District Local Government Collaborations

The heart of our mission of Transforming Africa through innovative research, training and Service provision is to drive Community-centered impact. Since 2017, AMBSO has partnered closely with District authorities through the District Health Offices as well as the District Community Development Offices (DCDO) of Hoima, Wakiso and the Greater Masaka region districts such as Masaka, Kyotera, Lwengo, amongst others. These local collaborations have empowered AMBSO to align our research and program efforts with regional health trends, priorities and ensure sustainable, and on-the-ground results in accordance with the Uganda Ministry of Health, and other Statutory regulatory guidelines. (...see more). This collaboration with districts through valid Memoranda of Understanding with each Local authority is also aimed at fostering a population centered approach to service provision and research.

Prior to implementation of any Research and program activities, the Community team hold engagement meetings with the District Health Teams; led by the District Health Officers describing the nature of activities that will be conducted. The collaboration is currently characterized by the following developments;

• Contribution to district priorities; Community activities such as HIV Counseling and Testing (HCT), Health education, and Management of STDs that directly contributes to the MOH district targets. These are reported into the District Health Information Systems (DHIS).
• Participatory planning; In this case, AMBSO engages with the District Health Teams on complementary activities that can amplify the impact of program activities. This amongst others has been able to identify program support needs such as the training of community volunteers on Gender based Violence, Sensitization and counseling, and referral of HIV positive persons to Care and Treatment services.
• Sharing information on important health indicators based on research findings; This is a timely periodic feedback that the AMBSO technical team provides in the DHT meetings.
• Knowledge base support to the district; The AMBSO team continuously engages the district teams through meetings to discuss ongoing plans and to orient them on programmatic modifications.