Table 1 Selected reform initiatives in Uganda and Bangladesh

• Decentralisation of governance to district councils, 1993

• Unification of health and family planning services at sub-district level, 1998 – 2003

• Civil service reforms, 1990 onwards

   ∘ Procurement

   ∘ Pay reforms

• Training of health and family planning personnel at sub-district level, 1998 – 2003

• User fees implementation in 1992 and retraction in 2001

• Introduction of clinics at the community level, 1998 – 2000

• Health sub-district policy, 1999