Jane Aceng Explained

Jane Ruth Aceng
Birth Date:1968 5, df=y
Birth Place:Uganda
Alma Mater:Makerere University (MBChB, MMed, MPH)
Galilee International Management Institute (Diploma in Health Systems Management)
Occupation:Pediatrician, researcher, medical administrator
Years Active:1995 — present
Nationality:Ugandan
Citizenship:Uganda
Known For:Public service
Cabinet Minister of Health
Ugandan Cabinet

Jane Ruth Aceng (born 11 May 1968) is a Ugandan pediatrician and politician. She is the Minister of Health in the Cabinet of Uganda. She was appointed to that position on 6 June 2016.[1] Before that, from June 2011 until June 2016, she served as the Director General of Medical Services in the Ugandan Ministry of Health.[2]

Background and education

Aceng was born on 11 May 1968. She attended Shimoni Primary School in Kampala, Uganda's capital city. She studied at Nabisunsa Girls Secondary School for both her Ordinary and Advanced Level education.[3] She holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, a Master of Medicine in Pediatrics, and a Master of Public Health, all from the Makerere University College of Health Sciences. She also holds a Diploma in Health Systems Management awarded by the Galilee International Management Institute, in Israel.[3] [4]

Career

Aceng began serving as a medical officer[5] in the health ministry.[4] At the time she was appointed Director General of Medical Services, she was serving as executive director of Lira Regional Referral Hospital.[2]

Other considerations

Aceng is a member of the board of directors of the Infectious Diseases Institute.[4] She also served as a member of the board of Uganda National Medical Stores, the pharmaceutical procurement and distribution arm of the health ministry, from 2005 until 2016.[2] [3]

Political career

In July 2020, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng declared her intentions to contest for the position of Women Representative for Lira District, in the 11th Parliament (2021 - 2026). She intends to run on the ruling National Resistance Movement political party ticket.[6]

Controversy

As early as 2014, three variables in the national health system began to converge to the level of a crisis.

As a consequence, the ministry of health has been pitted against the SHOs who are not compensated at all and the interns who are poorly and irregularly paid. In an attempt to conserve funds, Aceng as minister has accused some universities of graduating too many substandard doctors, although both the Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council (UMDPC) and the East African Community Medical and Dental Practitioners Boards and Councils disagree with her. These are the statutory government agencies in the East African Community which are mandated to maintain the standard of medical and dental training and physician and dentist competency.[11] [12]

As of 2016, perhaps the most controversial of Aceng´s proposals is the new requirement that interns take a new national examination, before the health ministry can assign them an internship slot.[13] [14] This has not gone well with the 2016/2017 intern class, prompting a lawsuit that is winding through the legal system.[15]

Research works

Aceng has participated and published widely in the field of medicine and some of her works are outlined below;

