Themes  

Main Theme:  

“Moving together towards sustainable quality health and care: Inspiring improvements at all levels of health and care.”   

Sub-Themes:  

1. Strengthening Partner Collaboration for Sustainable Quality Health and Care  

Focus: Documenting QI projects that leverage partnerships between public, private, and civil society actors to improve service delivery, health equity, and health outcomes.  

2. Fostering Community Ownership and Participation in Quality Improvement  

Focus: Showcasing how community engagement has enhanced QI efforts, such as through community scorecards, participatory planning, or CHW integration.
4. Leveraging Innovation and Digital Health for Quality Improvement  

Focus: Using digital tools (e.g., SmartCare, DHIS2, mobile health) or innovative practices (AI, decision-support tools) to improve care quality and patient outcomes.

5. Strengthening Leadership and Governance for Quality at All Levels  

Focus: Empowering facility managers, district health officers, and leadership teams to drive and sustain QI projects.  

6. Sustainable Financing for Quality Improvement in Health Service Delivery 

Focus: Testing or scaling financing models (e.g., results-based financing, cofinancing, performance-based grants) to sustain QI activities.  

7. Integrating Quality Improvement in Behavioural, Mental, and Social Health Services  

Focus: Projects enhancing service delivery for mental health, substance use, or social services using QI methods, especially at PHC or hospital level.  

8. Enhancing Quality through Health Workforce Capacity Building and Empowerment  

Focus: Projects focused on training, mentoring, and empowering health workers to lead QI initiatives (e.g., coaching, peer training, performance reviews).  
  

CALL FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

Opens - Tuesday, 3rd June, 2025
Closes - Monday, 9th June, 2025

WElcome to the

Quality Improvement (QI) in healthcare is a structured, systematic, and continuous approach aimed at enhancing the quality of health services and patient outcomes. It addresses systemic challenges within healthcare systems by promoting efficient processes, cost-effectiveness, and patient-centred outcomes. As healthcare systems strive for higher performance, QI serves as a vital framework for driving improvements across interconnected processes.  

By focusing on key principles such as safety, effectiveness, timeliness, equity, and patient-centeredness, QI helps healthcare institutions transform service delivery. It plays a crucial role in tackling both financial challenges and clinical inefficiencies, ultimately saving lives and optimizing resource utilization. By eliminating wasteful practices and promoting innovation, QI initiatives lead to more sustainable healthcare systems.  

Goal  

The goal for the Qi Conference is to create a collaborative platform for healthcare providers, researchers, and community members to share experiences and develop actionable strategies for improving health outcomes at both the client and community levels.

Specific Objectives  

• To share national and international experiences in implementing QI initiatives.  

• To showcase QI projects that have led to measurable improvements in healthcare.  

• To foster a network that supports QI efforts across all levels of the health sector.  

• To strengthen leadership capacity and inter-institutional collaboration.  

• To institutionalize the Annual National Quality Improvement Conferences as a pillar of healthcare quality enhancement.  

The conference expects abstract submissions from all parts of the country, and this has been separated by regions as shown in the map below.

During the preparation for the conference, the National Health Research Authority (NHRA), through its capacity-building mandate, scheduled two webinars aimed at improving skills in effectively crafting Quality Improvement(QI) abstracts.
This initiative is part of NHRA’s effort to ensure that high-quality abstracts are written and submitted.