Living through conflict and post-conflict: experiences of health workers in northern Uganda and lessons for people-centred health systems

Providing people-centred health system requires specific measures to protect and retain healthcare workers during and after the conflict. This article presents the perspective of health workers who lived through conflict in four districts of northern Uganda—Pader, Gulu, Amuru, and Kitgum. Health workers were not passive in the face of challenges including physical danger to their lives and lack of pay. Understanding their motivation and their views provides an important insight how to maintain staffing and so to continue to offer essential health care during difficult times and in marginalized areas.

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Namakula J, Witter S. Living through conflict and post-conflict: experiences of health workers in northern Uganda and lessons for people-centred health systems. Health Policy and Planning. 2014;29(suppl 2):ii6-ii14. doi:10.1093/heapol/czu022