The Uganda Ministry of Health (MoH) Quality Improvement Strategy Meeting was convened in Kampala, Uganda, on March 21–22, 2011. The meeting provided a forum for various departments within the MoH, selected partners, and international improvement experts to share experiences, clarify the role of Government partners, and discuss lessons learned from implementing health care quality improvement initiatives at national and local levels. The MoH Quality Assurance Department (QAD) together with the United States Agency for International Development Health Care Improvement Project (HCI) organized and supported this meeting. 

Dr. Henry Mwebesa, Commissioner of QAD, chaired the meeting. Dr. M. Rashad Massoud, Director of HCI and Senior Vice President of the Quality & Performance Institute, University Research Co., LLC, designed and facilitated for the meeting.

Throughout the two days, participants shared their experiences with quality improvement (QI) efforts across multiple levels of the health sector, identified challenges and interventions while implementing QI, and made recommendations for harmonizing and sustaining QI efforts in Uganda. Examples discussed were from Uganda, Afghanistan, Sweden, Niger, South Africa, Ethiopia, Russia, and Palestine. 

This report summarizes the key discussions during the meeting.

This web portal was developed by the Federal Research Institute for Health Care Organization and Information of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation, in partnership with the USAID Health Care Improvement Project.  It includes a library of over 400 Russian language documents and links on application of improvement methods to maternal and child health and other clinical topics. The site also features a distance learning course on improvement methods and reports on applications of quality improvement methodology in the Russian Federation.