Integrating mHealth Technologies and Gender Integration into the Performance and Engagement of VHTs in Uganda
A component of Uganda’s national strategy since 2001, Village Health Teams (VHTs) have been serving as an initial point of health contact for the country’s population, which is afflicted by chronic conditions. Unfortunately, the number of available VHTs and the scope of their duties are not sufficient enough to reach all those in need. Further exacerbating the problem is that Uganda is plagued by grave disparities between the number of patients requiring medical care and the number of available doctors able to provide those services (the ratio is estimated to be 1:24,000 by the World Hea