Strategic Plan of UNAPH

 Strategic Plan of UNAPH

• Foreword
• Introduction
• The Private Healthcare Environment
• UNAPH’s Mission and Strategic Initiatives
• Association Membership
• Related Corporations & Organizations

Foreword

We are pleased to present UNAPH’s 2009-2014 Strategic Plan. The plan incorporates a continuous five-year set of strategic objectives that constitute the majority of UNAPH’s overall program activities and efforts.

Key strategic areas of focus are:

• Promote Private health care system (PFP hospitals & clinics).
• Support and promote initiatives that ensure improved Service Delivery in the Private Health Sector.
• Encourage continuous quality improvement and patient safety improvement.
• Develop and sustain strategic relationships.
• Mobilize funds and resources for UNAPH’s programs and services.

The Private health care environment is heterogeneous and dynamic. That fact requires UNAPH leadership on these important strategies in order to accomplish our mission of advocating for an environment that allows our members to provide high quality care to Ugandan communities.

Strategic planning involves long- and short-term goals and objectives. National public policy decisions and ongoing programs and events influence health care’s dynamic environment. This document outlines UNAPH’s priorities for a five-year period, with the understanding that it will be updated regularly.

Introduction

Uganda National Association of Private Hospitals (UNAPH) is a membership national organization representing PrivateHospitals and Private Clinics in Uganda. UNAPH was founded and registered in 2006.

The main aim of UNAPH is to represent, promote and protect the interests of private hospitals and private clinics, their owners and operators, and to interact with members, to ensure private hospital sector continues to be dynamic in meeting the changing needs of Ugandans and protect the interests and rights of Private health consumers. UNAPH plans to initiate, foster and maintain a consultative, co-operative and communicative approach to dealing with Government, health organizations, media, community groups and the public. UNAPH also plans to be a self-regulatory trade association striving to improve the Private Hospital Sector through collaboration with the Government.

We encourage commitment to quality services, ethical conduct and better healthcare standards in the Private Hospital Sector.  

The majority of diseases in Uganda are initially treated in private hospitals and private Clinics. For most diseases big hospitals are limited and sparsely distributed. Prevention and treatment is therefore cannot be substantially scaled up without considering how best to make use of private hospitals and Clinics.
Private Clinics are popular because they are often cheap, as partial doses are sold; they are accessible; there is improved interaction between consumers and providers; they harmonize the Demand and Supply forces in the Private Sector.
Therefore, consumers are usually unable to assess the technical quality of services, with the result that they place more weight on aspects of perceived quality, such as the interpersonal skills of providers, and the comfort of the environment in which treatment occurs both of which may be unrelated to technical competences. Relatively few approaches to supporting advocacy for consumers in their use of the private health services have been used to improve consumer information and awareness and creation of an institution is inevitable to give consumers enough authority to challenge care of poor quality services. Consumers often lack institutional structure to seek redress when they have victims of medical malpractices or negligence in the Private Hospital Sector.
The dominance of Private Health Provision in Uganda’s Health System in Uganda makes it vital to consider implementing appropriate strategies. 

The Private Healthcare Environment

                                                 Public Hospitals

Non-Profit Private       For-Profit Private

                                         Health Sector               Health Sector

Factors that shape the Association’s strategic plan include:

·         UNAPH’s highest priority as identified by members is representing private-for-profit (PFP) private Hospitals and private clinics in terms of government legislation, regulation, monitoring, reporting and other relevant issues.

·         UNAPH is to be viewed as a primary source of reliable information about the private health sector.

·         Quality and Patient safety to be major priorities for private hospitals, private clinics and the public.

·         Uganda’s demographics point to a growing population and shortages of skilled health care workers and dual deployment of health workers in both Government and PrivateHospitals and clinics.

·         The public’s concern about the cost of health care has increased, while its understanding of cost drivers and the health care system remains unclear and is inconsequential to its concern about the costs.

·         The public believes health care providers should focus more on promoting individual and community health rather than on their organization’s bottom line financial performance.

