The guidelines provide for the context, definition of key terms, how to conduct performance planning, monitoring, appraisal, improvement, managing under performance, rewarding excellent performance while at the same time sanctioning poor performance.
Surveillance system has been modified from weekly to daily following the Ebola outbreak in the neighboring DRC. New arrivals are being screened for Ebola at all entry points into Uganda and no case has been reported in Uganda by end of August 2018. 218,072 consultations were made across all the heal...
Everyone in need should have access to basic mental health care. This key principle, identified by the World Health Organization, requires that mental health care be�affordable, equitable, geographically accessible, available on a voluntary basis and of adequate quality.
Response: The MoH has activated the emergency operation centre and has also deployed a multi-sectoral, multi-disciplinary team to Dakar to support with response activities. A total of 87 contacts were identified from two districts namely Guediawaye (83 contacts) and Dakarciity centre (4). All contac...
The African Union Member States (AU MS) face significant health threats, particularly infectious diseases, due to its overstretched public health systems and infrastructure. Despite Its remarkable improvements and growth in health sector service delivery in recent times, the African continent remain...
We are pleased to share our 40th 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...
Gender equality is fundamental to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. But to focus our efforts in the right arenas, track progress over time and hold each other accountable, we need transparent data and analysis. That is why this report is an important milestone. Thanks to the efforts of Gl...
Door-to-door delivery services: How Joint Medical Stores cut its distribution costs
Tuberculosis (TB) prevalence surveys are most valuable in areas where notification data obtained through routine surveillance are of unproven accuracy or incomplete, and in areas with an estimated prevalence of bacteriologically confirmed TB of more than 100 per 100 000. To help in assessing the per...
This issue focuses on the fourth quarter of 2019/2020 financial year. 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 inform...
1. Situation Summary: As of 22 November 2020, a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N8 outbreak in wild birds and poultry has been reported in 12 countries, mainly in western Europe. The virus has been carried across from Southern Russia to Kazakhstan, and now Eastern Europe through migratory...
This document is an evidence-based policy for the implementation of sound tuberculosis (TB) infection control by all stakeholders. TB infection control is a combination of measures aimed at minimizing the risk of TB transmission within populations. The foundation of infection control is early and ra...
Ending the AIDS epidemic and leaving no one behind in the response will profoundly affect the entire lifespan of millions of people around the world, for generations to come. The post- AIDS world will be very different from the one we know today��and it is one we can create.
The document titled COVID-19 Emergency Numbers offers a comprehensive insight into Other, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Northern Africa, Southern Africa, Western Africa, providing valuable guidance...
This document is one of two evidence-based cornerstones of the World Health Organization��s (WHO) new initiative to develop and implement evidence-based guidelines for family planning. The first cornerstone, the Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use (third edition) published in 2004, pr...
Uganda was ranked 18th out of the 22 tuberculosis (TB) high-burden countries in the world during 2009. The Annual Risk of TB Infection (ARI) for Uganda is estimated at 3 percent. The incidence of TB is 330/100,000 population for all TB cases and 136/100,000 population for sputum smear-positive pulmo...
Regional Referral Hospitals fall under the direct supervision of the Ministry of Health. They specialized clinical services such as medicine, surgery, paediatric, and obstetrics and gynaecology. In addition, they psychiatry; ear, nose, and throat; ophthalmology, and clinical support services (labor...
En décembre 2022, le CDC Afrique a organisé la première Pré-conférence des Jeunes (YPC) en marge de la deuxième Conférence Internationale annuelle sur la Santé Publique en Afrique (CPHIA), donnant le coup d’envoi d’un engagement stratégique à long terme avec les jeunes professionnels africains dans...
Fifty percent of Uganda's population is under 15 years of age. The Universal Primary Education Programme has enabled 7 million children, which is over 30% of the entire population, to be in school. When Universal Secondary Education is introduced,the number of children in school could rise to 9 mill...
The document titled Orientation training for COVID-19 & Community Health Workers 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 Afri...
