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“Sickness has no time”: Awareness and perceptions of health care workers on universal health coverage in Uganda

Susan C Ifeagwu
Ruth Nakaboga Kikonyogo
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Suzan Nakkazi
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Joshua Beinomugisha
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Stephen Ojiambo Wandera
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Suzanne N Kiwanuka
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Tine van Bortel
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Carol Brayne
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Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi
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Résumé

Introduction

Each person having access to needed health services, of sufficient quality, and without suffering financial hardship, defined as universal health coverage (UHC) by the World Health Organization, is critical to improve population health, particularly for vulnerable populations. UHC requires multisectoral collaboration and good governance, and this will require buy-in of key stakeholders; but their views are under-documented. The aim of this stakeholder analysis was to explore the awareness and perceptions of UHC by health care workers (HCWs) in Uganda.

Methods

A mixed-methods study was conducted based on primary data from HCWs including an online Qualtrics XM survey of 274 HCWs (from a database of persons who had received training at an academic institution), 23 key informant semi-structured interviews, and one eightperson focus group discussion. Data was collected from February to April 2022. Microsoft Excel and R Programme were used for quantitative analyses and NVivo version 12 for qualitative analyses.

Results

HCWs attributed a high level of importance to UHC in Uganda. Participants discussed national communication and management practices, organisational roles, health financing and power dynamics, health care demand and the impact of and learnings from COVID-19.

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hal-04702000 , version 1 (19-09-2024)

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Susan C Ifeagwu, Ruth Nakaboga Kikonyogo, Suzan Nakkazi, Joshua Beinomugisha, Stephen Ojiambo Wandera, et al.. “Sickness has no time”: Awareness and perceptions of health care workers on universal health coverage in Uganda. PLoS ONE, 2024, 19, ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0306922⟩. ⟨hal-04702000⟩
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