·         UNAPH should support public health initiatives that improve the health of Ugandan communities.

·         UNAPH members desire proactive Association initiatives that will favorably improve private Health Service Delivery.

Overview of the Private Health Sector

Private Health Stakeholders

Private Hospitals                 

Private Not-for-Profit Hospitals (PNFP’s)

Private For-Profit Hospital (PFP’s)

Private Health Providers

Private for- Profit Clinics/Medical Centers

Private Medical Laboratories

Private Health Insurances

Private Medical Bureaus and Stores

Drug Stores / Pharmacies

Dispensing Chemists

Private Specialty Medical Centers/Clinics

Traditional Health Providers

Private Health Consumers

School Sick-bays & Clinics

Industrial / Corporate Health Services & Clinics

etc.

Principal Players

Public Sector  Minister of Health Government Ministry of Health, Public-Private Partnership (PPPH) Cabinet Ministry of Health Medical Councils National Drug Authority Taxation Authority (URA) Development Partners (HDPs) National Health Policy (NHP) Health Sector Strategic Plan (HSSP) Ministry of Education Uganda Aids Commission Health Development Partners (HDPs) Ministry of Trade Ministry of Finance Cultural Kingdoms’ Health Ministries World Health Organization (WHO) Government Agencies e.g UNBS, NEMA UN Agencies; UNICEF, UNAIDS, UNFPA. Ministry of Local Government. Others

Private Health Sector PrivateHospital Private Clinics/Facilities Traditional Health Providers Foreign Complementary Medicine Private Medical Centers Private Medical Stores Drug Shops Pharmacies (Wholesale & Retail) Investors Owners Operators, Hospital Managers & Administrators Private Health Workers Private Medical Colleges & Schools, institutes. Private Health Consumers Private Medical Practitioners Hospital Engineers Herbal Medicine Centers (Local & Foreign). Health NGOs& CSOs Hospital Trade Associations Medical Bureaus Health financing companies Researchers Health Consultancy firms Mobile Health Services Medical Equipment Suppliers Medical Equipment Service and Maintenance Engineers Pharmaceutical Manufacturers (Local & foreign) Private Allied Health Professionals Private Universities’ Medical Schools Private Health Insurance Companies Social Health Marketing Companies

Private Health Issues Laws, Codes of Ethics Standards/Quality Investment Private Health Financial Services Consultancy Services Legal Services Policy Advocacy Dialogue CapacityBuilding Resources Taxation Private Health Consumer Protection Hospital Waste Management Private Health involvement in Community Health & Public Health Sensitization of Private Health Stakeholders Public/Private Dialogue Linkages with Government, Development Partners and other agencies Representation & Networking Transparency ICT &eHealth Telemedicine Networking Private Health Baseline Database Training Pharmaceutical Drug Supply Management in Private Health Quality and Price of Pharmaceutical Drugs Counterfeit Drugs Medical Equipment Servicing and Maintenance Private Health Government Funding Private Health Insurance Self-Medication Private Health Consumers Rights HIV/AIDS Malaria Tuberculosis Non-Communicable Diseases National Health Policy Health Sector Strategic Plan Specific Disease Treatment Policies & Programs e.g. Malaria , HIV/AIDS and TB National Health and Disease Programs Private Health Regulation & Monitoring Private Health Social Marketing Rural Health Private Rural Health Clinics & Hospitals Private Health Workforce Public-Private Partnership in Health Policy on Advertising & Promotion in Private Health Sector. Private Health Ambulatory Services & Referral Systems Pricing, Costing and Quality of Private Health Services Human Rights in Private Health Private Health Jobs Security PrivateHospital Management Guidelines Private Health Data Collection & Reporting for National Government Planning. Traditional & Complimentary Medicine Private Health in the Media Occupational Health & Safety in Private Health. Emergency / Disaster Disease Control & Management in Private Health Sector. Private Health News, Information, Dissemination &Publication. Private Health Research & Development Corporate Social Responsibility in Private Health Sector. PrivateHospital Licensing. PrivateHospitals and Clinics with the District Local Governments. Private Health stakeholders, Hospitals and Clinics access to National Health Programs and Trainings. Private Health in Public Policies. Private Hospital Infrastructures, Suitability and standards. Role of Private Health Providers to the general National Health Service Provision. Private Health Providers Contribution to Public Health (More inclined to Curative treatments than Preventive). Strengthening of Public Health in Private Health Sector. Strengthening HIV/AIDS care in private hospitals. Private Health Providers in Maternal & Child Health and Family Planning. Improvement of Care and Access in Private Health. Importance of Price and Quality in the Private Health Consumer’s Choice. Quality of Inpatient and Outpatient Services in the Private Health Sector. Reproductive Health in the Private Health Sector. Economics of the Private Health Sector. Resource Mobilization Strategies in the Private Health Sector.  Dependence on Donor Funds in the Private Health Sector. Role of Private Health Providers in HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and TB. The Paradox of Multijobholding - Medical Professionals working in both Private and Public Hospitals