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Uganda State House . Museveni's new cabinet list At 6 June 2016 . . 7 June 2016 . Kampala . 6 June 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190331230605/https://www.monitor.co.ug/blob/view/-/3235304/data/1345443/-/3o16hn/-/Museveni%252527s%2Bcabinet.pdf . 31 March 2019.
  2. Web site: 29 June 2011 . . Lira Hospital boss appointed director general of health services . 16 July 2016 . Ephraim Kasozi . Kampala . 26 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190126001156/https://mobile.monitor.co.ug/-/691260/1190606/-/format/xhtml/-/3mx8p3/-/index.html . dead .
  3. Web site: 2016 . Parliament of Uganda, Members of the 10th Parliament: Aceng Jane Ruth . . Parliament of Uganda . 19 March 2020 . Kampala.
  4. Web site: . Infectious Diseases Institute . 16 July 2016 . Infectious Diseases Institute: Board Members: Dr Jane Ruth Aceng . 16 July 2016 . Kampala . 15 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160815211634/https://www.idi-makerere.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=87:jane-ruth-aceng-mbchb-mmed-mph&catid=87&Itemid=701 . dead .
  5. Web site: 16 July 2016 . 2 June 2016 . No new cases of yellow fever disease - Health . . John . Agaba . Kampala.
  6. Web site: 5 July 2020 . Health Minister Dr Aceng To Contest For Lira District Woman MP . SoftPower Uganda . Paul Ampurire . Kampala.
  7. Web site: Internship crisis: Finally, Uganda has 'too many' doctors . 20 October 2016 . 3 September 2014 . . Barnabas . Atwiine . Kampala.
  8. Web site: 2,000 doctors leave country in 10 years . 20 October 2016 . 6 August 2013 . Agatha . Ayebazibwe . . Kampala.
  9. Web site: Uganda crippled by medical brain drain . . 20 October 2016 . 10 February 2015 . Mwesigwa . London . Alon.
  10. Web site: Government spends Shs2,500 a month on each citizen's healthcare . Tabu . 20 October 2016 . 20 August 2013 . Butagira . . Kampala.
  11. Web site: 20 October 2016. Medical Council backs Kampala International University on doctors. 14 September 2016 . Martin . Kitubi. Kampala . New Vision.
  12. Web site: EAC probe queries medical training in Ugandan Universities . 20 October 2016. 19 June 2016 . Patience Ahimbisibwe . and Emmanuel Ainebyona . . Kampala.
  13. Web site: 20 October 2016 . Pre-Intern Medical Exams Divide Health Minister, MPs . 7 September 2016 . Business Guide Africa . Kampala.
  14. Web site: Kasanga . Pre-entry exams for medical interns will ensure quality healthcare . Kyetume . 30 September 2016 . Kampala . Daily Monitor. 20 October 2016.
  15. Web site: 20 October 2016 . Medical Interns Sue Health Minister . Kampala . Michael. Odeng . Barbra. Kabahumuza . 23 September 2016 . New Vision.
  16. Nannyonga . Betty . Bosa . Henry Kyobe . Woldermariam . Yonas Tegegn . Kaleebu . Pontiano . 2021-01-02 . The Ugandan Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome -Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Model: A Data Driven Approach to Estimate Risk . 10.1101/2020.12.28.20248922v1.
  17. Nannyonga . Betty K . Wanyenze . Rhoda K . Kaleebu . Pontiano . Estimating the Effect and Cost-Effectiveness of Facemasks in Reducing the Spread of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Uganda . 12 June 2020 . 10.1101/2020.06.11.20128272v1.
  18. Mupere. Ezekiel. Babikako. Harriet M.. Okaba-Kayom. Violet. Mutyaba. Robert B.. Mwisaka. Milton Nasiero. Tenywa. Emmanuel. Lule. Albert. Aceng. Jane Ruth. Mpanga-Kaggwa. Flavia. Matseketse. David. 2020-01-17. Family Health Days program contributions in vaccination of unreached and under-immunized children during routine vaccinations in Uganda. PLOS ONE. 15. 1. e0218239. 10.1371/journal.pone.0218239. 31951608. 6968838. 2020PLoSO..1518239M. free.
  19. Aceng . Jane Ruth . Ario . Alex R. . Muruta . Allan N. . Makumbi . Issa . Uganda's experience in Ebola virus disease outbreak preparedness, 2018–2019 . Globalization and Health . 19 March 2020 . 16 . 24 . 24 . 10.1186/s12992-020-00548-5 . 32192540 . 7081536 . free .
  20. Makumbi . Fredrick . Byabagambi . John . Muwanika . Richard . Kigozi . Godfrey . Prevalence of protective tetanus antibodies and immunological response following tetanus toxoid vaccination among men seeking medical circumcision services in Uganda . PLOS ONE . 31 December 2018 . 13 . 12 . e0209167 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0209167 . 30596676 . 6312241 . 2018PLoSO..1309167M . free .
  21. Grund. Jonathan M. Toledo. Carlos. Davis. Stephanie M. Ridzon. Renee. 2016-01-22. Tetanus Cases After Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention - Eastern and Southern Africa, 2012-2015. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 65. 2. 36–37. 10.15585/mmwr.mm6502a5. 26797167. 1 June 2021. free.
  22. Knust . Barbara . Schafer . llana J. . Wamala . Joseph . Nyakarahuka . Luke . Multidistrict outbreak of Marburg virus disease—Uganda, 2012. . The Journal of Infectious Diseases . 23 July 2015 . 212 . Suppl 2 . S119-28 . 10.1093/infdis/jiv351 . 26209681 . 5649344 . 1 June 2021.
  23. Mwaka . Amos Deogratius . Okello . Elialilia S. . Abbo . Catherine . Odwong . Francis Okot . Is the glass half full or half empty? A qualitative exploration on treatment practices and perceived barriers to biomedical care for patients with nodding syndrome in post-conflict northern Uganda . BMC Research Notes . 29 August 2015 . 8 . 386 . 386 . 10.1186/s13104-015-1323-5 . 26318338 . 12049788 . 4552991 . free .
  24. Mbonye . AK . Wamala . JF . Nanyunja . M . Opio . A . Makumbi . I . Aceng . JR . Ebola Viral Hemorrhagic Disease Outbreak in West Africa- Lessons from Uganda. . African Health Sciences . 2014 . 14 . 3 . 495–501 . 10.4314/ahs.v14i3.1 . 25352864 . 4209631 . 1 June 2021.
  25. Idro . Richard . Opoka . Robert Opika . Aanyu . Hellen T . Nodding syndrome in Ugandan children—clinical features, brain imaging and complications: a case series . BMJ Open . 2013 . 10 . 1136 . 1 . 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002540 . 23645924 . 3646179 . 1 June 2021.
  26. Aceng . Jane Ruth . Byarugaba . Justus S . Tumwine . James K . Rectal artemether versus intravenous quinine for the treatment of cerebral malaria in children in Uganda: randomised clinical trial . BMJ . 10 February 2005 . 330 . 7487 . 334 . 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.334 . 15705690 . 548725 . 1 June 2021.

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