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August 16, 2026PLoS ONEOpen Access

Leadership and management competencies and practices among health managers in Wakiso District, Uganda

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DMDavid MusokeGulu UniversityASAllan SsembuusiMakerere UniversityGLGrace Biyinzika LubegaMakerere University

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Overview

Cross-sectional study finds low leadership and management competencies among primary health facility managers, highlighting the need for routine training.

Key Points

  • To assess leadership and management competencies and operational practices among health facility managers in Wakiso District, Uganda.
  • Conducted a cross-sectional study using a structured questionnaire among 60 health managers overseeing government health centre II, III, and IV facilities in Wakiso District, Uganda.
  • Evaluated cognitive, interpersonal, organizational, supervision, and human resource management domains using descriptive statistics in Stata version 14.
  • Overall, only 25.0% (15/60) and 33.3% (20/60) of managers demonstrated good leadership and management competencies, while 71.7% (43/60) were not inducted into their roles and 61.7% (37/60) lacked motivation.
  • Most vital reported competencies included monitoring (65.0%), financial management (63.3%), speaking (60.0%), and logistics management (56.7%), with mean leadership and management competence scores ranging from 20.9–37.0 and 7.8–36.5, respectively.

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Musoke et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a817a4cf2fb91fc834adff5https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0356074
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