USAID Voucher Project Improves Maternal and Child Health in Northern and Eastern Uganda | PR 10/21

KAMPALA, September 3, 2020 â€“ Today, the U.S. Mission in Uganda is celebrating the successful conclusion of the Voucher Plus Activity, a project of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to expand and improve access to quality maternal and newborn services in 35 districts in Northern and Eastern Uganda. As a result of the assistance from the American people, the activity enabled over 194,800 safe deliveries at 146 private health facilities. The USAID Voucher Plus Activity, which started in January 2016, ensured that poor pregnant women have access to quality maternal health care and family planning services by providing them with a health care voucher at a fee of UGX 4000. The voucher enabled the women to access maternal and newborn services from private health providers within their geographic area. USAID also worked with private healthcare providers to deliver quality, safe births and newborn services through training, equipping the facilities, linking the facilities to district health teams for vital supplies, licensing, and reporting into the national health information systems.