Choléra Source : SITREP choléra, bulletins SIMR des États membres, Bulletin hebdomadaire de la région Afrique de l’OMS sur le choléra (AFRO Choléra Bulletin.27_Final.pdf (who.int)Durant la période de rapportage allant des semaines épidémiologiques (SE) 31 à 34 de 2023, 4 225 nouveaux cas (suspects e...
In 2006, the Uganda Ministry of Health (MOH), in partnership with the Capacity Project, designed a study to help the MOH better understand the specific recruitment and retention factors for health workers in Uganda. The goal of the Uganda Health Worker Retention Study is to provide the Ministry of H...
With the expansion of testing, the cumulative number of cases reported in Africa has increased rapidly, however given the fact that majority of cases could be mild or asymptomatic, the true number of infections, their age and sex distribution, and the proportion that are severe or fatal is still unc...
This epidemiological bulletin serves to inform all stakeholders at district, national, and global levels on disease trends, public health surveillance and interventions undertaken in detecting, preventing and responding to public health events in the country on a weekly basis. This issue, we showcas...
The development, review and production of the National Condom Programming Strategy has been achieved through wide consultations with various stakeholders at National, District and Community levels. This activity was directed through the AIDS Control Programme (STD/ACP), in close collaboration with t...
The document titled PERC: Biweekly Report (24 November – 07 December 2020) offers a comprehensive insight into Emergency Response and Preparedness, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Northern Africa, So...
The proportion of health facilities that reported this week was 81.6% representing a 59.1% increase in reporting rate in comparison to the same week in 2015. Subsequently, there has been a steady increase in the national reporting rate of 80% and above. Only 15.5% (18/116) districts had 100% of thei...
Few challenges facing the global community today match the scale of malnutrition, a condition that directly affects one in three people. Malnutrition manifests itself in many different ways: as poor child growth and development; as individuals who are skin and bone or prone to infection; as those wh...
The development of this second National Health Policy (NHP II) has been informed by the National Development Plan (NDP) for the period 2010/11-2014/15, the 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Uganda and the new global dynamics. The NDP places emphasis on investing in the promotion of people��s heal...
The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (2 March 2022) offers a comprehensive insight into Emergency Response and Preparedness, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa, North...
The document titled Outbreak Brief 104: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic offers a comprehensive insight into Emergency Response and Preparedness, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Northern...
The annual Health Sector Performance Report for financial year 2015/16 provides progress of the annual health sector work plan as well as the overall health sector performance against the set targets agreed upon with key stakeholders in financial year 2015/16. The report is the first annual review u...
The Annual Health Sector Performance Report for 2012/13 Financial Year provides progress of the annual work plan as well as the overall health sector performance against the set targets for the Financial Year 2012/13 with a comparative analysis of the previous trends and progress toward achieving th...
The document titled Outbreak Brief 78: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic offers a comprehensive insight into Emergency Response and Preparedness, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Northern A...
The government policy on health is to ensure that all Ugandans have access to high quality and affordable health care so as to contribute to social and economic development. Accordingly, the Mission of the MOH is to provide the highest level of health services to all people in Uganda through deliver...
During week 43, the country experienced low reporting rates �National rate was 81.2% compared 76.4% of week 42.�Central regional had 71.4% compared to 68.2% in week 42�Eastern region had 78.3% compared to 70.5% in week 42�Western region had 88.1% compared to 81.2% in week 42�Northern region had the...
This is the seventh HRH audit report and is intended to provide the health sector with up-to-date information on the current staffing in the health sector. It includes detailed human resources for health (HRH) staffing data on all public and, for the first time, private-not-for-profit (PNFP) facilit...
Management of Prolonged Active Labor
In this document, medical providers and practices are generally described as traditional, complementary/alternative, or allopathic. ��Provider�� and ��practitioner�� are used interchangeably. In a few cases, particularly in the European section, the cumbersome term ��non-allopathic physician�� is us...
This is the fourth report of the WHO/IUATLD Global Project on Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Surveillance. The three previous reports were published in 1997, 2000 and 2004 and included data from 35, 58 and 77 countries, respectively. This report includes drug susceptibility test (DST) results fro...
