Maternal and child healthcare coverage and trends: refugee vs. non-refugee districts in Uganda
Novel approach - leveraging routine facility data, revealed MCH coverage was modestly consistently higher in RH districts over the years and RH status influenced ANC4 coverage. Overall district-CCI depended on Government investment and health systems performance implying increase in PHC financing could be a key driver to universal district-level improvement.
Authors
- Jimmy Odongo Ogwal
- Kristine Nilsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2009-4019)
- George Mwinnyaa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1924-6065)
- Amanuel Alemu Abajobir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6878-0627)
- Alypio Nyandwi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0903-5491)
- Rogers Nsubuga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2674-7052)
- Rornald Muhumuza Kananura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9915-1989)
- Ronald Wasswa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1251-2460)
- Winfred Dotse-Gborgbortsi
- Peter Waiswa
- Julius Kisozi
- Catherine Birabwa
- Ties Boerma
Institutions
- Manitoba Health (CA)
- Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (CH)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CA)
- Ministry of Health (UG)
- Infectious Diseases Institute (UG)
- African Population and Health Research Center (KE)
- University of Southampton (GB)
- University of Manitoba (CA)
- Makerere University (UG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Conflict and Health
- Published
- 2026-03-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-026-00780-7
- Primary Topic
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00