The Millennium Development Goals Report 2013

This year��s report looks at the areas where action is needed most. For example, one in eight people worldwide remain hungry. Too many women die in childbirth when we have the means to save them. More than 2.5 billion people lack improved sanitation facilities, of which one billion continue to pract...

Levels & Trends in Child Malnutrition

In September 2015, UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group released updated joint child malnutrition estimates for the 1990 to 2014 period, which represent the most recent global and regional figures after adding 62 new surveys from 57 countries to the joint dataset. This key findings report summarizes the...

iHRIS: Time and Attendance

The integrated Human Resource Information System (iHRIS) is a computerized Human Resources management tool consisting of electronic databases for storing, reporting, and analysing data from the time professionals enter preservice training to when they leave the workforce to ensure timely availabilit...

Guidelines to the Local Government Planning Process Health Sector Supplement

The republic of Uganda is an East African state currently under multiparty dispensation. Service delivery is decentralized to local governments as per the 1997 local Government Act. The Central government, however, retains the role of setting standards and providing guidelines to local governments....

Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Kenya

The document titled Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Kenya 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...

Outbreak Brief 153: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 153: 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...

Nutrition Program Report - Monthly Health Facility, March 2023

This document is a statistical report highlighting the performance of key nutrition program indicators for the month of March 2023.

Uganda National Redistribution Strategy for Prevention of Expiry and Handling of Expired Medicines and Health Supplies

Uganda is currently using both a push (kit -based) and pull (order -based) system to supply essential medicines and health supplies (EMHS) to health facilities. Higher-level health facilities (Hospitals and Health Centres level (HCIV) utilize the pull system by requesting EMHS from the National Medi...

IAHO Master Facility List

Welcome to the AIho Facility List Master Facility List database, a comprehensive repository of healthcare facility information across all African countries. This platform allows users to explore and analyze key statistics on healthcare infrastructure across the continent.

For each country i...

IPC | Legal Framework, Background and Annotations

As such, healthcare facilities play a key role in effective preparedness and response. By ensuring IPC standards are implemented appropriately, healthcare facilities can provide safe services not only on a daily basis but also when there is a surge in healthcare need.

Emergency obstetric care as the priority intervention to reduce maternal mortality in Uganda

We conducted a survey to determine availability of emergency obstetric care (EmOC) to provide baseline data for monitoring provision of obstetric care services in Uganda. Methods: The survey, covering 54 districts and 553 health facilities, assessed availability of EmOC signal functions. Following...

The Nurses and Midwives ACT, 1996

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires�� ��certificate�� means a certificate issued under section 18; ��chairperson�� means the chairperson of the council appointed under section 4; ��council�� means the Nurses and Midwives Council established under section 2; ��diploma�� means a diploma...

Weekly epidemiological Bulletin week 32: 3rd -9th Aug 2020

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. This issue, we showcas...

Malaria Status Report- Uganda Week 14 1st Apr to 7th April 2019

Reporting rate this week (71.3) represents an almost 14% decline in reporting rate from the previous week, 2019W13 (85.4%) There were almost 28,000 malaria cases less this week (89,355) compared to 117,040 reported the previous week.�There were 22deaths this week, the same as in the previous week. H...

Ministerial Policy Statement Financial Year 2011/2012

This Ministerial Policy Statement (MPS) was prepared within the context of the Sector Wide Approach (SWAP). In a participatory framework, the Health Sector Budget Working Group worked with respective votes to compile the sector performance for FY 2010/11 and identified the Sector priorities for FY 2...

Guidelines on hospital management committee for district hospitals

The function of the committee is to monitor the general administration of the hospital on behalf of the district local council and ministry of health done under the policy guidelines of ministry of health

Report on the State of Regional Referral Hospitals in Uganda Towards the Realisation of the Right to Health

Although General Hospitals, Regional and National Referral Hospitals have continued to make major contributions to essential clinical care in Uganda, numerous reports (including those of the MoH) are awash with the stark reality of lack of drugs, absence of the often inadequate health workers, delay...

Access to Information Act

An Act to provide for the right of access to information pursuant to article 41 of the Constitution; to prescribe the classes of information referred to in that article; the procedure for obtaining access to that information, and for related matters

Strategy for improving health service delivery 2016-2021 : Presidential Directives For Health Sector Service improvements To attain Middle Income Status by 2020.

On the 23rd of June 2016, His Excellency the President of the Republic of Uganda issued strategic guidelines and directives for the minimum program for Uganda to attain the middle income status by 2020 and vigorously implement the NRM manifesto 2016 to 2021. In the guidelines, key tasks of the gover...

The Financing of Palliative Care Services in Uganda

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.