Busoga Health Forum Explained

Busoga Health Forum
Abbreviation:BHF
Founding Location:Busoga
Type:NGO, Nonprofit
Headquarters:Jinja District
Region:Busoga sub-region
Services:Research and evaluation
Health systems strengthening
Lobbying Continuing Medical Education Services (CMES)
Website:https://www.busogahealthforum.org/

Busoga Health Forum (BHF) is Ugandan based a non-for-profit, non-governmental, and lobbying organisation that is based in Busoga region.[1] It was established in 2020 to respond to health issues that are faced by women, children, and young people in Busoga region of Uganda. It is also known as the association of health workers in Busoga.[2] It is an accredited Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points provider by the Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council.[3]

Background

Busoga Health Forum was established in 2020 to respond to health issues that are faced by women, children, and young people to promote healthier families and communities in Busoga through a combination of research and evaluation, health systems strengthening, quality improvement and lobbying among other ways.[4] [5] [6] It also promotes Continuing Medical Education Services (CMES).

Busoga Health Forum unites and empowers medical practitioners and researchers who are willing to serve the Busoga Community.[7] [8] [9]

Membership

Busoga Health Forum membership is a voluntary based paid membership that is open to all interested parties and it exists in three categories that is; individuals, institutions and life membership.[10]

Activities

Busoga Health Forum participates in research related activities,[11] community based trainings, lobbying activities.[12] BHF focuses on programs that include; Reproductive Health and Family planning, Nutrition and Early Child Development, Regional Planning and Data Use, Non-Communicable Diseases and Urban health.

Partnerships

Busoga Health Forum's partners include; USAID, Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), The Swedish International Centre for Local Democracy (ICLD), Busoga Kingdom, University of Michigan among other partners.[13]

