Publications by authors named "Ibrahim Kasirye"
Background: Out of pocket (OOP) payments for healthcare remain a significant health financing challenge in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Understanding the drivers and impacts of this financial health burden is both an economic and a public health priority.
Objective: This study examines how the burden of OOP health expenditures varies with different thresholds for financial catastrophe.
Article Synopsis
- There is limited evidence on how health service delivery contributes to malaria decline in Uganda, prompting the development of a methodology to measure health facility readiness and its impact on severe malaria cases.
- The study used data from the Health Management Information System and the 2013 Uganda service delivery indicator survey to create a composite readiness score, which accounted for about 48% of variations in health facilities' capabilities in treating malaria.
- Results showed that facilities with medium to high readiness significantly reduced mortality rates from severe malaria by 64% to 68% compared to those with low readiness, indicating a direct relationship between facility preparedness and improved health outcomes.
Background: The burden of malaria is a key challenge to both human and economic development in malaria endemic countries. The impact of malaria can be categorized from three dimensions, namely: health, social and economic. The objective of this study was to estimate the impact of malaria morbidity on gross domestic product (GDP) of Uganda.
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