Table 1.

Prevalent policy development and implementation processes at the national Ministry of Health and AIDS control program in Uganda

Policy development and implementation process as reported by the program officers
Presence of guidelines
	Written guidelines of policy the development were present
	Adherence to documented processes was not documented
	Monitoring and evaluation of the policies was informal and driven by other stakeholders
Duration of policy development and Implementation process (in years)
	All officers mentioned that process took 1–3 years; longer than the anticipated 6–8 months
	Reasons cited for the delayed period
	-Inadequate capacity in terms of knowledge & skills
	-Unclear guidelines
	-Inadequate specific funding for the activities
	-Busy technical working group members
Importance of guidelines
	All respondents indicated that it was timely and important to have a policy process framework or protocol tailored to the ACP Uganda.
	One respondent indicated that this would also apply for the other departments within the MoH
Monitoring and evaluation
	Four out of five reported involvement of a consultant in the policy-making process