* Text to change (TTC) 7. Negotiate and support partner healthcare facilities to * Kiwoko hospital supportively collaborate with organised health care * Adventist Hospital consumers and among themselves to provide quality * Bishop Asili Health Centre healthcare services. * Kitagata hospital Save for Health * AMG Bugongi Health center * Fransiscan Health Center * Uganda Community Based Health Financing Association (UCBHFA) (SHU) * District Health officers in the target districts * The local authorities in the target Districts * SHU team members

Our future prospects To scale up current activities to reach a target of 120,000 covered people by 2016. Luwero and Nakasongola schemes sign contracts * To Start new projects: with Bishop C. Asili health centre in 2007 1. HIV / AIDS social support project 2. Micro financing of IGA project 3. Public- private -partnership in health care delivery project. 8. Identify and work together with partners to improve 4. Health resources (infrastructure and other) support rural household capacities to generate and rationally project use the house hold income. 5. Health insurance education project. 9. Coordinate all SHU and the union of schemes Contact us: secretariats activities. Head office 10.Monitor, evaluate account and report progress to stake Plot 580, Sekabaka Kintu Road, S holders. Mengo Rubaga 11.Provide technical support and consultancy services in P. O. Box 8228 - Uganda A the areas of SHU competency, to organizations in the Tel: +256 414 271 841 V A SHU network and to other organizations and Fax: + 256 414 271 841 E D communities. [email protected] F N www.shu.org.ug O A Our core values R G Team work, Client focused, integrity, professionalism, Luwero office H U ownership, trust in God, economically oriented and respect. Kasoma zone, Luwero town council, EALTH Our Partners P. O. Box 123 Luwero * Ministry of Health (MOH) Tel: +256 414 610 187 * Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (EED) [email protected] * Catholic Organization for Relief and Development Aid “Community solidarity for quality health” (CORDAID) office: * Centre International de Développement et de Recherche Katungu ward, Bushenyi-Ishaka town council, (CIDR) P. O. Box 277 Bushenyi * Uganda National Health Consumers Association Tel: +256 485 433 005 (UNHCO) [email protected] 4. A responsive local health care system delivering ABOUT SHU services according to users' and stakeholders' needs. Save for Health Uganda is a local Ugandan Non 5. The network of SHU community health financing Governmental Organisation (NGO) formed and schemes formally linked to a supportive national registered as a company limited by guarantee in health insurance system. 2002 and registered as an NGO in 2003. 6. SHU with adequate funds to undertake its activities and publicize their impact. 7. An efficient organization delivering quality and The organization was formed for two main timely services to stake holders. reasons among others: 1) To improve people's financial access to quality and Projects being implemented affordable healthcare services. The organization is implementing two projects in 5 Districts; the projects are: 2) To rationalize healthcare seeking behaviors of A scene in a play by Kiyaga scheme () 1. Health Micro-Prepayment Project (HMPP). the target population. beneficiaries at their General assembly The project is being implemented in Luwero, Nakaseke, Nakasongola and Bushenyi districts and it aims at Vision increasing financial access to quality health care Healthier families with simplified access to quality services. The health micro prepayment schemes 3. Create and promote health micro prepayment healthcare (HMPS) implemented in this project are using three schemes (HMPS). Mission medical care access mechanisms: 4. Carry out research for action and for To improve the quality of health of Ugandans through * The credit mechanism (emergency loans in form of decision making. cleared medical bills); self managed community health financing 5. Promote health and prevent diseases. (CHF) approaches. * The mixed credit and insurance mechanism (part of the cleared medical bill is covered by the scheme, 6. Build the capacity of HMPS and their union SHU Overall goal while another part of the same bill is given as a loan secretariats to become institutions that are To contribute to the reduction of the disease burden to the family) and; professionally self managed, that contract and in Uganda * The insurance mechanism (bill covered by the purchase quality healthcare services. SHU Programs scheme). 1. Community Health Financing (CHF). 2. Women's health and empowerment 2. Maternal and neonatal Health insurance project (MNHIP) 3. Livelihood The project is being implemented in District and it aims at improving access to maternal and child 4. Healthcare service delivery health services. The MNHIP being implemented in this 5. SHU development. project uses the insurance mechanism (medical and Our strategic objectives transport bills covered by the scheme) to access medical 1. The communities in the project areas enjoying quality care services. healthcare services through the strengthening and extension of well functioning health micro-prepayment Our main activities systems. 1. Organize and build the capacity of the rural 2. Families in the target communities with improved communities to become active civic societies with the full recognition and participation of both women SHU team member during community sensitization financial capacities to meet their needs. and men. in Luwero. 3. Organized target communities with a strong voice 2. Sensitize and educate public about health micro- enjoying quality social services. prepayment.