UNAPH’s Mission and Vision

Mission

The Uganda National Association of Private Hospitals’ (UNAPH) mission is to Represent, Promote and Protect privatehospitals and private clinics in Uganda.

Vision

The Association’s vision is based on the following main objectives:

Main Objectives of UNAPH: 

-          To provide a unified collective voice for private hospitals and private clinics. 

-          To represent, promote and protect the interests of private hospitals and clinics, their owners and operators, and to interact with members to ensure private hospital care continues to be dynamic in meeting the needs of the Ugandans.

-          To champion the cause of private hospitals in delivering the very best in private hospital care to patients. 

-          To foster and maintain a cooperative and communicative approach to dealing with Government , ministries, media , health organizations, community groups and the public. 

-          To protect the rights of private health consumers in Uganda. 

-          To provide a forum for discussion of issues and sharing best practices and ideas relevant to private hospitals and private clinics. 

-          To coordinate activities and promote, develop and maintain a uniformly high standard of patient care, skills, services and professionalism in private hospitals and private clinics. 

-          Encourage and facilitate united positions among hospitals and clinics, and allow other relevant bodies to achieve consensus in the policies and issues advanced. 

-          To exchange experiences and information with other hospitals in Uganda and Overseas on the professional and cost effective management of hospitals, training of hospital staff, medical matters, and to organize joint seminars, conferences and workshops, courses, activities, programs and services. 

-          To adopt all measures necessary to emphasize the rightful place of private hospitals and clinics in Uganda's health care system.

-          To provide education and training on issues relating to regulatory compliance, management, clinical improvement, and other matters that enable members to achieve their missions.

-          To take a leadership role in fostering a climate of collaboration, respect, and interdependency between the various providers of private health care.

-          To offer value added services that meet membership needs through the Association and its subsidiaries.

-          To participate in the global national initiatives to fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis, Child illnesses and other diseases.

Current Planned Programs

-          Design and formulate Management and Operation Guidelines for private hospitals and private clinics.

-          Carry out a National census of private hospitals and private clinics.

-          Develop a directory of private hospitals and clinics in Uganda.

-          Organize national consultation workshops with private hospital stakeholders.

-          Mobilize capacity building of the organization.

-          Develop and create a National ICT-Based Telemedicine /eHealth Network for private hospitals and private clinics.

-          Develop a website for the organization.

-          Develop a ResourceCenter for private hospitals and clinics.

-          Innovate programs to fight and control HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis, Child illnesses and other diseases.

-          Establish a Centralized Medical Store (CMS) to serve private hospitals and private clinics.

-          Mobilize increased loanable resources and strategies for private hospitals and clinics.

-          Carry out orientation study visits to other countries’ hospital associations.

-          Increase the awareness and sensitization of UNAPH activities and services.

-          Establish a HealthcareManagementTrainingCenter.

-          Carry out a countrywide diagnostic survey of the private hospital sector in Uganda.

