Weekly epidemiological Bulletin week 51: 14th -20th Dec 2020

We are pleased to share our 51st 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...

Report of the 1st Symposium on Teenage Pregnancy in Uganda

Every year, the ministry of Health (MoH) commemorates the Safe Motherhood week in October. The national commemoration this year (October 2013) was held in Apac district in Northern Uganda. As part of the events for the week, MoH and its partners held a symposium on the theme: ��Teenage pregnancy an...

Millennium Development Goals : Uganda's Progress Report 2007

The report shows that although Uganda has made progress since the last reporting period there is still a long way to go if we are to achieve all the goals by 2015 especially the health related goals on child mortality and maternal health.

The East African Community HIV and AIDS prevention and management Act 2012

An act of the community to provide for the prevention and managenet of HIV /AIDS and for the protection and promotion of the human rights of persons living with or affected by HIV and AIDS.

Malaria control in complex emergencies.

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...

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (17 November 2020)

A. Executive summary * A sero-prevalence study of anti–SARS-CoV-2 IgG among blood donors in Kenya in April-June 2020. Findings report crude seroprevalence as 5.6% (174/3,098). Populationweighted, test-performance-adjusted national seroprevalence was 4.3% and was highest in urban counties, Mombasa (8...

Global Nutrition Report 2016

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...

Prevention and control of HIV/AIDS ethical aspects : A report of an international symposium.

Throughout the symposium, global trends and perspectives concerning ethical aspects on HIV/AIDS� were reviewed by National and International experts including a researcher, health practitioner, a legal specialist, and a representative of suportive groups who made presentations and participated in a...

Standard Operating Procedures for Integrated Human Resources for Health Information System (HRIS)

Uganda like many of the developing countries is faced by a number of human resource challenges. An analysis of the HRH situation reveals an HRH crisis in the country characterized by a critical shortage of health workers with nearly 50% of the districts operating below 50% of the approved staffing e...

Global Health Risks, Mortality and burden of disease attributable to selected major risks

The leading global risks for mortality in the world are high blood pressure (responsible for 13% of deaths globally), tobacco use (9%), high blood glucose (6%), physical inactivity (6%), and overweight and obesity (5%). These risks are responsible for raising the risk of chronic diseases such as hea...

Curriculum for Certificate in Medical Theatre Techniques

The modular format of the curriculum allows learners to acquire job specific skills and knowledge (competences) module by module. In principle, and following the philosophy of Competence-Based Education and Training (CBET), the modules can be used as a guide for learning in a training centre or at t...

National Oral Health policy

The policy provides a simple set of guidelines to enable local level health care managers and providers to make the best decisions they can on what oral health strategies to implement.� It is a flexible decision-making framework that enables health managers to adapt the most effective oral health in...

LUniversit des Sciences de la Sant

Bienvenue à l’Université des Sciences de la Santé (USS) de Libreville, établissement public.

Rural Women Entrepreneurship in Uganda a Synthesis Report on Policies, Evidence, and Stakeholders

There is growing emphasis in the policy debate on rural women��s entrepreneurship as a poverty alleviation strategy and a preferred tactic to spur economic development. To this end, this synthesis report puts into perspective the nature of Uganda��s rural woman entrepreneurs, paying close attention...

Outbreak Brief 130: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 130: 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...

Curriculum Diploma in Pharmacy 2018

Uganda��s Business, Technical, Vocational, Education and Training (BTVET) sub-sector has undergone many reforms in effort to meet the National Development Plan��s objectives for skilling Uganda��s human resources and for Uganda Vision 2040. The reforms include, among others, the review of curricula...

Africa CDC Weekly Event Based Surveillance Report, April 2024

Geographic Focus: Reports could either focus on events affecting single country or multiple countries.Inclusion criteria: While Africa CDC continues to track all public health events on the continent, this report highlights only moderate to very high-risk events (with new updates in the reporting we...

Nutrition Care and Support for People Living with HIV

Injection Safety in the context of an EVD outbreak

Unsafe use of injections contributes to the spread of diseases, including EVD.�Injection Safety in the context of an EVD outbreak presentation is part of the EVD IPC training material for HC IIs and pharmacies.

HPV Vaccine Communication Special considerations for a unique vaccine 2016 update

This guide presents communication guidance for countries introducing human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine at the national or sub-national levels. HPV vaccination is a key strategy for comprehensive cervical cancer control and prevention. By the end of 2015, more than 65 countries introduced HPV vaccin...