📋 Tender Overview
Activity Id:
225150
Project Number:
7200AA24FA00009
Implementing Partner:
Health Access Connect
Activity Start Date:
N/A
Activity End Date:
2027-08-18
Country:
Uganda
Country Code:
UGA
Region:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Funding Agency:
U.S. Agency for International Development
Managing Agency:
U.S. Agency for International Development
Fiscal Year:
2025
Current Dollar Amount:
-$840,000
International Sector:
Business and Other Services
USG Sector:
Private Sector Competitiveness
Description:
Access to high quality healthcare is a critical driver of human capital and a cornerstone of broader individual and societal well-being. In Uganda, rural access to health care and to essential medicines remains a persistent challenge; although 86% of Ugandans live in rural areas, only 15-20% of the countrys doctors work in those same areas, which contributes to poorer health outcomes among rural populations. Aside from a few irregular, one-day mobile clinics or sponsored medical missions, there are few resources in place for delivering healthcare on a regular basis to people in remote areas. We partnered with Health Access Connect (HAC), a Ugandan-based NGO that coordinates monthly, financially self-sustainable outreach visits by clinical staff from government health facilities to rural communities that are located at least 5 km away from public health facilities. Through a cluster-randomized trial in 64 health facilities and 128 villages, this study will evaluate the impact of HACs community-based outreach activities on the demand, quality, and utilization of health services, household health outcomes, child schooling and human capital, and household labor market incomes.
