Uganda, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe) bilateral and multilateral agencies (GAVI, WHO, UNICEF, EU, DFID) and international NGOs and consulting firms (CARE, HLSP, IDS). His particular areas of expertise are: Health SWAps, managing decentralized health systems including planning and performance assessment by local governments; monitoring health system reforms. In Uganda, Grace played a key role in preparation of the sector’s strategic and operational plans, organising annual joint reviews of the sector and annual health sector performance reports; leading the secretariat for implementing sector reforms, and interacting with health development partners. At the same time, Grace has actively engaged in provision of technical backstopping to districts and capacity building through training programmes in health planning, organisation and management. Grace has special interest in developing strong and robust health systems in developing countries. He has served as a member of the Independent Review Committee for GAVI. Grace believes in evidence based policy and strategies and that operational research should guide policy formulation.
Partners
THE COMPANIES & ORGANISATIONS WE WORK WITH
Consultancy Groups
Health Systems Development Group has established a partnership with HLSP, an international professional services firm specialising in the health sector, and a member of the Mott MacDonald Group. In Africa, HLSP operates from an office in Nairobi. In partnership, we successfully conducted the Output to Purpose Review of the DfID-funded Essential Health Services for Kenya. The review provided DfID and the Ministry of health (Government of Kenya) a through mid-term assessment of programme implementation, and recommendations for improvements in the remaining phase of the programme. HSDG consultants have worked on assignments with other international consulting firms including Liverpool Associates for Health (LATH), Euro Health Group, and Health Research for Action (HERA).
Academic & Research Institutions
In Uganda, Health Systems Development Group has partnered with the Makerere University School of Public Health and Nkozi Martyrs University, working together in the area of knowledge generation and institutional training and capacity building of health personnel. Several of the HSDG directors have been involved in collaborative projects with international academic and research institutions resulting in development of tools, publication, and documentation: under the DfID-funded Health Systems Development Programme, a book on the health systems reforms in Uganda was jointly published by the Ministry of Health, Uganda, the Makerere University School of Public Health and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; in partnership with the Institute for International Health and Development, Queeen Margaret University, Edinburgh and Save the Children Fund UK, a tool was developed for policy makers considering the removal of user charges in their health systems.
HSDG has also established functional linkages with the Community Health Department of Mbarara University of Science and Technology ( MUST ) in the area of Operations Research and District Health Systems strengthening.
National Health Information System
NHIS
Medical practice automation technology with a patient focus
A better way to access and share across the continuum of care
Without quick, secure access to complete and reliable information, healthcare services can be inefficient, preventing patients from receiving the best care possible. Through systematic collection of electronic health data, NHIS brings together hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, laboratories, medical stores, community care centers, regional and provincial health authorities, as well as other healthcare professionals, to provide a comprehensive view of patient medical history, regardless of location.
For the benefit of humanity
NetquiousNHIS is designed as a nationwide health management information system. Based on Open Source technologies, the solution is intended for managing the entire national healthcare ecosystem including national medical stores, hospitals and clinics, pharmacies and laboratory practices. It enhances efficiency and productivity by automating clinical, financial, operational, inventory management, and human resource management processes.
Features
Free Downloads
Freely download and install the right mix of applications features for your hospital, clinic, pharmacy, laboratory or therapy clinic.
Free Downloads
Freely download and install the right mix of applications features for your hospital, clinic, pharmacy, laboratory or therapy clinic.
Add, remove features
NetquiousNHIS that makes it easy to add, remove, and update features and modules.
Add, remove features
NetquiousNHIS that makes it easy to add, remove, and update features and modules.
A revolutionary concept in National Healthcare Management
For both profit and nonprofit practices.
National and Provincial health authorities
To increase efficiencies, choose an Electronic Health Record System that provides a real-time, secure, electronic way for healthcare professionals to access and share a centralized patient file.
Regional health authorities
NetquiousNHIS offers the capacity to consolidate and centralize patient information to facilitate collaboration between healthcare professionals throughout the continuum of care.
