MANIFEST Issue Brief 3: Professionalizing the Cadre of Facility Health Managers
Future Health Systems
Under the decentralized system of governance, health facilities are not only points of delivery but also hold resources that require management. At health facility level, a manager commonly referred to as an in-charge plays the role of planning and managing the resources for quality service delivery. The management of health facilities is therefore important in ensuring continuous improvement of quality at service delivery points.
The findings of this issue brief are based on 22 key informant interviews undertaken among health facility managers and select district health team members of three rural districts in Eastern Uganda. Pallisa, Kibuku and Kamuli were the districts in which Makerere University School of Public Health, through the MANIFEST study, intervened to improve management practices among health facility managers among other things.