The WHO Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations met in Geneva from 14 to 18 October 2013. Dr M.-P. Kieny, Assistant Director-General of Health Systems and Innovation at the World Health Organization (WHO), welcomed participants on behalf of the Director-General. Dr Kieny t...
This Manual is intended for Training of Trainers but may be used to guide training of other professional health workers, both pre-service and in service cadres. If used appropriately, the manual helps the trainer to deliver the infection control training package in a systematic and comprehensive man...
The Second National Health Policy (NHP II) puts the client and community at the forefront and adopts a client-centered approach with consideration of both the supply and demand side of healthcare. Good quality of care enhances clients�� satisfaction and their use of services. It increases job satisf...
The document titled Outbreak Brief 151: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic offers a comprehensive insight into Surveillance and Disease Intelligence, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Norther...
This study follows on from the 2002 study entitled WTO Agreements and Public Health: A Joint Study by the WHO and the WTO Secretariat. This earlier study examined the linkages between trade and health policies in general to enable trade officials and health officials to better understand and monitor...
This publication is about the malaria case statistics of Uganda in the 13th week of 2018.
Globally, new HIV infections among young women aged 15-24 years were reduced by 25% between 2010 and 2018. This is good news, but of course it remains unacceptable that every week 6000 adolescent girls and young women become infected with HIV. The sexual and reproductive health and rights of women a...
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...
The overall purpose of the NHA study initiative is to reduce health inequalities affecting the poorest populations in the region by focusing on supply and demand-side interventions, particularly changes in policy, new interventions, the expansion of proven and cost-effective healthcare packages, and...
The State of Uganda Population Report development process is a result of many multi sectoral consultative meetings under the leadership of Population Secretariat. We therefore recognize the fundamental inputs of all stakeholders who participated in the production of this report. This year's report c...
As of 24 March 2020, 1,988 total COVID-19 cases and 58 (CFR 3%) deaths have been reported in 43 African countries. Africa CDC is working with all affected countries and is mobilizing laboratory, surveillance, and other response support where requested. See Table 1 for the full list of countries in...
The 2012 Statistical Abstract covers Environment, Demographic, Socio-economic, Production and Macroeconomic Statistics. The environment section presents statistics on land, forests, climate and water supply. The demographic and socio-economic section presents statistics on the population, education...
Launch of AU COVID-19 Vaccination Bingwa Initiative Africa CDC and AU launch COVID-19 Vaccination Bingwa Initiative. The African Union has launched Bingwa, a public-private-youth initiative that seeks to establish a network of COVID-19 vaccination youth champions across the continent to accelerate t...
As of 24 July 2024, over 200 deaths, unidentified number of displaced persons and 14,000 affected persons have been reported.The reported deaths include an unidentified number of health professionals who were providing emergency support.The South Ethiopian region has continued to experience heavy ra...
In April 2022, Africa CDC developed the continental strategic priorities on NCDs, Injuries and Mental health including enhancing capacity to develop and implement policies to prevent, protect and manage them; political advocacy for better financing; workforce development; and increased access to ess...
Cancer is a leading cause of death globally. The World Health Organization estimates that 7.6 million people died of cancer in 2005 and 84 million people will die in the next 10 years if action is not taken. More than 70% of all cancer deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, where resource...
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. In this issue, we bri...
The WHO Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines met in Geneva from 24 to 25 October 2007. The meeting was opened on behalf of the Director-General by Dr Howard Zucker, Assistant Director-General for Health Technology and Pharmaceuticals. He welcomed participants to the meeti...
The Ministry of Health Knowledge Management Portal integrates health information for evidence-based decision making and includes the latest Ministry publications and HRH-related resources and statistics from other sources such as Uganda��s Human Resources Information System and the HRH Global Resour...
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...