-          Establish a Joint Ambulatory Service (JAS) to serve all members of UNAPH by giving emergency medical services and specialized sophisticated treatments to their respective clients.

-          Develop a database for private hospital sector.

                                                                                          

Key Principles and Strategic Initiatives

This year 2009, UNAPH adopted key principles for health care and UNAPH advocacy initiatives. Those principles suggest that UNAPH should work to:

1.      Encourage increased membership base.

2.      Improve coverage and access.

3.      Endeavour to participate in national programs to fight major diseases, HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Child illnesses, Tuberculosis and other diseases.

4.      Promote community accountability.

5.      Adhere to its original principles and core values below;

a)      Our membership is voluntary.

b)      Not to interfere or duplicate services of other faith-based medical bureaus but concentrate on our national programs and objectives.

c)      Provide Consumer Protection Services to private health consumers in Uganda.

d)      To be a trade association representing the private hospital sector in the Ugandan economy and liaise with other government agencies.

e)      Strive to provide a self-regulatory environment for secular private health providers including private for-profit hospitals and clinics.

f)       Acknowledge that for-profit private hospital regulation has been uncoordinated resulting from a fragmented web of different professional associations which needs a holistic approach so as to fully meet the needs of the community.

g)      Provide a representative body that gives health consumers authority to challenge care of poor quality, malpractice and negligence. Protect the rights and interests of health consumers and endeavor that the voice of the health consumer is heard.

h)      Provide accreditation and regulatory guidelines for members to meet minimum standards and requirements in terms of staff, equipment and structure.

i)        Consider and study the operation of other countries’ national hospital trade associations as best practices or evidence-based strategies managing private health e.g, Hospital Association of South Africa (HASA), Association of Private Hospitals of Tanzania, Association of Private Hospitals of Malaysia, Australian Private Hospitals Association, and American Hospital Association.

j)        To look at our Association as an organization that brings together private hospitals and private clinics as ‘institutions’ representing them as complete single units unlike other allied health professional associations which brings together individual health professionals.  

k)      To be the organization that cuts across the entire private health sector i.e medical professionals, managers, hospitals administrators, investors, owners, shareholders, insurances, researchers, consumers, consultants, small, medium and big hospitals and clinics.

l)        Organize integrated and centralized shared services to benefit UNAPH Members e.g Joint Health Referral Systems, CMS, JAS and others.

m)    Link the private hospital sector (PFP’s) to other specialized Hospital programs and international organizations handling hospital affairs e.g WHO Hospital Affairs Dept., International Hospital Federation (IHF) and other regional hospital federations.

n)      UNAPH is among the founders and supports the African Federation of Hospital Associations (AFHA) a continental hospital federation striving to bring together African Countries’ national hospital directorates and hospital associations in Africa similar to Asian Hospital Federation, EuropeanHospital and Healthcare Federation (HOPE), American Hospital Association.

o)      Make dialogue with government authorities and agencies regarding policies and compliances e.g. tax policies.

Utilizing those principles to frame ongoing strategic initiatives, UNAPH activity will focus on the following areas.

Structural Set-up

·         Actively support initiatives that provide affordable opportunities for business and individuals to access health care coverage.

·         Maintain a balanced level of regulation that offers appropriate patient protection, community accountability and adequate flexibility for providers to deliver care in an efficient, ethical and cost-effective manner.

·         Support policies that further the commitment of UNAPH and its members to be accountable to the public for the cost, standards and quality of services provided.

·         Collaborate with the Ministry of Health, development partners, business community and others to develop solutions that stabilize private hospital care (PFP’s) while promoting a competitive marketplace.

·         Advocate for continued refinements in the private hospital care system that promote improved health service delivery.

·         Support government programs that fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Child illnesses, Tuberculosis and other diseases.

·         Develop Action Plans for each of the above key diseases i.e HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Child illnesses, Tuberculosis and policy programs.

Funding

Adequate funding of programs and services is a key factor that will enable UNAPH to achieve its goal of improving private hospital sector. This requires concerted UNAPH involvement in:

·         Planning and seek funding for programs and services of UNAPH.

