In April 2018 a historic partnership of governments, civil society, the private sector and multilateral organisations, came together in London for a momentous Malaria Summit, delivering US $4.1 billion investment for the global malaria fight. Two days later at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Me...
As of early 2022, there are increasingly a broad array of therapeutics available to prevent the serious consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infections. Test to Treat is a concept of facilitating expedited access to treatment by allowing patients to easily receive both COVID-19 testing and rapid access to ava...
This submission reports the proceedings from the mTracPro user acceptance testing and DHIS2 integration activity conducted in Ntungamo district between 21st January - 1st February, 2019. The activity aimed at assessing user acceptance of mTracPro in a real working environment. It attracted a multitu...
The manual is inteneded to help health, nutrition and other health professionals involved in the management of major health emergencies with a nutrition component weather at local, national or international level.
The guidance package consists of a series of interrelated user-friendly modules that are designed to address the wide variety of needs and priorities in policy development and service planning. The topic of each module represents a core aspect of mental health.
This report covers the experiences and lessons learned during the distribution of free long lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) to nine UPHOLD supported districts between December 2005 and March 2006, using the existing Home-based Management of Fever (HBMF) system as the distribution channel.
The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (28 July 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, North...
This five-year National Strategic Plan (NSP) for HIV and AIDS is a coordination tool for the national response developed from the efforts and experiences of the national HIV/AIDS Partnership.� The Plan sets priorities for the three thematic service areas of Prevention, Care and Treatment and Social...
More than ten years ago, the Ministry of Health adapted a Generic Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response Technical Guidelines supported by World Health Organization-Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) in collaboration with the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atl...
This guide provides health workers with the most important facts about malaria and its transmission and management. The illustrations facilitate understanding and can also be used when counseling patients.
The second issue of the Lab Digest is here! This issue takes you through the evolution of the Central Public Health Laboratory from a one room provisional space to the magnificent home in Butabika. Did you know that this great institution/ department started off with one specialist? Catch this and m...
The document titled Guidance on Resumption of Travel and Cross-border Surveillance 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 Af...
This Guide presents an introduction to basic concepts used in implementation research and describes the range of approaches and applications that it can be used for. The main aim of the Guide is to support the development of and demand for implementation research that is problem-focused, action-orie...
Due to seasonal variation, this is the period of the year when we have the highest incidence of malaria in the country ,districts are requested to be extra vigilant on stocks and management of malaria.�Reporting rate this week (78.2%) There were over 130,000 more malaria cases this week (243,591) co...
The HRH audits and production of reports over the seven years have been supported and funded by projects under USAID funding. The reports enabled the Ministry to monitor the staffing levels, staffing gaps and skills shortagges of the health workers (HWs) in all the Public Health Facilities; and to k...
By the end of the training, participants will be able to:�Educate households and communities about the benefits of home-based HCT.�Conduct pre-test counseling sessions with individuals, couples and children in the home.�Conduct a rapid HIV test using the finger-stick method.�Provide HIV test results...
The Purpose of this bulletin is one of the ways of improving internal and external communication with Stakeholders and the public we serve
In December 2022, Africa CDC convened the inaugural Youth Pre-Conference (YPC) on the margins of the 2nd Annual International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA), kicking off long-term strategic engagement with Africa’s young professionals in various domains of healthcare, technology, poli...
This interagency handbook was developed by the Roll Back Malaria(RBM) Technical Support Network on Complex Emergencies. It focuses on effective malaria control responses to complex emergencies, particularlyduring the acute phase when reliance on international humanitarian assistance is greatest. It...
Reporting rate this week (77.8%) is a marginal rise from 75.7% in the previous week, 2019W5.There was a further 9% drop in reported malaria cases (96,488 this week vs. 105,566 in W5)�There was marginal drop in malaria incidence. As was last week, Adjumani (13 cases) & Moyo (18 cases) Districts repor...
