What a session today!
@Comrade_Otoa@SafariUbuntu
Good morning and in case I don't see you,good afternoon,good evening and goodnight☺️
It's going to be a fantastic day💯
#5amReflection
Health insurance reduces high OOPs expenditures. Adequate & quality healthcare during pregnancy, childbirth and post-delivery periods are accessed & utilized, the survival & well-being of mothers and children are thus guaranteed. Isn't it time for the National Health Insurance?
Haemorrhage still registered as the highest cause of maternal deaths is undesirable. Known culprits such as long distances to health facilities, poor socioeconomic factors, lack of adequate skilled workforce, facilities & equipment + high out of pocket (OOP) are responsible.
A mother has written a touching note to the teenager who taught her daughter how to use her skateboard and it’s now gone viral:
"Dear teenage boy at the
skate park:
You’re probably about 15 years-old, so I don’t expect you to be very mature or for you to want a little girl on your skate ramp for that matter.
What you don’t know is that my daughter has been wanting to skateboard for months. I actually had to convince her that skateboarding wasn’t just for boys.
So when we walked up to the skate park and saw that it was full of teenaged boys who were smoking and swearing, she immediately wanted to turn around and go home.
I secretly wanted to go too because I didn’t want to have to put on my mom voice and exchange words with you.
I also didn’t want my daughter to feel like she had to be scared of anyone, or that she wasn’t entitled to that skate park just as much as you were.
So when she said, 'Mom it’s full of older boys,' I calmly said, 'So what, they don’t own the skate park.'
She proceeded to go down the ramp in spite of you and your friends flying past her and grinding rails beside her.
She only had two or three runs in before you approached her and said 'Hey, excuse me …'
I immediately prepared to deliver my 'She’s allowed to use this park just as much as you guys' speech when I heard you say, 'Your feet are wrong. Can I help you?'
You proceeded to spend almost an hour with my daughter showing her how to balance and steer, and she listened to you – a feat not attained by most adults.
You held her hand and helped her get up when she fell down and I even heard you tell her to stay away from the rails so that she wouldn’t get hurt.
I want you to know that I am proud that you are part of my community, and I want to thank you for being kind to my daughter, even though your friends made fun of you for it.
She left the skate park with a sense of pride and with the confidence that she can do anything, because of you."
Credit: Jeanean Thomas
Successfully shared research findings with staff @IraUganda on the role of Private Health Insurance in ensuring health services meet the expectations of clients/patients, insurers & providers (responsiveness) in Kampala.@MakSPH@NFilimin@MinofHealthUG
@NFilimin@IraUganda Evidence based solutions? Yes. @IraUganda is dedicated to use findings to inform improvement in their implementation strategy. They acknowledged areas where gaps exist and pledged their commitment. On the other hand, implored 'us' to be good ambassadors
& Inclusion of provider reps in regional review meetings to enhance knowledge/education on implementation of health insurance models. Thank you @IraUganda , @MakSPH , for supporting such research initiatives. Look forward to the implementation NHIS.
Stringent budget negotiations with providers for basic service packages is limiting in itself vs expected quality services & thus @IraUganda 's current engagement with insurers on 1) Ways to improve benefit package pricing 2) Claim docs co-review to avoid delayed payment