Healthcare professionals
To help them make the right decisions for their patients, doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals access a unique patient file that includes all the required clinical information, in one place.
Clinical managers
Organizations and their clinical activity managers can benefit from simplified access and increased visibility, allowing for a more efficient coordination of time, people and resources.
Drug Information System
With secure, real-time electronic access to a patient’s complete drug profile, laboratories, pathologists, pharmacists and physicians can make better-informed decisions to improve patient care.
Patients and Clients
With a mobile app to allow appointment booking, reminders, secure real-time electronic access to a patient’s personal profile. In addition, patients can receive care as well as have access to their health information from any health facility.
Improved reporting
By consolidating the roles of various health information systems used by donors, healthcare providers and governments, through a single system, NHIS contributes to institutionalizing regular health-sector performance data and reviews by the Ministry of Health for many country and helped promote data use for program and policy decisions.
Projects
LIST OF ALL OUR COMPLETE AND ONGOING PROJECTS
| Time-Frame | Procuring Entity | Assignment | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2013 - July 2014 | Ministry of Health / Belgian Technical Cooperation | To develop a comprehensive supervision, monitoring and inspection revitalization strategic plan for the health sector in Uganda | 100% |
| Sept 2011 - July 2012 | Ministry of Health / Baylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation - Uganda | Developing the Health Sector Training and Human Resource Development Policy and Implementation Guidelines | 100% |
| June 2011 - July 2012 | Uganda AIDS Commission | Conducting a National Aids Spending Assessment (NASA) for the financial year 2009/10. (Conducted as a Joint venture with Health Net Consult and Centre for Economic Governance and AIDS in Africa) | 100% |
| Oct 2010 to Mar 2011 and April - June 2011 | Liverpool Associates in Tropical Health (LATH) | Support to Improvements of Management processes and Management Strengthening in the MoH of Government of Southern Sudan | 100% |
| Aug - Nov 2011 | DFID - Uganda | Design of the Health Component of the DFID Northern Uganda Post Conflict Development Programme | 100% |
| Oct-2009 to April -2010 | Uganda Support for the Health Sector Strategic Plan Project II (AfDB-funded) | Review of the Kampala City Health System, and management/organization of Mulago National Referral Hospital. HSDG partnered with Arch Design Ltd. | 100% |
| Oct-2009 to Dec. 2010 | Liverpool Associates in Tropical Health (LATH) | Technical Assistance to Health Priorities Programme in Southern Sudan. Preparation of the Health Sector Strategic Plan, Capacity building States and MoH, setting up a Planning and Budgeting Unit in MoH. | 100% |
| Nov-2008 to Mar-2009 | Reproductive Health Uganda | Willingness to pay and costing study | 100% |
| Oct-2008 to Mar-2010 | Health Research in Action (HERA) and Health Partners International (HPI) | Support the Medicines and Transparency Alliance (MeTA) project in Uganda on behalf of the MeTA International Secretariat; local fund holder for DfID project funds. | 100% |
| Nov-2007 to Mar-2008 | Save the Children Fund UK and Queen Margaret University Edinburgh | Support the Medicines and Transparency Alliance (MeTA) project in Uganda on behalf of the MeTA International Secretariat; local fund holder for DfID project funds. | 100% |
| Sep-2007 to Feb-2008 | World Health Organisation Regional Office for Africa | Development of reference documents on primary health care and health systems in commemoration of 30 years since Alma Ata | 100% |
| Jul-2007 | DfID through HLSP London | Review of the DfID funded Essential Health Services Programme for Kenya. | 100% |
| May-2007 to Jun-2008 | World Health Organisation Uganda Country Office | Institutionalizing preparation and evaluation of the 3-year procurement plan for medicines and health supplies for the Uganda National Minimum Health Care Package | 100% |
| Jul-2006 to Mar-2007 | DANIDA Health Sector Programme Support to Ministry of Health, Uganda | Provision of technical assistance in medicines management and related health systems development | 100% |
Contact & Support
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We Offer Expert Consulting Services In Health Systems Development. Developing Healthy Systems For Africa.