Uganda’s compliance with the right to health in selected health facilities in Kampala:
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2011-10
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Kampala International University, College of Humanities and social sciences.
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to explore Uganda’s compliance with the
right to health in the health care facilities in Kampala, Uganda in relation
to International law. The objectives were: to establish organizational
factors that influence observance of patients’ right to health, to determine
patients’ satisfaction with the health care services provided at the
Kampala public health facilities in light of the right to health and to
explore the extent to which the health facilities in Kampala observe the
right to health. The study adopted qualitative and quantitative design. The
research population was 95,177 and a sample of 110 was used including
40 health workers and 70 patients. Purposive and simple random sampling
methods were used in selecting the respondents. Survey interviews were
used to gather the required data while content analysis of relevant written
documents was used to enrich the study. Findings indicated that the
organizational factors that affect the observance of the right to health
include communication on issues regarding the right to health,
management related aspects such as support supervision, motivation and
welfare of workers and finally occupational safety of the workers. These
factors were found to be having a big influence on the observance of the
right to health in health facilities of Kampala Capital City Authority. And
the public health facilities in Kampala are fairly contributing to the
achievement of the Right to Health despite the shocks caused by certain
challenging issues such as corruption and misappropriation of resources.
The study recommends that the government needs to take keen interest
in developing procedures and strengthening of the systems and structures
meant to safeguard the resources set aside for promoting the right to
health.
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a thesis presented to the school of postgraduate studies and research Kampala international university Kampala, Uganda in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree master of laws.
Keywords
Uganda’s compliance, right to health, health facilities