Ongoing Events
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Recruitment of Health Workers for Districts01May
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DOP Implementation05Mar
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IP Mapping01Apr
Upcoming SDS Events
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Strengthening Decentralization for Sustainability (SDS) is a 5-year USAID-funded programme that supports local governments in Uganda to improve social service delivery. With emphasis on health, education, and services for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC), the program collaborates with the Ministry of Local Government and other USAID-supported partners to strengthen processes and structures of decentralized governments in 35 districts to offer quality services. The SDS Programme is implimented by Cardno Emerging Markets as the prime contractor, with support from - Urban Institute (UI), Development InfoStructure (DEVIS) Infectious Disease Institute (IDI)and Tangaza.
Objectives
- Strengthen coordination of activities at the district and sub-county level.
- Improve district management of resources and programs.
- Provide financial support through grants to local governments for better service delivery.
- Institute innovative approaches to sustain social sector service delivery.
Areas of Focus
Leadership, Planning, budgeting, human resources management, monitoring and evaluation, management information systems, and financial management and procurement.
SDS News
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SDS to Support HRH and WASH activities in the Districts
The SDS programme has received an influx of additional funds to improve local governments’ delivery of social services. The award will bolster recruitment and management of human resources for health (HRH); support the....
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We have moved
The SDS Programme has moved from Plot 31 Nakasero Road to Kololo. See the map for direction to the new SDS offices.
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Symposium on Innovations in Local Government Social Service Delivery
SDS coordinated a symposium for USAID—in partnership with the Ministry of Local Government—on February 5–6, at the Protea Hotel in Kampala. The symposium’s theme was Thinking Differently: Innovations in Local Government Social Service Delivery.
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Village health teams access free phone service to improve emergency responsiveness for expectant mothers
Perez Kiiza fidgets with his phone as he tries to get through to a health center for help. He finally reaches a midwife and explains his ordeal—he is with two pregnant women who need urgent medical care.
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Keeping Health Centers Clean
Most health centers in Uganda lack incinerators and storage facilities for medical waste, exposing healthcare workers and the community to infections, toxins, and potential injury.
SDS Newsletter
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Integrated Planning and Budgeting Benefits Districts
With a population of over 380,000, Ntungamo in Western Uganda is one the poorest districts in the country. The district struggles with....
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Planning for the Future: DMIPs to Improve Service Delivery
When Uganda emerged from its turbulent period of dictatorship and civil war, the country banished its sectarian...
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Back from the Brink
In spite of being ostracized by most of his classmates, Michael Wanyaye enjoys...
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Funding Local Governments to Improve OVC Care
A combination of war, poverty, HIV, and other epidemics has left many children in Uganda fending for themselves, with at least 24000 functioning as head of household.
- One Orphan's Story