Exploring the facilitators and barriers to achieving universal health coverage in Uganda: a qualitative study of the free healthcare policy
Findings illustrate that policy implementation gaps are due to limited resources, political will that does not translate into sufficient allocation of funds, and incremental policy shifts that are not driving meaningful improvement in the health system. The findings explain why the free healthcare policy implementation has been unsuccessful and highlight the importance of investing in resources to support meaningful progress towards universal health coverage.
Authors
- Lisa Forman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4200-9359)
- Beverley M. Essue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1512-4634)
- Freddie Ssengooba
- Cyndirela Chadambuka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1300-8760)
- Prossy Kiddu Namyalo
Institutions
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
- Makerere University (UG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Research Policy and Systems
- Published
- 2025-05-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-025-01334-8
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 20.96
Funders
- International Development Research Centre