·         Maintaining financial accountability.

·         Position UNAPH as the major source for Private hospital care (PFP’s) financial and trend data.

·          Identify grant-making opportunities consistent with UNAPH’s programs.

·         Seek out projects that align with UNAPH’s objectives and services.

Workforce Development

The current and future private health care environment provide significant challenges to the private health care system as it struggles to meet growing patient needs brought about by an increasing population, new technologies and a workforce that is likely to remain constant in the foreseeable future. This requires that UNAPH:

·         Take a leadership role in quantifying both existing and expected future shortages of private health care personnel and measuring progress toward addressing these shortages.

·         Encourage the medical schools, MakerereUniversity, government ministries (MOH & MOE),  and private medical colleges to expand the capacity of health career programs.

·         Identify, catalogue and disseminate best practice retention strategies.

·         Within the overall structure of the national licensure/health care personnel regulatory structure, strive to increase flexibility, allowing individuals to perform within as broad a capacity as quality patient care will allow.

·         Pursue employment laws and regulations that are appropriate and fair for health care providers.

·         Address the issue of health workers professionals working in both government and private hospitals.

Quality and Patient Safety

Nothing is more important to patients we serve than a safe delivery environment that provides high quality care. The Association will take a leadership role in advancing quality and patient safety as a priority. This will be accomplished by:

·         Using guidelines, recommendations and frameworks by the government.

·         Implementing UNAPH’s Quality Initiative as the primary strategy for facilitating hospital reporting of quality and safety performance.

·         Taking a leadership role in promoting and guiding Patient Safety initiatives.

·         Working collaboratively with members, government and other organizations to advance a meaningful quality and safety agenda.

The Importance of Strategic Relationships

Health care’s delivery evolution has featured a movement toward services being provided on a full continuum of care. To position UNAPH to represent this continuum effectively and through the most efficient use of resources, it is critical that strategic alliances be established with organizations that share common purposes and agendas.

Organizations with which UNAPH will strive to ally with include:

·         Uganda Government

·         Ministry of Health

·         World Health Organization

·         UNICEF

·         Uganda Aids Commission

·         UNAIDS

·         World Bank

·         Malaria Consortium

·         International and national diseases programs

·         Stoptb Partnership

·         Rollback Malaria

·         Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda.

·         National Drug Authority

·         MakerereUniversity

·         Uganda Rural Health Association

·         InternationalHospital Federation

·         National Medical Councils

·         Public-Private Partnership in Health (PPPH)

·         Uganda Allied Health Professional Association

·         Uganda Medical Association

·         UgandaMidwives & Nurses Association

·         Uganda Private Medical and Dental Practitioners Association

·         Association of Homes and Services for the Aged

·         Health Development Partners

·         Leadership organizations representing key members of the health care management system (e.g., Organizations of Nurse Executives, Health Care Financial Management Association, Health insurances, Health Public Relations and Marketing Groups, Healthcare Human Resources Administration, etc.);

·         Key elements of the Uganda Educational system, including the Ministry of Education, Health colleges & institutes, Makerere University Medical School, and other Universities, private colleges, Ministry of Health departments and Commissions.

UNAPH must also continue its commitment to develop strategic partnerships with organizations that advance program and policy priorities. These strategic partnerships will occur around a specific issues or legislative proposals and may bring together organizations that otherwise have very different goals and agendas. Nevertheless, they are critical to UNAPH’s success as an advocacy organization and should be maximized to the extent possible.

Such organizations include:

·         Uganda National Chamber of Commerce

·         Private Sector Foundation, Uganda.

·         Uganda Investment Authority

·         Ministry of Trade

·         etc

SWOTANALYSIS

Results of UNAPH’sSWOT Analysisbased ondiscussionsbetween the association’s board andexpertconsultantsare:

Strengths

•      Goodlinkswith Ministry of Health, national and internationalhealthorganizations

•      It’s the only organization representing private hospital holistically.

