This team is collectively made up of governance and technical members working in the district office and is headed by the District Medical Officer equipped with public health management skills, and enables him to effectively manage promotive, preventive, curative, and rehabilitative health care services in the district
The governance members include;
District Medical Officer
District Nursing Officer
District Health Officer
District Health Secretary
District Pharmacist
District Lab. Technologist
District Dental Officer.
District Social Welfare Officer.
The technical members include;
District Aids Control Coordinator
District Reproductive Child Health Coordinator
District Immunization and Vaccination Coordinator
District Home based Care Coordinator
District Nutritional Officer
District Health Information Management System Coordinator
District TB and Leprosy Coordinator
District Testing and Counselling coordinator
Quality improvement Focal Person
District Malaria Coordinator
CHF Coordinator.
Transport Officer.
Accountant
Traditional and Alternative Medicine Coordinator
Public Private Partnership Coordinator.
Aim of the Department;
The Council health department aims to strengthen health service delivery and contribute to the achievement of the health related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially the SDG number 3 which aims to; ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all age. The department focuses its efforts on the indicators related to SDG number 3, which basically aims;
By 2030, reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births.
By 2030, end preventable deaths of new-borns and children under 5 years of age,
By 2030, end epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water- borne disease and other communicable diseases.
By 2030, reduce by one third premature mortality from non-communicable disease through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being.
Strengthen the prevention and treatment of substance abuse including alcohol use.
By 2030, ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services in the council.
Substantially increase health financing and recruitment, development,, training and retention of health workforce
Vision
The vision of the department is derived from the Health Policy which focuses to have a healthy society, with improved social wellbeing that will contribute effectively to personal and national development. The vision of quality in health care is to have a level of performance of health services that are effective, equitable, sustainable, and affordable, gender sensitive and user friendly.
Mission.
The mission is to provide basic health services in accordance to geographical conditions, which are of acceptable standards, affordable and sustainable. The health services will focus on those most at risk and will satisfy the needs of the citizens in order to increase the lifespan of all in the council.
Objectives of the Department
In order to achieve the set goal of improved access, quality and efficiency health service delivery the department works in a structured framework of six health system building blocks which includes ; service delivery, Human resource for health, health information systems, accessibility to essential medicine, health financing , governance and leadership.
Therefore the department focuses to ensure that the six core components (Building block) are met which includes.
Accessible health services within the council.
Strengthening human resource for health by ensuring availability and well allocated competent staff.
Improved Health information systems by ensuring quality data generation for monitoring and evaluation purposes
Access to essential medicines by assured quality, safety, efficacy and cost-effectiveness and their scientifically sound and cost effective use.
Health system financing this is ensured by mobilization, accumulation and allocation of funds for the health needs of people, individually and collectively in the health system.
Governance and leadership and this ensures that strategic policy framework exists and are combined with effective oversight, coalition-building, regulation, attention to system design and accountability.
Specific Objective of the Department
Specifically set objectives are expected to be attained through strategies, which will ensure realization of the following health service goals:
Reduce morbidity and mortality in order to increase the lifespan of all by providing quality health care.
Ensure that basic health services are available and accessible.
Prevent and control communicable and non- communicable diseases
Sensitize the citizens about the preventable diseases
Create awareness to individual citizen on his/her responsibility on his/her health and health of the family
Improve partnership between public sector, private sector, religious institutions, civil society and community in provision of health services
Plan, train, and increase the number of competent health staff
Identify and maintain the infrastructures and medical equipment
Review and evaluate health policy, guidelines, laws and standards for provision of health services
Strategic Approach of the Department in Achieving Set goals.
Responsible for developing and fostering in the participatory manner the organization’s vision and mission statements.
Ensure effective top-down and bottom-up communication at all levels within the facility.
Ensure proper allocation of resources for quality improvement through investment of time, funds and education.
To Prepares comprehensive district health plan in line with the National District Health Planning guidelines.
To ensure that the comprehensive district health plan, hospitals, health centres and dispensaries are implemented according to action plans.
To ensure provision of transport, drugs, vaccines, medical equipment to hospitals, health centres and dispensaries.
Prepares and ensures schedules for outreach services are conducted.
Explore additional sources of funding, improve collection and control council health funds
Oversee that health acts and ethical codes are adhered to in the council.
Carry out supervisory visits in the health facilities.
Responsible for training of health staff.
Conducting situation analysis before implementation of QI approach.
Conducting periodical monitoring and provide technical advice different levels.
Conducting internal verification for recognition against given standards.
Producing Progress report bi-annually and share with RHMT/MoHCDGEC.
The department has made progress and is on track to achieving numerous set targets.
The department has invested in renovation and construction of health facilities, hence therefore, has managed to increase the number of health facilities from 16 of year 2013 to 23 by Dec 2016.
In the year 2015 the council was recognized and awarded a trophy of honour by the region for offering quality health care services.
Increased number of CTC sites from4 to 8 by Dec 2016 has contributed to reduction of HIV prevalence from 6.1% of year 2013 to 4.0% by Dec 2016.
By Dec 2016 the council had managed to enroll 17,028 clients on care among which 8,439 were initiated on ART.
Scaling up of PMTCT sites from 16 of year 2013 to 23 by Dec 2016 has resulted to reduction of HIV prevalence among pregnant mothers from 5.2% to 3.2%.
Through regular community sensitization on male involvement in RCH services it has resulted to a dramatic increase in male involvement from 46% of 2013 to 92% of Dec 2016.
Various monitoring and evaluation reports particularly the data generated from DHIS2 shows that;
Immunization coverage especially Penta 3 has increased from 79% to 98% by Dec 2016.
Family planning uptake increased from 16 of year 2013 to 44% by Dec 2016.
The department managed to;
Install Electronic data bases to 5 sites (Lunguya, Segese, Bugarama, Chela and Isaka).
5 health facilities (Lunguya, Segese, Isaka, Chela and Bugarama ) equipped with Pima machines for CD4 testing.
CEmOC services provided at 1 health Centre (Lunguya), and other two health facilities are on verge of starting these services.
There is availability of tracer medicine by more than 95%.
All the facilities within the council are rated by 1 or more star by RBF star rating system.
More than 95% of health facilities within the council are installed with solar panel as a source of power.
