EFFECT OF CORRUPTION ON HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY IN UGANDA. A CASE STUDY OF BUG WERI DISTRICT

ABSTRACT

The study was done on the effect of corruption and health service delivery in Uganda a case study of Bugweri District. Various study objectives under the topic were established and these were; to examine the causes of corruption in health sector in Bugweri district, to examine the public perceptions about health officials involvement in the provision of health services in Bugweri district and to examine the effect of corruption on health service. The study design used was both quantitative and qualitative research approaches to analyze and interpret the findings. Furthermore, the study Population that was targeted was 100 people and a sample of 67 was used due to the little time that was available to use all the people. The data that was collected was both from primary and secondary sources the key methods of data collection were key informant interview guide, semi structured questionnaire, focus group discussions and document analysis. The statistical package for social scientists was used to analyse the data that was obtained from the field, the mean and standard deviation was used to examine the causes of corruption in health service delivery, to examine the public perceptions about health officials and to examine the effect of corruption on health services delivery. The response about the causes of corruption had an average mean of (4.4378) which is equivalent to agree on the rating scale that was used, the response about the public perceptions on health officials had an average mean of (4.3035) which is equivalent to agree on the rating scale used and thus basing on these results, it can be concluded that there are diverse perceptions of the public on security regarding corruption in the health sector, the response about the effects of corruption on health services had an average mean of (4.1941) which was also equivalent to agree on the rating scale used and thus basing on these results, it can be concluded that there are adverse effects of corruption has got a great impact on the health service sector in Bugweri District. Conclusions were based on the objectives of the study that Corruption drivers had a significant influence on health service delivery in Bugweri district. The results established that corruption was found to significantly and positively influence health service delivery. When all the stated variables were tested in the mean and standard deviation, they were found to have a significant relationship and health service delivery in Bugweri District Local Government. Recommendations were also drafted that the Health sector needs to develop mechanisms to ensure that Health workers are in health centres as is required, just like the inspection ffinction should work in the education sector, Drug thefts by Health worker, as revealed by civil society, must stop henceforth and also the ministry of Health must devise mechanism to ensure inefficiency and theft in the health sector is eliminated and finally the Areas of further research were made which stated that the relationship between decentralk~ation and service delivery in local governments a case study of Bugweri District should be researched upon, and the impact of domestic violence on the welfare of children in Bugweri district should also be looked at in future.