The National Policy on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work provides the principles and a framework for mounting an optimum response to HIV/AIDS in the entire Ugandan world of work.� It forms the basis for the development of workplace policy guidelines, which address the more specific issues related to th...
This document is intended to provide guidance to non-specialist doctors providing obstetric and contraceptive surgery and the necessary anaesthetic services in small hospitals that are subject to constraints on personnel, equipment and drugs and where access to specialist services is limited.
We are pleased to share our 48th weekly epidemiological bulletin for the year 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 respond...
The Comprehensive Health Service standards Manual aims to ensure that patients and service users receive comprehensive health care that meets their individual needs, and considers the impact of their health issues on their life and wellbeing. It furthermore aims to ensure that risks of harm for pati...
The document titled Saving Lives, Economies and Livelihoods in Africa 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 Africa, Souther...
The purpose of this report is to inform the Ministry of Health and all stakeholders of the stock levels in the country as a tool that enables appropriate logistics decision making . This report highlights stock status, real challenges, bottlenecks but also recommends potential solutions to mitigate...
Managment of Puerperperal Sepsis/Pyrexia
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.
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 Health Facilities Inventory has been compiled from information provided by districts through the offices of the District Health Officers, verified by the Resident District Commissioners and/or the Chief Administrative Officers. It covers all the 112 districts of the country. The report has bee...
The WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization met in Geneva from 17 to 20 October 2017. The meeting was opened on behalf of the Director- General of WHO by Dr Suzanne Hill, Director of Essential Medicines and Health Products (EMP) and currently Acting Assistant Director-General for the Heal...
The purpose of this manual is to train all levels of health workers (e.g. clinical, dispensing, nursing, laboratory and records) on all aspects of malaria case management and the integrated management of malaria. Sessions which have job aids should be taught with the accompanying job aid (specifical...
The second edition - 2011-12 provides information for the period 2004/05 - 2011/12 for the Central Government and Social Security schemes and 2004/05 - 2010/11 for Extra-Budgetary institutions and Local Governments. This particular edition includes data on Public Corporations and provides a wider co...
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...
As of 9 am EAT 28 April 2020, a total of 33,273 COVID-19 cases and 1,467 (CFR: 4.4%) deaths have been reported in 52 African countries. Since the last brief, the number of COVID-19 cases has increased by 42% (9,768 cases). The five countries in Africa with the highest cumulative number of cases (pro...
Global vaccination coverage has stagnated at about 80% since 2006. This means that one-fifth of the global annual birth cohort remains unvaccinated with DTP3. Recent calls to ��reach the 5th child�� through outreach services are based on the assumption that the 5th child has no access to health serv...
The 2023 Uganda National Digital Health Conference slated for 13th and 14th November�2023 will bring together thought leaders, policymakers, researchers, innovators, practitioners,�private sector, digital health vendors, consumers and funders to discuss Uganda��s progress in�implementing digital hea...
Blood transfusion is a life-saving intervention that has an essential role in patient management within health care systems. All Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) endorsed World Health Assembly resolutions WHA28.72 (1) in 1975 and WHA58.13 (2) in 2005. These commit them to the pr...
Keeping clean and disposing of human waste (feces and urine) are necessary for good health. If they are not taken care of in a safe way, our feces and urine can pollute the environment and cause serious health problems, such as diarrhea, worms, cholera, and bladder infections. Many of these problems...
En décembre 2022, le CDC Afrique a organisé la première Pré-conférence des Jeunes (YPC) en marge de la deuxième Conférence Internationale annuelle sur la Santé Publique en Afrique (CPHIA), donnant le coup d’envoi d’un engagement stratégique à long terme avec les jeunes professionnels africains dans...
