This National Immunization Programme Review (NIPR) integrated the EPI review with an operational research study to assess the barriers to utilization of EPI services, Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus Elimination post-validation assessment (MNTE-PVA) and assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on immunizat...
This document is to provide guidance to Local Governments (LGs) for budgeting and implementation of Health Service Delivery activities, utilizing the Primary Health Care (PHC) grants and other Decentralized Health Grants in Financial Year (FY) 2023/24. These guidelines should also be used to prepare...
UNAIDS mission statement declares: ��As the main advocate for global action in HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS leads, strengthens and supports an expanded response aimed at preventing the transmission of HIV, providing care and support, reducing the vulnerability of individuals and communities to HIV/AIDS, and all...
The Project Developmental Objective of EAPHLNP is to establish a network of efficient, high quality and accessible public health laboratories for diagnosis and surveillance of tuberculosis and other communicable diseases in the East African region.
Every year, about 12 million people throughout the world die of a heart attack or a stroke. These diseases affect the poor as well as the rich. Most people think that they are diseases of middle-aged men. The truth is that both men and women suffer from heart attacks and strokes. Women are much more...
The second National Development Plan 2015/16 - 2019/20 was launched and sets Uganda��s medium term strategic direction, development priorities and implementation strategies. The NDP��s theme is "Strengthening Uganda��s Competitiveness for Sustainable Wealth Creation, Employment and Inclusive Growth"...
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 responding to public health events in the country on a weekly basis. This issue, we showcas...
The 2016 Human Development Report is the latest in the series of global Human Development Reports published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) since 1990 as independent, analytically and empirically grounded discussions of major development issues, trends and policies.Additional reso...
As Africa’s second wave of COVID-19 cases surpasses the height of its first, African Union (AU) Member States across the continent have reinstated measures to control the spread of the virus. Unlike in April and May, most AU Member States have avoided complete lockdowns, and PHSMs put in place today...
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...
The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) is one tool for measuring progress against SDG 1. It compares acute multidimensional poverty for more than 100 countries and 5.7 billion people and monitors changes over time.
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...
This effort also assists Member States in complying with international requirements and regulations, such as the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005), the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), and United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540.To ensure a comprehensive and sustainab...
The Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS) was conducted at a time when Uganda needed baseline information for planning and implementing national and regional programmes. The survey was conducted as part of the worldwide Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) programme in which surveys are being...
The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to national AIDS programmes and partners on the use of indicators to measure and report on the country response.The 2016 United Nations Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: On the Fast-Track to Accelerate the Fight against HIV and to End the AIDS...
A customer/client service charter is a set of standards that an organisation promises to uphold when dealing with customers. A customer/client charter publically sets out a number of minimum standards that citizens/ clients should expect when accessing public services. The clients�� Charters greatly...
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...
As these and other stories in the report poignantly illustrate, primary care starts with people.And, integrating mental health services into primary care is the most viable way of ensuring that people have access to the mental health care they need. People can access mental healthservices closer to...
The Clients Charter was introduced under the Public Service Reform Programme, as a tool to strengthen the demand side of accountability for service delivery. In this regard, the clients charter has been embranced in the health sector. This charter spells out the roles, responsibilities and commitme...
It is the responsibility of governments to assure a safe and sufficient supply of blood and blood products for all patients requiring transfusion (1). Each country�should formulate a national blood policy and plan, as part of the national health policy, to define how safe blood and blood products w...
