Uganda Delivery of Improved Services for Health (DISH) evaluation surveys 1999.

This report presents findings from the 1999 Delivery of Improved Services for Health (DISH) Evaluation Survey and compares the samples measured in the previous 1997 DISH Evaluation Survey and the 1995 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey. Comparison is made as to the reproductive maternal and child health knowledge and behavior and the use of health services among a representative sample of men and women of reproductive age. In addition the report presents an assessment of the changes in the health service environment between 1997 and 1999 and it also presents data on the availability of reproductive maternal and child health services. The 1999 DISH Evaluation Survey gathered information from 1766 women aged 15-49 years 1057 men 15-54 years and 292 health facilities and 186 pharmacies and drug stores in 11 of the 12 districts of Uganda. Following an introduction (Chapter 1) and a brief description of the community survey respondents background characteristics (Chapter 2) the report covers the reproductive health status of individuals in terms of information education and communication effort and exposure (Chapter 3) family planning (Chapter 4) maternal health (Chapter 5) child health and nutrition (Chapter 6) and sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS (Chapter 7). The last chapter details the health service environment as evaluated with findings from the DISH Facility Surveys (Chapter 8).