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=='''Background'''==
 
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The GIZ projects Energy Solutions for Displacement Settings (ESDS) and Energising Development (EnDev) intended to provide and install OGS PVS for six purposefully selected health centres located within Rhino Camp and Imvepi Refugee Settlements in Terego and Madi Okollo districts of Uganda in 2021.
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Uganda is one of the twenty countries with the largest population that lacks access to electricity, with only 43% of the population having access. The importance of reliable, sustainable and accessible energy for health centres is undebatable. Based on the results from the 2007 Uganda Service Provision, 58% of health facilities did not have access to electricity and only 15% had “reliable” electricity. When further disaggregated by type of health facility, 60 % of lower-level health facilities lack access. Given this background, the GIZ projects Energy Solutions for Displacement Settings (ESDS) and Energising Development (EnDev) intended to provide and install OGS PVS for 6 purposefully selected health centres located within Rhino Camp and Imvepi Refugee Settlements in Terego and Madi Okollo districts of Uganda in 2021. This article provides a summary of the baseline assessment results that was conducted in 2021 prior to the electrification of these six health centers.
  
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Electricity is required for lighting to visualize patients for examination, procedures, and monitoring, as well as to operate life-saving electric medical devices and diagnostic equipment, sterilize equipment, refrigerate medicines and biologic samples for diagnostic testing, and facilitate communication between healthcare providers for emergency medical transport, consultations, coordination, and other purposes.
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== Baseline Assessment Results ==
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Hence, a baseline assessment was commissioned to ascertain the status of electrification of the six selected health centres. The '''relationship between energy access and health''' is assessed using '''proxy indicators on facility performance''' (operating hours – night-time, total hours per day; clinic visits), '''availability of electricity and/or electrical equipment for health service delivery''' (specific to health facility (WHO/SARA and USAID/Measure Health surveys)''', and attitudes and motivation of healthcare workers'''.
 

Revision as of 14:17, 29 September 2022

Baseline Assessment Report
Electrification of Six Health Centres in Rhino Camp and Imvepi Refugee Settlements

Background

Uganda is one of the twenty countries with the largest population that lacks access to electricity, with only 43% of the population having access. The importance of reliable, sustainable and accessible energy for health centres is undebatable. Based on the results from the 2007 Uganda Service Provision, 58% of health facilities did not have access to electricity and only 15% had “reliable” electricity. When further disaggregated by type of health facility, 60 % of lower-level health facilities lack access. Given this background, the GIZ projects Energy Solutions for Displacement Settings (ESDS) and Energising Development (EnDev) intended to provide and install OGS PVS for 6 purposefully selected health centres located within Rhino Camp and Imvepi Refugee Settlements in Terego and Madi Okollo districts of Uganda in 2021. This article provides a summary of the baseline assessment results that was conducted in 2021 prior to the electrification of these six health centers.

Baseline Assessment Results

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