From the HIVQUAL International Update

COUNTRY PROFILE: HIVQUAL Uganda pushes ahead at full speed

HIVQUAL-Uganda continues to stride forward with the completion of a second round of performance measurement, expansion to additional sites and a new partnership with UNICEF to bring quality improvement to pediatric care. Performance at the national level has improved across nearly all indicators, showing the importance of quality improvement strategies.
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Uganda Completes First Round of Data Collection at 20 Pediatric Sites

After a successful first round of data collection in late 2006, plans began to form for a large expansion of HIVQUAL-Uganda beyond the original 20 sites of the first phase.  Among the 80 expansion sites ultimately chosen, 20 were pediatric care facilities in the Northern part of Uganda, an area that had until recently been ravaged by a decades-long civil war.  With the addition of these sites in the North and a new pediatric component supported by UNICEF, HIVQUAL-Uganda is an example of a major donor collaboration between PEPFAR and UNICEF.
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