– Using antimicrobials without prescription can cause antimicrobial resistance, always seek the advice of a health care professional before using antimicrobials against any infection.– Using antimicrobials without prescription can cause antimicrobial resistance, always seek the advice of a health ca...
The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with key stakeholders, has developed this communication strategy to promote Safe Male Circumcision (SMC) in Uganda. The goal of the communication strategy is to contribute to the reduction in HIV and other Sexually Transmitted Infections incidences through in...
The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (23 March 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, Nort...
This manual was developed by the Pharmacy Division, Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Securing Ugandans�� Right to Essential Medicines (SURE) Program with assistance from health workers representing all levels of care. The purpose of this manual is to provide health workers with a refere...
The document titled Outbreak Brief 53: 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...
This manual helps to streamline the operations of the Regional Medical Equipment Maintenance Workshops. Additionally, the Maintenance guidelines will facilitate first-line Maintenance to be undertaken by both the Users of the equipment and technicians in a well-structured and safe manner.� This man...
The Health Sector Ministerial Policy Statement� (MPS) for FY 2020/21) has been developed through a consultative process involving the Central Government Ministries Health Sector Development Partners and the Sector Budget Working Group. The Ministry has aligned the sector outcomes for FY 2020/21 to t...
Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is a popular global health policy agenda and particularly in Uganda, the health ambition is now aligned to the UHC target. This brief provides an understanding of UHC progress in Uganda, by examining healthcare coverage and equity based on reproductive, maternal, new-...
As of 9 am East African Time (EAT) 29 September 2020, a total of 1,465,023 COVID-19 cases and 35,750 deaths (CFR: 2.4%) have been reported in 55 African Union Member State Countries. This is 4% of all cases reported globally. Since the last brief, 52,713 new COVID-19 cases have been reported, which...
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...
Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is aware of the media releases of the preliminary results of a large randomized clinical trial conducted in the United Kingdom, which included dexamethasone, a corticosteroid, as one of the drugs used for the treatment of COVID-19 patien...
This form should be completed for all health workers who have been exposed to a patient with Ebola, their body fluids, or�objects contaminated with body fluids. The form aids in the risk assessment for health workers (HW��s) after exposure to�determine the risk categorization of each HW and inform t...
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...
This job aide is a detailed step-by-step procedure, summarising the process for decontamination of ambulances used to transport patients with confirmed or suspected EVD to avoid�the contamination of health workers, other patients and caregivers. This procedure should be performed after each patient�...
World Health Statistics 2015 has been compiled using publications and databases produced and maintained by WHO technical programmes and regional offices. A number of demographic and socioeconomic statistics have also been derived from data produced and maintained by a range of national and internati...
This is the report of the Sixth Meeting of Directors, Commissioners and Undersecretaries Forum which took place at the Office of the President, Conference Hall on 5th November 2019. The purpose of the meeting was information sharing, knowledge and experience exchange, and peer learning for improved...
Ministry of Health through the department for Standards Compliance Accreditation and Patient Protection (SCAPP) organised the 7th QI conference, the 1st of its kind with 1500 participants of which 1430(95.4%) attended virtually, while about 70(4.6%) participants attended physically. This innovation...
SMOKING already kills one in 10 adults worldwide. By 2030, perhaps a little sooner, the proportion will be one in six, or 10 million deaths per year��more than any other single cause. Whereas until recently this epidemic of chronic disease and premature death mainly affected the rich countries, it i...
The document titled Outbreak Brief 149: 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...
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.
