The Ministry of Health managed Uganda Reproductive, Maternal, Child Health Improvement Project (URMCHIP), financed by the World Bank, the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), and the Global Financing Facility (GFF) supported collective action towards key intervention areas for achieving equitable accelerated improvements in maternal, newborn and child mortality rates in Uganda.
The target was to improve utilization of essential health services with a focus on reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health services in target districts. SDS lead coordination efforts of clinical skills update and mentorship in Acholi and Lango sub-regions, located in mid-northern Uganda working with 17 district local governments and two regional referral hospitals, through six health professional associations. SDS also collaborated with USAID implementers University Research Company Inc. (URC) and John Snow Inc. (JSI) to deliver reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH) services focusing on quality improvement (QI). As a result of these efforts, the Ministry of Health set up the Local Maternal and Neonatal Systems (LMNS) initiative that runs on the hub-and spoke model.