Research and publications

Controversies

Donating of a sickle cell screening machine for Jinja Regional Referral Hospital

During the third Annual general meeting for Busoga Health Forum that was held in 2024, a sickle cell diagnosing machine worth fifteen million Ugandan shillings was handed to the Dr. Afizi Kibuuka who was the serving deputy medical director of Jinja Regional Referral Hospital.[28]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jinja Hospital gets sickle cell diagnosing machine . 2024-08-08 . New Vision . en.
  2. Web site: Busoga health stakeholders call for second regional referral hospital . 2024-08-08 . New Vision . en.
  3. Web site: Editor . 2023-08-23 . BHF's zoom medical education takes on physical delivery approach . 2024-08-08 . Busoga Today . en-US.
  4. Web site: Kyabazinga to champion fight against hydrocephalus . 2024-08-08 . New Vision . en.
  5. Web site: Interventions for safe motherhood . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240808144041/http://139.162.195.12/index.php/site/view-activity?id=L9mr . 2024-08-08 . 2024-08-08 . 139.162.195.12.
  6. Web site: Isabirye . Simon Peter . 2024-05-22 . Ex-VP Kazibwe urges Busoga Bishops, clan leaders in fight against malaria . 2024-08-08 . Daily Express . en-US.
  7. Web site: Teven . Kibumba . 2023-09-06 . Needy Jinja residents get free ear, nose, and throat surgical treatment . 2024-08-08 . Nile Post.
  8. Web site: admin . 2022-02-08 . Seeking community perspectives on voluntary family planning . https://web.archive.org/web/20240808150008/https://mnh.musph.ac.ug/mnh-news/seeking-community-perspectives-on-voluntary-family-planning/ . 2024-08-08 . 2024-08-08 . Makerere University Centre of Excellence for Maternal Newborn & Child Health . en-US.
  9. Web site: Asekeny . Joan . Restoring Hope and Health: Busoga Health Forum's Lifeline to the Underprivileged . 2024-08-08 . 256trends.
  10. Web site: Biurher . Yurii . Busoga Health Forum - Overview aiHit . 2024-08-08 . www.aihitdata.com . en.
  11. Web site: Busoga Health Forum . 2024-08-08 . Research Nexus . en-US.
  12. Web site: 2022-12-15 . CHINESE CONSULTANTS TREAT 1000 AT JINJA HEALTH CAMP . 2024-08-08 . mulengeranews.com . en-US.
  13. Web site: Busoga Health Forum (Uganda) . 2024-08-08 . William Davidson Institute . en-US.
  14. Web site: Kyabazinga opens first Busoga Lukiiko, outlines kingdom priorities . 2024-08-08 . New Vision . en.
  15. Web site: Pre-royal wedding medical camp leaves over 10,000 treated . 2024-08-08 . New Vision . en.
  16. Web site: Thousands throng pre-royal wedding medical camp . 2024-08-08 . New Vision . en.
  17. Web site: Inhebantu makes first appearance since wedding, hosts luncheon . 2024-08-08 . New Vision . en.
  18. Web site: Obwakyabazinga bwa Busoga bweyamye okulwanyisa kkansa wa mabeere n'ow'omumwa gwa nnabaana . 2024-08-08 . New Vision . en.
  19. Web site: Sarah . 2024-02-24 . Inhebantu Jovia Mutesi Hosts Members Of Neyendeire Development Initiative To A Luncheon At Igenge Palace . 2024-08-08 . Busoga Consortium for Development . en.
  20. Waiswa . Peter . Mpanga . Flavia . Bagenda . Danstan . Kananura . Rornald Muhumuza . O’Connell . Thomas . Henriksson . Dorcus Kiwanuka . Diaz . Theresa . Ayebare . Florence . Katahoire . Anne Ruhweza . Ssegujja . Eric . Mbonye . Anthony . Peterson . Stefan Swartling . 2021-06-01 . Child health and the implementation of Community and District-management Empowerment for Scale-up (CODES) in Uganda: a randomised controlled trial . BMJ Global Health . en . 6 . 6 . e006084 . 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006084 . 2059-7908 . 34103326. 8189926 .
  21. Waiswa . Peter . Mpanga . Flavia . Bagenda . Danstan . Kananura . Rornald Muhumuza . O’Connell . Thomas . Henriksson . Dorcus Kiwanuka . Diaz . Theresa . Ayebare . Florence . Katahoire . Anne Ruhweza . Ssegujja . Eric . Mbonye . Anthony . Peterson . Stefan Swartling . June 2021 . Child health and the implementation of Community and District-management Empowerment for Scale-up (CODES) in Uganda: a randomised controlled trial . BMJ Global Health . en . 6 . 6 . e006084 . 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006084 . 2059-7908 . 8189926 . 34103326.
  22. Limenyande . Mitima Jean-Marie . Kobusingye . Joyce Owens . Tindyebwa . Tonny . Akongo . Dorothy . Isunju . John Bosco . Musoke . David . 2023-11-01 . Dubik . Stephen Dajaan . Factors associated with compliance with Infection Prevention and Control measures during the COVID-19 pandemic among healthcare workers in Kampala City, Uganda . PLOS ONE . en . 18 . 11 . e0293732 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0293732 . free . 1932-6203 . 10619793 . 37910487. 2023PLoSO..1893732L .
  23. Web site: Institutionalizing a regional model for improving quality of newborn care at birth across hospitals in Eastern Uganda: A 4-year story . 2024-08-08 . Research Nexus . en-US.
  24. Waiswa . Peter . Wanduru . Phillip . Okuga . Monica . Kajjo . Darius . Kwesiga . Doris . Kalungi . James . Nambuya . Harriet . Mulowooza . Jude . Tagoola . Abner . Peterson . Stefan . 2021-06-30 . Institutionalizing a Regional Model for Improving Quality of Newborn Care at Birth Across Hospitals in Eastern Uganda: A 4-Year Story . Global Health: Science and Practice . en . 9 . 2 . 365–378 . 10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00156 . 2169-575X . 8324186 . 33956641.
  25. Web site: Impact of Solar Light and Electricity on the Quality and Timeliness of Maternity Care: A Stepped-Wedge Cluster-Randomized Trial in Uganda . 2024-08-08 . Research Nexus . en-US.
  26. Rokicki . Slawa . Mwesigwa . Brian . Waiswa . Peter . Cohen . Jessica . 2021-12-31 . Impact of Solar Light and Electricity on the Quality and Timeliness of Maternity Care: A Stepped-Wedge Cluster-Randomized Trial in Uganda . Global Health: Science and Practice . en . 9 . 4 . 777–792 . 10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00205 . 2169-575X . 8691890 . 34933975.
  27. Komasawa . Makiko . Sato . Miho . Ssekitoleko . Robert . Waiswa . Peter . Gitta . Sheba . Nabugoomu . Josephine . Honda . Sumihisa . Saito . Kiyoko . Aung . Myo Nyein . 2024-04-01 . Study protocol for a type-II hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial to reach teenagers using mobile money shops to reduce unintended pregnancies in Uganda . BMJ Open . en . 14 . 4 . e084539 . 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084539 . 2044-6055 . 38582537. 11002355 .
  28. Web site: Uganda . Health Journalists Network . 2024-04-01 . Busoga Health Forum Donates Sickle Cell Screening Machine to Jinja Hospital . 2024-08-08 . Health Journalism Network Uganda(HEJNU) . en-US.

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