The document titled Outbreak Brief 74: 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...
Uganda has been compiling the ��State of Uganda Population Report�� on an annual basis since 2000 through a joint effort by Population Secretariat, as the institution responsible for coordinating population policies and programmes; and United
On 30 January 2020, the WHO declared the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The new virus is highly infectious and transmits by respiratory droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes. As of today, nearly all the countries in the wor...
The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (28 September 2021) 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,...
A key message of this report is that real progress in health depends vitally on stronger health systems based on primary health care. In most countries, there will be only limited advances towards the United Nations Millennium Development Goals and other national health priorities without the develo...
This job aide is a summary of a step-by-step procedure for safe burial of a person who as died from confirmed, or probable Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).
Progress in cancer control has been uneven. In spite of known effective interventions, the burden of cervical cancer, for example, remains greatest in low- and middle-income countries, where progress has been the slowest. While there have been moderate improvements in age-standardized cancer mortali...
The 2014-15 Uganda Malaria Indicator Survey (2014-15 UMIS) was implemented by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) and the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) of the Uganda Ministry of Health from December 2014 to January 2015. The funding for the UMIS was provided by the United States Agenc...
The integrated Human Resource Information System (iHRIS) is a computerized Human Resources (HR) management tool consisting of electronic databases for storing, reporting, and analyzing that enables to design and manage a comprehensive HR strategy. It links all HR data from the time professionals ent...
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has emerged as a leading cause of death in the African region, surpassing fatalities from malaria, HIV, and TB. In response to this critical threat, the region has adopted the AMR Global Action Plan and the African Union Framework for Antimicrobial Resistance Control 2...
This Review addresses a mismatch between what is known about how to respond to particular health problems in poor economies and what is actually done about them. It focuses on one cause of the problems that ensue from the mismatch - capacity constraints. Weak capacity at a number of levels in the in...
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...
Uganda has a mature generalised HIV epidemic with prevalence exceeding 6% and an estimated one million people living with HIV1. Sub-national longitudinal studies2 and indirect estimates3 indicate a rising rate of new infections with HIV incidence ranging from 0.2-2.0% in different regions of the cou...
Guidance on PMTCT is provided regularly to countries by WHO.�Uganda launched the first PMTCT policy guidelines in 2002,following lessons learnt from the PMTCT pilot in 2000.�Main drug was sd NVP tab for mother in labour and baby within 72 hours after delivery,�AZT from 36 weeks of gestation, in labo...
Uganda like many of the developing countries is faced by a number of human resource challenges. An analysis of the Human Resources for Health (HRH) situation reveals a crisis in the country characterized by a critical shortage of health workers with nearly 50% of the districts operating below 50% of...
The manual is inteneded to help health, nutrition and other health professionals involved in the management of major health emergencies with a nutrition component weather at local, national or international level.
With 57% of our population below the age of 18, Uganda is a young country and there is no doubting that our future lies with our children. In 2040, when our national Vision is to be a middle income country, children being born now will be the productive engine of our economy. The Child Poverty Repor...
A total of 221,271 malaria confirmed cases were reported, up by 13% cases reported last week Reporting Increased to 74% from 70% last week 67 Districts reported malaria upsurge weeks. Manafwa, Budaka, Kween, Bukwo, Bugiri, Nabilatuk are in upsurge and have inadequate ACT stock Malaria incidence incr...
Geographic Focus: Reports could either focus on events affecting single country or multiple countries.Inclusion criteria: While Africa CDC continues to track all public health events on the continent, this report highlights only moderate to very high-risk events (with new updates in the reporting we...
This Report is a presentation of proceedings of the 21st meeting of the Policy Analyst Cadre, which brought together Policy Analysts from all Government Ministries and Departments for enhancing capacity of the members of the Policy Analyst cadre in: Analyzing Public Policies; monitoring and Evaluati...
