Communique of the High-Level Emergency Ministerial Meeting on Cross Border Collaboration for and Response to Ebola Virus Disease

Kampala, 12th October 2022

Outbreak Brief 148: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 148: 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...

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...

Revised COVID-19 Testing Strategy, Second Edition, August, 2022

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...

Guinea Worm Brochure

Over 96% of all cases are from the Northern Region, with only five of Ghana’s ten regions reporting indigenous cases of Guinea worm disease during 2007. Four of these regions—namely, Ashanti, Upper West, Volta, and Brong-Ahafo—are set to break transmission during 2008.

Four other regions, n...

Mental health aspects of womens reproductive health : A global review of the literature.

The review comprises the most recent information on the ways in which mental health concerns intersect with women��s reproductive health. It includes a discussion of the bio-psycho-social factors that increase vulnerability to poor mental health, those that might be protective and the types of progr...

AFRICAN REGIONAL BIOLOGICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT (Certified Professionals 2023)

The document titled AFRICAN REGIONAL BIOLOGICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT (Certified Professionals 2023) offers a comprehensive insight into Other, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Northern Africa, Southern Af...

MOH BiMonthly Medicines Stock Status Summary Report as at 1st June 2021

This report aims to inform the Ministry of Health and all stakeholders of the Uganda��s stock levels at Central warehouses to enable appropriate strategic and logistics decisions. The report highlights stock status, challenges, bottlenecks and recommends potential solutions to mitigate stock outs an...

Eliminating Female genital mutilation An inter agency statement

In 1997, the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children��s Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) issued a Joint Statement on Female Genital Mutilation (WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, 1997) which described the implications of the practice for public health and human righ...

Guidelines on Hospital Boards management for Referral Hospitals

This guideline provides a strategic vision and direction of the hospital on behalf of Ministry of health within the framework of health policy. It will ensure maximum efficiency and enable quick decision making.

African Union and the Africa CDCs Africa Regulatory Taskforce has endorsed the Emergency Use Authorisation for COVID-19 Vaccine BIBP/ Sinopharm

In order to properly guide Member States, the Africa Regulatory Taskforce has developed a framework (https://africacdc.org/download/guidance-on-emergency-expedited-regulatory-authorisation-and-access-to-covid-19-vaccines-in-africa/) for market authorisation of COVID-19 vaccines, which include three...

Integrating mental health into primary care: A global perspective

As these and other stories in the report poignantly illustrate, primary care starts with people.And, integrating mental health services into primary care is the most viable way of ensuring that people have access to the mental health care they need. People can access mental healthservices closer to...

World report on disability 2011.

In response to this situation, the World Health Assembly (resolution 58.23 on ��Disability, including prevention, management and rehabilitation��) requested the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General to produce a World report on disability based on the best available scientific evidence. T...

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...

Cancer control, Prevention

Cancer is to a large extent avoidable. Many cancers can be prevented. Others can be detected early in their development, treated and cured. Even with late stage cancer, the pain can be reduced, the progression of the cancer slowed, and patients and their families helped to cope.

National Performance Report on Medicines Management

This report was made with Technical Assistance from the USAID/SURE Program

Outbreak Brief 114: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 114: 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...

Guidelines for Governance and Management structures

Good governance and management of health services is a key element in ensuring effectiveness and efficiency in the health sector. The governance and managemnet structures described in the health Sector Strategic and Investment Plan intends to establish a substantive sector wide governance mechanism.

Outbreak Brief 44: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 44: 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...

Human Development Report 2011 Sustainability and Equity: A Better Future for All

This Report explores the integral links between environmental sustainability and equity and shows that these are critical to expanding human freedoms for people today and in generations to come. The point of departure is that the remarkable progress in human development over recent decades that the...