Elsie Kiguli-Malwadde1,2, Rosemary Byanyima3, Michael Grace Kawooya4, Aloysius Gonzaga Mubuuke2, Roy Clark Basiimwa5, Richard Pitcher6. 1. Health Workforce Education and Development, African Centre for Global Health and Social Development, Plo13B, Acacia Avenue, Kampala, Uganda. 2. Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. 3. Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda. 4. Ernest Cook Ultrasound Research and Education Institute (ECUREI), Mengo Hospital, Kampala, Uganda. 5. Joint Clinical Research Centre, Kampala, Uganda. 6. Division of Radiodiagnosis, Department of Medical Imaging and Clinical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: the third Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) relates to Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and provision of quality essential health services. The Government of Uganda has operationalized this through the National Health Policy which stresses the importance of availability of functioning medical equipment in health facilities. There have been efforts by the Ministry of Health and Atomic Energy Council in Uganda to compile an inventory of imaging equipment in the country, however, this information has not been widely published. The purpose of this study was to conduct an audit of registered radiology equipment in Uganda and establish their functional status. METHODS: a cross-sectional descriptive study that involved a desktop review of the equipment registry at the Uganda Atomic Energy Council was conducted. Data was collected on a number of variables including type of equipment, location, functional status, modality and density per million people. RESULTS: the audit revealed 625 pieces of equipment spread over 354 health facilities. The majority (397) were plain X-ray machines followed by dental X-ray machines at 120. There were only 3 Radiotherapy machines. Most were recorded as being functional with only 0.1% of the equipment non-functional. Most of the equipment was in the central region which has the third highest population density. The majority of the equipment belonged to private health facilities. CONCLUSION: Uganda lags behind the WHO recommended ratio of equipment versus the population (20 per million population). Most of the equipment is the plain X-ray machine with a few more advanced technologies in both public and private health facilities. Copyright: Elsie Kiguli-Malwadde et al.
INTRODUCTION: the third Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) relates to Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and provision of quality essential health services. The Government of Uganda has operationalized this through the National Health Policy which stresses the importance of availability of functioning medical equipment in health facilities. There have been efforts by the Ministry of Health and Atomic Energy Council in Uganda to compile an inventory of imaging equipment in the country, however, this information has not been widely published. The purpose of this study was to conduct an audit of registered radiology equipment in Uganda and establish their functional status. METHODS: a cross-sectional descriptive study that involved a desktop review of the equipment registry at the Uganda Atomic Energy Council was conducted. Data was collected on a number of variables including type of equipment, location, functional status, modality and density per million people. RESULTS: the audit revealed 625 pieces of equipment spread over 354 health facilities. The majority (397) were plain X-ray machines followed by dental X-ray machines at 120. There were only 3 Radiotherapy machines. Most were recorded as being functional with only 0.1% of the equipment non-functional. Most of the equipment was in the central region which has the third highest population density. The majority of the equipment belonged to private health facilities. CONCLUSION: Uganda lags behind the WHO recommended ratio of equipment versus the population (20 per million population). Most of the equipment is the plain X-ray machine with a few more advanced technologies in both public and private health facilities. Copyright: Elsie Kiguli-Malwadde et al.
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