During Week 47 of 2016, the proportion of health facilities that reported this week was 84.7% indicating a 17.9% increase in reporting rate in comparison to the same week in 2015 at 66.8%. Only 17.2 % (20/116) districts had 100% of their health facilities reporting and 69.8% (81/116) of the district...
The Annual Health Sector Performance Report highlights progress, challenges, lessons learnt and proposes mechanisms for improvement. The report focuses on the progress in implementation of commitments in the Ministerial Policy Statement, overall sector performance against the targets set for the Fin...
The document titled Behaviour change, risk communication and outbreak response: a best-practice workshop offers a comprehensive insight into Other, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Northern Africa, So...
This edition of the Standing Orders shall be referred to as the 2010 Edition. It is a single consolidated document which deals generally with the management of the Public Service and issues concerning the terms and conditions of Service. The Standing Orders is divided into alphabetical sections mark...
The document titled African Antibiotic Treatment Guidelines for Common Bacterial Infections and Syndromes – Final Report offers a comprehensive insight into Antimicrobial Resistance Control, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central...
Five billion people lack access to safe, affordable, and timely surgical and anesthesia care. Significant challenges remain in the provision of surgical care in low-resource settings. Uganda is no exception.
The document titled Standard operating procedures for caregivers in COVID-19 treatment centres 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,...
The way of carrying out business in the world today is changing at a very high speed with new technologies taking a center stage. Both government and the private sector have no alternative other than to move in that direction and adopt the emerging new technologies to modernize their service deliver...
This Learner's Guide, Part I of the module on the Diagnosis and Management of Severe Falciparum Malaria, is made up of teaching materials, problems and a picture quiz covering all the activities involved in diagnosing and managing severe falciparum malaria at the hospital level. This guide is based...
This document is a detailed step-by-step procedure for cleaning and decontaminating of the house where a confirmed/probable Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) case (s) have been treated. This should be done as soon as possible, within a maximum of 3 days after the departure�of the confirmed / probable case.
We are pleased to share our 40th weekly epidemiological bulletin for the year 2020. 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 respond...
Hospital Management Boards are the governance structures. The Boards promote participation and ownership of health services by the community, advocate for improved quality of service delivery, and promote transparency in the management of the Boards in pursuit of one of the policy objectives of the...
The M&E Plan will be a key performance management tool for the NSP; it details how data will be aggregated from M&E systems of key sectors and provided to enable reporting against the NDP as well as global targets. Performance monitoring of the NSP is an on-going process that allows decision-makers...
This document is a statistical report on malaria activities that occurred at the various administrative levels during the reporting period.
The integrated Human Resource Information System (iHRIS) is a computerized Human Resources management tool consisting of electronic databases for storing, reporting, and analysing data from the time professionals enter pre-service training to when they leave the workforce to ensure timely availabili...
Integrated Human Resources Information System (iHRIS) is a management tool that enables an organization to design and manage a comprehensive human resources strategy.�HRIS Manage helps an organization manage its workforce more effectively and efficiently
Drug use, drug use disorders and related health conditions are major public health concerns. According to WHO��s latest estimates for 2015, psychoactive drug use is responsible for more than 450 000 deaths per year. The drug-attributable disease burden accounts for about 1.5% of the global burden of...
Comparable to the previous week, all 112 districts reported with an average reporting rate of 85.0% in week 29, 2016. This represents a 52.3% increase in reporting rate compared to the same week in 2015. A total of 24.1% (27/112) had 100% of all their health facilities reporting and 70.5% (79/112) o...
Uganda was one of the first African countries to respond aggressively to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, moving rapidly to institute measures aimed at preventing HIV transmission. HIV prevalence rates once described as being among the highest in Africa and tending toward 30% have declined to under 10 % withi...
The EPI Data Quality Improvement Plan (DQIP) details the processes, tools, and techniques employed to ensure data is accurate, consistent, complete, and up-to-date.�The purposes of a DQIP include serving as a roadmap to data quality improvement, promoting the importance of data quality and integrati...
