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Malaria Weekly Status report -Week 41 October 2021 11th 17th OCT 2021

The reporting rate decreased to 71.2% this week from 73.2% in last week. A total of 141,835 malaria confirmed cases were reported, a decrease by 0.3% from 142,303 last week. Test positivity rate this week was 52.3% compared to 51.6% last week. The highest Test positivity rates were reported in Buteb...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
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National health facility master facility list 2018

This Health Facility Master List is a complete listing of both public and private health facilities in the country. There are 6,937 health facilities and each are established under unique administrative units i.e. Region, district, health sub-district, sub-county etc. The need to uniquely identify...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health system resilience
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The Global Health 50/50 Report 2018

Gender equality is fundamental to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. But to focus our efforts in the right arenas, track progress over time and hold each other accountable, we need transparent data and analysis. That is why this report is an important milestone. Thanks to the efforts of Gl...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
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Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin, week 28, 11th - 17th July, 2016

Comparable to the previous week, all 112 districts reported and with an average reporting rate of 83.3% in week 28, 2016. This represents a 15.5% increase in reporting rate compared to the same week in 2015. A total of 23% (26/112) had 100% of all their health facilities reporting and 50% (66/112) o...

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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
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National health policy: Reducing poverty through promoting peoples health.

The development of this National Health Policy (NHP II) has been informed by the National Development Program (NDP) for the period 2009/10��2013/14, the overall development agenda for Uganda. The NDP places emphasis on investing in the promotion of people��s health, a fundamental human right for all...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
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Ugandas Proposed National Health Insurance Scheme 2015

Globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) has been pushing for universal health coverage. According to WHO, the goal of universal health coverage is to ensure that all people obtain the health services they need without suffering financial hardship by having to incur out of pocket expenses to pa...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health Economics and Financing
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WHO Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations 1019

The Fifty-third meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations (ECSPP) took place in Geneva, Switzerland, from 22 to 26 October 2018. Participants of the meeting were welcomed by Dr Mariângela Simão, Assistant Director-General, Acces...

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Theme: Prevention
Sub Theme: Pharmaceuticals and Drugs
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Cancer control, Prevention

Cancer is to a large extent avoidable. Many cancers can be prevented. Others can be detected early in their development, treated and cured. Even with late stage cancer, the pain can be reduced, the progression of the cancer slowed, and patients and their families helped to cope.

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Cancers
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Annual Report 2023: Realizing Africa CDCs Autonomy Making Measurable Impact in Africas Health Security

I am delighted to present the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Annual Report 2023, encapsulating the efforts undertaken by Africa CDC over the past year – our second year of autonomy. This period was marked by significant health challenges for the continent, including p...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
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Ministry of Health Weekly Malaria Report, Week 19, 9 May - 15 May 2022

There has generally been a gradual increase in the number of confirmed cases, incidence, and the number of upsurge districts. This explains the increasing number of districts with an inadequate stock of ACTs and RDTs.The reporting rate has also generally been low It is important to note that since t...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
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Ebola Virus Disease Response in the Democratic Republic of Congo

The document titled Ebola Virus Disease Response in the Democratic Republic of Congo 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, Southern Africa, Weste...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
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PERC: Biweekly Report (14 27 October 2020)

Disease Situation • For the continent as a whole, new cases and deaths reported between 14-27 October remained relatively unchanged compared to the previous two weeks (30 September – 13 October). The test per case ratio remains below the recommended range in two-thirds of AU Member States surveyed,...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
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Annual Health Sector Performance Report Financial Year 2019/20

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...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
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Cancer control, Planning

Cancer is a leading cause of death globally. The World Health Organization estimates that 7.6 million people died of cancer in 2005 and 84 million people will die in the next 10 years if action is not taken. More than 70% of all cancer deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, where resource...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Cancers
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The Uganda Health Information and Digital Health Strategic Plan 2020/21-2024/25

The Health Information and Digital Health (HIDH) Strategic Plan 2020/21 - 2024/25 provides the strategic direction and priority interventions for health information management and digitization of the Health Information System (HIS) in the 5 years 2020/21 to 2024/25. It is�fully aligned with the Mini...

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Theme: Digital Health
Sub Theme: Health Information Systems
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Climate Change and Human Health

There is international scientific agreement that the world is getting warmer. By examining climate records, scientists have determined that the temperature of the air at the Earth��s surface has warmed by approximately 0.6�C since the late 19th century (see Figure 1-1). Evidence from tree rings, tro...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Environmental Health and Sanitation
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Weekly Malaria Status Report week 2, 2019

There was an increase in the reported malaria cases from 99,000 in 2018 W2 as compared to 128,312 in 2019 W2. Adjumani & Moyo Districts with confirmed incidence rates ��20 cas-es/1,000 population topped 9 other districts with incidence >10 cas-es/1,000. In 23% (29/128) of districts at least 50% of p...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
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Malaria weekly Status - Uganda Week 25 17th June to 23rd June 2019

Reporting rate this week (82.9%) is five percentage points higher to that in the previous week, 2019W24 (77.9%)�There were an increase in malaria morbidity this week. About 27,000 more malaria cases occurred this week (268,567) compared to 241,802 the previous week. About 8.6% (11/128) of districts...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
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Certified African Regional professionals: Level 1 Biorisk Management

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Biosafety and Biosecurity Initiative was launched by the Africa CDC in April 2019 with the aim of strengthening the African Union (AU) Member States’ biosafety and biosecurity systems and enabling them to comply with national and int...

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Ministry of Health Weekly Malaria Report, Week 18, 2 - 8 May 2022

A total of 221,271 malaria confirmed cases were reported, up by 13% cases reported last week Reporting Increased to 74% from 70% last week 67 Districts reported malaria upsurge weeks. Manafwa, Budaka, Kween, Bukwo, Bugiri, Nabilatuk are in upsurge and have inadequate ACT stock Malaria incidence incr...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
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