•      Committedleadership

•      Opentochange

•      Readyrelationshipwiththegovernment

•      Diverse staff mix

Weaknesses

•    Voluntarymembership mightmaketheassociationdependenton inadequatefundingandlessresponsivetomemberneeds

•    Lackof awarenessamong membersonUNAPHphilosophy

•    Membersdonotfeeltheyreceivesufficientvalue

•    Notperformingtopotentialforindustry&members

•    UNAPH will beconfusedasyetanothergovernmentagency

•    MembershipnotsupportingUNAPHbeyondmembershipfees.

•    Limitednumber of professionalstaff

•    UNAPHdoesnotoperatethrougha clearstrategicplan

·         Inefficient role for the Private Hospitals Association.

·         Less advanced equipment for the small hospitals compared with large hospitals.

·         Excess capacity and overlapping in certain medical equipment and services.

·         Lack of skilled management expertise.

·         Inefficient cooperation within the sector.

Opportunities

• MembershipbasecanbeusedasanopportunitytoengagemoremembersasvolunteerssupportingtheworkofUNAPH

•    Roomtogrow,strengthenandlegitimizeorganization

•    Availabilityof potential partners

•     Potentialefficiencies,economiesofscale,andadditionalresources throughalliances.

·         Joint resources and investment programs

•    An operational Planinplace

•    ExpansionofUNAPHprogramtomakeit comparableto hospital associations internationally

•    Anticipated private healthsectorgrowth

•    Detailedfive-year operational planwillensure deliverablesand enhancecredibilitywithmembersandstakeholders

Threats

•      Lackof interestamong private hospital operators.

•      Lackof skilledworkforce

•      Competition from other parallel private health associations

•      Restrictivegovernmentregulations

•      Complain by traditional faith-based medical bureaus that UNAPH is trying to represent their sector members

•      DiversityofUNAPHmembershipcanchallengeaunifiedvoice

•      Economicchallenges– Inflation, sky rocketing prices, dollar rate, VAT/servicechargecosts/ local tax

•      The implementation of a national health insurance plan is expected to increasedemand on healthcare services, which will directly influence the performance ofprivate hospitals.

•      Investment incentives and tax exemptions.

Association Membership

UNAPH’s membership is diverse with the word of Hospitals Meaningprivate hospitals, private clinics and other private medical related centers.  Member hospitals include; for-Profit Private Hospitals & Clinics (PFP’s), Not-For Profit Private Hospitals & Clinics (secular), Private Medical Centers, Private health Centers, dispensaries laboratories, Herbal Medicine Centers, complementary medicine centers, consultants, researchers, individuals and other Private health related service companies. These constituencies have before not been represented as institutions where sometimes had been represented through individual professionals associations.

Membership Benefits

-       Representation and Advocacy

-       Participation in a nationwide network dedicated to private hospital sector and private health issues.

-       Representation to the Government and other relevant authorities and agencies.

-       Opportunities to create inter-professional partnerships working to enhance the quality of private hospital care and seek solutions to private health issues.

-       Annual Conferences and periodical workshops.

-       Professional Education and training opportunities.

-       Periodical Newsletters

-       Input into national policies and dialogue framework which impact private hospital sector, private hospitals, private clinics and private health infrastructures.

-       Consultancy and legal Services.

-       Staff Resource Assistance.

-       Access to UNAPH’s programs and services e.g., the Central Medical Stores (CMS) and the Joint Ambulatory Services (JAS) / Joint Referral Systems.

Other Member Concerns

·         UNAPH shall maintain its leadership in implementing the National Health Programs.

·         UNAPH shall advocate for private hospitals and private clinics’ needs in the private health sector.

·         UNAPH shall provide dedicated training programs focusing on the needs of its members.

·         UNAPH shall recognize that workforce shortage issues exist in some disciplines.

·         UNAPH will provide community-based health leadership necessary to address the problems of Ugandans.

·         UNAPH shall provide specialized support to activities involving Private hospitals and private clinics and their unique approaches to meeting community health needs.

