This paper examines the impacts of a public sector decentralization program on the demand for health care in Uganda in the 1990s. This work is an extension of a previous paper, which provided evidence of a shifting of priorities by local governments in Uganda��s decentralized health system away from...
This wheel contains the medical eligibility criteria for starting use of contraceptive methods. It is based on Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use, 3rd edition (2004) and its 2008 Update, one of WHO��s evidence-based guidelines. It tells family planning providers if a woman presenting...
This policy statement is about the vote functions of Ministry of health.
The reporting rate increased to 75.2% in this week from 73.2% in last week. A total of 157,735 malaria confirmed cases were reported, decreased by 2.1% in the previous week.Test positivity rate this week was 51.7% compared to 52.3% last week. The highest Test positivity rates were reported in Nabila...
During the initial emergency response phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, testing efforts concentrated on identifying individuals infected with SARS-COV-2 for timely isolation, contact tracing and clinical care to break the chain of transmission and minimize morbidity and mortality.The purpose of this r...
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...
Sepsis arises when the body��s response to infection injures its own tissues and organs. It can lead to septic shock, multiple organ failure and death, if not recognized early and managed promptly. It is a major cause of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countri...
The proportion of health facilities that reported was 84.1% reflecting a 3.4% increase in reporting rate in comparison to the same week in 2016. Only 16.4% (19/116) districts had 100% of their health facilities reporting and 67.2% (78/116) of the districts achieved the national target of 80%. Kampal...
In week 16 2016 all the 112 districts reported with an average reporting rate of 77%. 12 (11%) districts had 100% all of their health facilities reporting and 52% of the districts achieved the national target reporting rate of at least 80%. No district had less than a third of their facilities repor...
This list presents the minimum medicine needs for a basic health care system, listing the most efficacious, safe and cost-effective medicines for priority conditions. Priority conditions are selected on the basis of current and estimated future public health relevance, and potential for safe and cos...
This is a report of the 3rd National Community Health Financing Conference held at Imperial Royale Hotel, Kampala, on 8th and 9th November, 2018. The conference was organized by Save for Health Uganda (SHU), with funding from Bread for the World and in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, and...
The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to national AIDS programmes and partners actively involved in the country response to AIDS on use of core indicators to measure and report on the national response.
This Policy Brief builds on a growing body of evidence generated through the Africa CDC’s Health Economics and Financing Programme (HEP) to support and accelerate informed decision-making and policy responses across the African continent. This brief summarizes the latest evidence on the potential ro...
The workshop to review the third quarter health sector performance was held from 12th to 13th April 2010 at Golf Course Hotel in Kampala. The general Objective of the workshop was to review the performance of the Ministry of Health departments/Institutions against third quarter 2009/10 work-plan (Ja...
As Africa’s second wave of COVID-19 cases surpasses the height of its first, African Union (AU) Member States across the continent have reinstated measures to control the spread of the virus. Unlike in April and May, most AU Member States have avoided complete lockdowns, and PHSMs put in place today...
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic took the world by surprise as it spread rapidly from China to Europe, the Americas, and other parts of the globe. Africa seemed to have been spared in the early days of the outbreak and this gave African countries time to plan, prepare and work togeth...
The Eye Care Guidelines aim to provide easy to use, practical, complete and useful information on how to correctly diagnose and manage the seventeen common eye conditions in Uganda. These guidelines are to complement what is in the UCGs based on the fact that the eye is a very delicate organ and the...
The Statistical Abstract is an annual publication compiled by Uganda Bureau of Statistics, which provides the statistical summary on various socio-economic indicators for Uganda. Some figures in this edition may vary from those in the earlier editions due to the updates. Note that most of the 2012 a...
The EPI Data Quality Improvement Plan (DQIP) details the processes, tools, and techniques employed to ensure data is accurate, consistent, complete, and up-to-date.�The purposes of a DQIP include serving as a roadmap to data quality improvement, promoting the importance of data quality and integrati...
Over 2 million children worldwide are living with HIV infection and 95% reside in sub-Saharan Africa with the majority infected through mother-to-child transmission. Infected children have a high mortality with 50% dying by 2 years of age. Their clinical presentation includes common childhood infect...
