In 2011, HealthPartners signed a five-year cooperative agreement with United States Aid for International Development (USAID) to implement the “USAID Collaborations Project†from August 2011 to August 2016. The Collaborations Project is based on the Uganda Health Cooperative (UHC) model, which is an innovative community-based health insurance model that provides resources for capacity building and network development that empower local stakeholders including women and the poor to access care, recognize and demand quality and to improve health outcomes. in 2012, SEDC was contracted to undertake a midterm assessment of the “USAID Collaborations Projectâ€
PROJECT TITLE
Mid-Term Assessment of The Health Partners Uganda Collaborations Project
The overall objective of the assessment was to enable HPU assess progress in delivery of project results as outlined in the project Performance Management Plan (PMP), define success and failures to date, analyze the reasons for the performance and based on this make recommendations for future orientation and emphasis of the project during the remaining time. Secondly, the assessment sought to determine, as objectively as possible, the relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability of the project.
1. To establish the achievement of project against stated project results
2. To establish the coverage of Health co-op members among income quintiles
3. To assess the pricing of community health financing, enrollment of members, subsidized care, Vouchers with particular reference to relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact, and sustainability of the project design
4. To assess the project implementation approach and design through identifying significant factors that facilitated or impeded the delivery of outcomes.
5. To draw conclusions on the successes and challenges and make recommendations to improve the likelihood the results are achieved by 2016.
A combination of quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection was adopted in execution of this mid-term assessment. Data for this assessment was collected through a desk review of key documents, personal and group interviews. A structured questionnaire used at baseline was adopted with some modification to collect data from the community for the quantitative study to enable some comparisons between the two points—i.e., baseline and mid-term review. Interview guides were developed and used to interview key informants including HPU staff and other stakeholders in the project area