Annual Private Hospital Awards

UNAPH will organize Annual Hospital Awards in Uganda to recognize best private hospitals and private clinics and also recognize their specific area of performances as mentioned below;

-       BestPrivateHospital

-       Best Private Clinic

-       Best Private Hospital Administrator

-       Etc.

Specific Services Performances;

-       Community Health Services

-       Tuberculosis

-       Immunization

-       Reproductive Health Services

-       Maternity Services

-       Childhood Illnesses

-       Family Planning

-       HIV/AIDS care, Counseling

-       STD Treatment

-       Malaria Treatment

-       Etc.

Integrated / Centralized Services 

·         UNAPH shall recognize and through meaningful programming the evolution of centralized health service delivery systems, including systems that have health business aspects. E.g Central Medical Stores (CMS), Joint Ambulatory Services (JAS), Joint Referral systems and others.

·         UNAPH will identify and invite the involvement of doctors and health leaders.

Staff Development

Accomplishing this strategic plan UNAPH will require a motivated and committed membership working closely with a motivated and committed staff. The Association will strive to attract a staff of professionals having the range of expertise necessary to represent major interests in a broad array of areas and advance the strategic agenda. This requires that staff:

·         Staff has the necessary skills mix and experience.

·         Perform in a collaborative environment based on respect and mutual support.

·         Receive the training and education necessary to carry out their responsibilities

·         Are rewarded through compensation and performance strategies that reflect the values of this plan and are competitive within the Uganda’s healthcare system and trade association environment.

Related Corporations and Organizations

UNAPH will organize Shared Services through its subsidiary companies to that will provide responsive and innovative business products, services and solutions to health and private hospitals and private clinics in Uganda.

Central Medical Stores (CMS)

The Central Medical Stores (CMS) will specifically serve and sell human medical drugs to private hospitals and private clinics in Uganda. This Central Medical Store will be operated under Uganda National Association of Private Hospitals (UNAPH).

Joint Ambulatory Services (JAS)

The Joint Ambulatory Services (JAS) will serve as an integrated centralized health referral services dedicated to serve private hospitals and private clinics.

Uganda Health Management Institute (UHMI)

The Uganda Health Management Institute (UHMI) will be a private institution established to improve the management skills of Ugandan health professionals through improved management training, research, education and capacity in the health sector; creating and sharing new knowledge in health care management and public health; and networking and collaboration at national and international levels.

Uganda Rural Health Association (URHA)

Uganda Rural Health Association (URHA) is an organization that works to improve rural health care in Uganda. Its mission is to improve rural health systems and the health of rural Ugandans through Advocacy, Education, Communication, networking and research. The association is composed of individuals, organizations, students, organizations, students, health professionals, doctors, researchers, consumers, educators, administrators, local government leaders, consultants, insurances, hospitals, clinics and others in interested in rural health. UNAPH highly recognizes URHA as its parent organization.

African Federation of Hospital Associations (AFHA).

The African Federation of Hospital Associations(AFHA) is an international not-for-profit organization established in 2007. AFHA represents national public and private hospital associations, national hospital directorates, and regional hospital organizations in African countries.

AFHA has the mission of promoting improvements in health throughout African countries, foster high standards of hospital care, healthcare management, efficiency and networking of African hospital associations. AFHA will provide members a range of services and activities designed to assist in the strategic development of the hospital sector and provide a forum of sharing ideas, concerns and address mutual challenges facing the health sector in Africa. 

African countries will be represented by their respective national hospital associations or, where national hospital associations do not exist, national hospital directorates responsible for the hospital sector in that country will represent them. 

AFHA is similar to other continental and regional hospital federations like the Asian Hospital Federation, European Hospital and Healthcare Federation, and the American Hospital Federation.

                                   Uganda National Association of Private Hospitals (UNAPH)

P.O.Box 29324 Kampala, Uganda

Tel: +256 772632211

Email: unaph@doctor.com, unaph22@yahoo.com, unaph@unaph.com

Website: www.unaph.com