The world has committed to ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030. How to reach this bold target within the Sustainable Development Goals is the central question facing the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS, to be held from 8 to 10 June 2016. The extraordinary accomplishmen...
The Family Planning monthly performance update for December 2021 and 2021 annual highlights has been compiled using our service statistics data (DHIS 2) as one of the principal instruments to monitor program performances. Reporting rates for December greatly improved compared to November, there was...
La RDC dispose depuis 2010 d’une seconde édition de la Stratégie de Renforcement duSystème de Santé (SRSS-2) appelée à être opérationnalisée, tous les 5 ans, par un PlanNational de Développement Sanitaire (PNDS). Le PNDS 2011-2015 a été évalué et lesrésultats ont été présentés à la re...
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.
The reporting rate reporting rate increased to 75.2% in this week from 73.2% in last week. A total of 96,942 malaria confirmed cases were reported, decreased by 31.5% from 141,545 in the previous week. Test positivity rate this week was 48.6% compared to 68.9% last week. The highest Test positivity...
The objective of the patients�� charter is to empower health consumers to demand high quality health care, to promote the rights of patients and to improve the quality of life of all Ugandans and finally eradicate poverty nationwide. The patients charter and its constant review processes will enable...
Sustainable and equitable Health Financing systems play a critical role in improving health outcomes. However such policies must be built on foundation of sound evidence and analyses. The National Health Accounts (NHA) is a tool that helps countries to clearly visualize the flow and use of funds thr...
Violence against children takes many sinister forms. In homes, schools, communities and online around the world, it manifests itself in debilitating physical and emotional abuse. In humanitarian emergencies - especially those driven by relentless armed conflicts - violence can result in death, serio...
The document is a comparative analysis and documentation of the processes that have enabled teams to implement HMM in various settings. It complements other WHO publications on the subject (WHO, 2004, 2005) in that it focuses on the processes, challenges, and lessons learnt in implementing the HMM s...
This Policy Brief builds on a growing body of evidence generated through the Africa CDC’s Health Economics and Financing Programme (HEP) to support and accelerate informed decision-making and policy responses across the African continent. This brief summarizes the latest evidence on the potential ro...
The National Quality Improvement Framework and Strategic Plan (NQIP & SP) 2020/21 - 2024/25, like previous editions, serves primarily to facilitate well-coordinated and streamlined implementation of the different quality of healthcare interventions in the country. The MoH has embraced the 5S (Sort-S...
This report presents the most comprehensive global assessment of progress to date, based on a set of data prepared by a large number of international organizations within and outside the United Nations system.
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...
The aim of this bulletin is to inform district,national, and global stake-holders on progress achieved and challenges encountered in malaria control and reduction in Uganda. Most importantly, it is to encourage use of this information at all levels in order to foster improvement of our efforts and t...
According to the 2004-2005 Uganda HIV/AIDS Sero-Behavioural Survey, 6.3% of men and women age 15-49 who are currently in union are HIV positive, compared to 1.6% of those never in union (Uganda Ministry of Health & ORC Macro 2006). Furthermore, 5% of cohabiting couples are HIV discordant, with the m...
The revised National guidelines on antiretroviral therapy, prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV and on infant and young child feeding contribute to the National Strategic Plan (NSP) and are targeted to reach all health providers who take care of HIV infected patients either directly or...
Because it is committed to a fair, safe and compassionate workplace, the UN system wants us to be fully informed about issues that can affect the workplace, including HIV and AIDS. Our right to understand UN-system policies on HIV and AIDS extends to all employees, including those who are and are no...
Despite recurrent outbreaks�of the Sudan Ebola virus (SUDV), the disease remains neglected�with limited investment in research and development of medical countermeasures and other innovations for its rapid containment. This research article discusses the�lessons learnt and�future�priorities for�sub-...
The Health Financing Progress Matrix (HFPM) is the World Health Organisation's (WHO��s) standardized qualitative assessment of a country��s Health Financing system. The assessment builds on an extensive body of conceptual and empirical work and summarizes ��what matters in Health Financing for Unive...
