Thank you. January 2023.Dr Ahmed Ogwell Ouma Acting Director, Africa CDC
The 5S Quality Improvement (QI) Training Guide comes to address the current gap of inadequacy of the required materials for developing capacity towards improved implementation of 5S and QI in the country. There is increasing demand towards sharing knowledge to fulfil ability and one potential to per...
The Financing of Palliative Care Services in Uganda was established for the funding of sources for palliative care services, the services provided and the financial sustainability plans.
In 1982 Dr. Anthony Lwegaba, then working as a Medical Officer in Kalisizo Health Center, Rakai District, described the first cases of HIV disease in Uganda.� Now, twenty seven years later, HIV is the commonest cause of death among the young adults aged 2045 years.
WHO guidelines on the use of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection provide a public health approach for scaling up HIV care and treatment programmes and focus on simplified, harmonized and effective antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimens for use in resource-limited sett...
This brief provides an overview of; OPD attendance, notifiable diseases, other diseases of public health interest and causes of death.
In this edition, the Division of Health Information brings you exciting updates from the Digital Health Conference that was held on the 13th and 14th of November at the Kampala Serena Hotel. The theme of the conference was ��Leveraging digital health to improve efficiency in service delivery.��
This manual was developed for use within Uganda and to support Uganda government policies. Facilitators using this manual should be trained HIV counselors or HIV Counselor trainers who are recognized by the Ministry of Health, TASO, SCOT, MildMay, AIC and from any other recognized AIDS Service organ...
The female condom (FC) is the only female initiated method to prevent HIV/STIs whose efficacy and acceptability with specific groups has been well documented. It was first marketed in Uganda in 1998 by Marie Stopes International following a successful acceptability study, but registered little succe...
The TWOS report for the period April- May 2019, summarizes facility reporting rates, timeliness of submission, patient numbers, estimates of stock status and central warehouse order fulfilment rates. It provides recommendations and actions to be taken by various stakeholders to mitigate supply issue...
Health workers are central to improving health system performance. According to the Annual Health Sector Performance Report (2016) public sector health facility staffing was 71% and PNFP staffing was 73%. The health workers in the PNFP sector are mainly comprised of support or para-clinical staff. S...
Uganda Human Development Report 2007, is the seventh in a series on the country. The report looks at issues that profoundly influence the level and status of human development.The report is the outcome of a wide participatory and consultative process that involved government ministries, Uganda Burea...
The development of this second National Health Policy (NHP II) has been informed by the National Development Plan (NDP) for the period 2010/11-2014/15, the 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Uganda and the new global dynamics. The NDP places emphasis on investing in the promotion of people��s heal...
Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) is one of the most debilitating and disfiguring scourges among all diseases. Worldwide 1.1 billion people are at risk of infection and some 120 million people are infected in 80 countries. It is one of the major public health problems in South-East Asia
Vector-borne diseases pose a major threat to the health of societies around the world. They are caused by parasites, viruses and bacteria transmitted to humans by mosquitoes, sandflies, triatomine bugs, blackflies, ticks, tsetse flies, mites, snails and lice.1 The major global vector-borne diseases...
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...
Africa CDC is working with partners and Member States to: * Map the regional spread of the new variants in Africa through regional genomic surveillance; * Support laboratory centres of excellence to address the emerging SARS-CoV-2 sequencing needs of Member States and ensure availability of geograph...
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 document titled Communiqué of Directors of Regional Institutions for the Africa Continental World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2020 offers a comprehensive insight into Antimicrobial Resistance Control, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges...
The document titled Guidance on Resumption of Travel and Cross-border Surveillance 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 Af...
