This executive summary of the International Symposium on Gender-Sensitive Medicine, organized by the WHO Centre for Health Development (WHO Kobe Centre - WKC) in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, on 1 March 2003, is based on material derived from the preparation, documentation, programme of work, deliberatio...
The reporting rate increased to 75.2% in this week from 73.2% in last week. A total of 157,735 malaria confirmed cases were reported, decreased by 2.1% in the previous week.Test positivity rate this week was 51.7% compared to 52.3% last week. The highest Test positivity rates were reported in Nabila...
The document titled Outbreak Brief 65: 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 HIMS is a routine monitorng system that plays a specific role in the monitoring and evaluation process. The HIMS is intended to provide warning signals through the use of indicators.
The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Policy Guidelines are designed to promote Mental Health and prevent Mental, Neurological and Substance use disorders among children and adolescents. These guidelines are a statement by the Government of Uganda to set a clear direction in development of Mental,...
The education and training of a health workforce contributes to the quality of services they provide their communities. Many countries lack information about health worker training, pre-service and in-service, making it difficult to track, plan, and manage training and deployment for the health work...
In recent years, African countries have made great advances in capacity for laboratory testing for clinical use, surveillance and public health emergency management, and for research and development through substantial investments in infrastructure, including the deployment of large numbers of labor...
The total Current Health Expenditure (CHE) in Uganda in 2012/13 was Shs. 4,866 billion that translates to a per capita spending of Shs. 144,374 ($55). This increased in nominal terms by 1.7% and in real terms by Shs. 86 billion to 4,952 billion in 2013/14 that translates to� a per capita spending of...
Uganda is currently using both a push (kit -based) and pull (order -based) system to supply essential medicines and health supplies (EMHS) to health facilities. Higher-level health facilities (Hospitals and Health Centres level (HCIV) utilize the pull system by requesting EMHS from the National Medi...
Joint Medical Store (JMS) is a private-not-for-profit organization that was established in 1979 by the Uganda Catholic and Uganda Protestant Medical Bureau to supply medicines and health supplies to its network of over 600 health facilities. As one of their strategies to increase access to essential...
We are pleased to share our 45th 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...
The WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization met in Geneva from 17 to 20 October 2017. The meeting was opened on behalf of the Director- General of WHO by Dr Suzanne Hill, Director of Essential Medicines and Health Products (EMP) and currently Acting Assistant Director-General for the Heal...
The Government is Implementing the second phase of the energy for Rural transformation programme, which will acceslerate investments and increase in regional coverage.
The organizations and agencies of the United Nations system and international and nongovernmental organizations are called upon to respond to an increasing number of largescale emergencies and disasters, many of which pose a serious threat to health. Much of the assistance provided in such situation...
This job aide is a summary of a step-by-step procedure for safe burial of a person who as died from confirmed, or probable Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).
In view of the infrastructural and resource gaps, technology should be considered for remote management of healthcare deliver to patients during this period. As it is abundantly clear, even countries with more advanced healthcare infrastructure and resources have struggled to treat COVID-19 and non-...
The document titled Saving Lives, Economies and Livelihoods in Africa 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, Souther...
High quality scientific evidence is increasingly available to help the providers of health care make decisions about what types of investigations to order for an individual patient, and how to treat any health problems that are identified. ��Evidence-based medicine�� has been facilitated by the avai...
This document is a statistical report of malaria activities that occurred across the country during the seventh epidemiological week of the year 2024.
COVID 19 has disrupted various services in this country including worship in the church premises. The government is yet to lift the closure of church premises for worship. We hare however making arrangements such that when places of worship are eventually opened, the worshippers should not be expose...