The Ministry of Health is implementing the Village Health Team (VHT) strategy to ensure that every village in Uganda has capacity to mobilize individuals and households for better health. VHT members are community volunteers who are selected by communities to provide correct health information, mobi...
This audit report provides information on staffing levels and skill mix in the public health sector as of December 2013. It is aimed at providing human resource information regarding the current gap in staffing within GoU established structure in order to inform future HRH planning (recruitment and...
This Health Facilities Inventory has been compiled from information provided by districts through the offices of the District Health Officers, verified by the Resident District Commissioners and/or the Chief Administrative Officers. It covers all the 112 districts of the country. The report has bee...
What models got right in the African context: Many African countries were amongst the most rapid to respond to the emerging threat of COVID-19, implementing large-scale interventions at very early stages of their epidemic. As demonstrated in this document using very simple models, this rapid mobiliz...
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 brin...
Reporting rate for November declined compared to October, as well as Reporting rate on time. Reporting rate by level of care were above target at only HCIVs and RRHs.Stock-out of Injectable contraceptives was 13.6% (a modest increase of 0.6% (about 1019 facilities)) compared to October. We continue...
The purpose of this HRH Strategic plan is therefore to provide a framework for planning, developing and managing a well-performing health workforce in Uganda. It relates the health workforce with the current and future health needs, with emphasis on improved effectiveness and efficiency in the use o...
The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – 20 April 2020 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, Northe...
The second issue of the Health Sector Newsletter is here! This issue covers the months of June to October which saw the sector making significant progress towards the achievement of both its programmatic and institutional objectives. In here you will find a mixture of news, features and insights on...
The World malaria report 2018 estimates that there were 219 million cases of malaria in 2017. The 10 highest burden African countries saw an estimated 3.5 million more malaria cases in 2017 compared with the previous year. Malaria continues to claim the lives of more than 435 000 people each year, l...
The document titled Outbreak Brief 56: 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 A...
Important recent changes or additions to guidelines for the management of tuberculosis (TB) in children have made it necessary to revise the first edition of Guidance for national tuberculosis programmes on the management of tuberculosis in children, published by WHO in 2006. Like the 2006 guidance,...
While the last two decades have seen improvements in access to and utilization of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services, progress in many countries has been slow and - after decades of investments - disappointing. Social activists and health analysts have highlighted the potential role that...
Over 12 million COVID 19 cases have been reported on the African continent since the outbreak began Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Morocco, South Africa, and Tunisia have the highest number of reported cases.
The African continent is facing a health crisis occasioned by a number of factors that have affected the sector over the past two decades or more. These factors include the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the reemergence of old communicable diseases such as TB and Malaria, and the apparent paradox of increasing...
Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is ��the partial or total removal of the female external genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for cultural or other non-therapeutic reasons.��1 It is estimated that more than 130 million girls and women alive today have undergone FGM/C, pri...
All members of the Policy Updating Group were asked to complete a World Health Organization (WHO) Declaration of interests for WHO consultants form. Five members of the group declared a conflict of interest. Constance Benson declared consulting, scientific and technical advisory work on antiretrovir...
This publication is about the malaria case statistics of Uganda in the 2nd week of 2019.
We are pleased to share with you our 38th weekly epidemiological bulletin. This weekly epidemiological bulletin serves to inform all stakehold-ers at district, national, and global levels on disease trends, public health surveillance and interventions undertaken in detecting, pre-venting and respond...
The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (2 March 2022) 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, North...
