This Weekly Malaria report is a statistical representation of the different malaria activities across the various administrative levels of the health sector.
This Nutrition Quarterly Bulletin focuses on the quarter (April to June 2020) of the fiscal year (FY) 2020/21. The rationale of preparing the Nutrition Quarterly Bulletin is to show performance on key nutrition indicators on the following aspects; reporting, Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and Moder...
The Patient Rights and Responsibilities Charter is a result of joint effort by Ministry of Health in partnership with key stakeholders. The patient rights and responsibilities charter and its constant review processes will enable health users�� to contribute to the development and contribution of th...
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 some of the CY 201...
The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (10 November 2021) 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,...
The Uganda Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment (UPHIA), a household-based national survey, was conducted from August 2016 to March 2017 to assess the progress of Uganda��s national HIV response. UPHIA offered household-based HIV counseling and testing, with the return of results and referral to c...
The development of this Strategy on Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) has been possible thanks to the valued support and contributions of many individuals and organizations across multiple time zones. A special note of appreciation goes to each and every one of them. Firstly, to the 29 membe...
This, the firstWorld report on violence and health, is an important part of WHO��s response to Resolution WHA49.25. It is aimed mainly at researchers and practitioners. The latter include health care workers, social workers, those involved in developing and implementing prevention programmes and ser...
The manual has been jointly developed by relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies(MDAs) in close consultation with local Governments. It provides detailed information and guidelines on the objectives, processes, organization and management of the Performance system to be applied including activ...
The Uganda Program for Human and Holistic Development (UPHOLD) is a USAIDfunded program designed with the Government of Uganda (GoU) to strengthen human capacity through the delivery of improved services in Education, Health, and HIV/AIDS prevention and care in 34 districts of Uganda.� UPHOLD��s bro...
This document provides guidance to countries on what actions need to be taken when countries consider changing their national policy for the first-line treatment for malaria to an ACT consistent with WHO recommendations. It addresses operational and technical considerations for both the public and p...
The web-based ARV Ordering and Reporting System (WAOS) is the official Ministry of Health (MoH) ARV ordering and reporting system hosted within the District Health Information Software (DHIS2). Since 2013, the Ministry of Health uses the system to support health facilities to order for and report on...
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...
These guidelines provide guidance on the diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, the care of people living with HIV and the use of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection. The guidelines are structured along the continuum of HIV testing, prevention, tr...
The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – 5 May 2020 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...
Reporting rate this week (87.8%) represents an about 10 percentage point increase from the previous week, 2019W7 (78%) There was a 6% increase reported malaria cases (100,336 in W6 vs. 106,503 this week. Key to note in this regard are net increases in Gomba, Butambala and Kyotera Districts which had...
Antiretroviral medicines Public sector: NMS is well stocked with ARV medicines above 3 MOS except EFV 600mg, ATV/r 300/100mg and LPV/r 100/25mg with less than 3 MOS. Stock is available in country for TDF/3TC/EFV 300/300/600mg (3.5 MOS), TDF/3TC/DTG 300/300/50mg (3.1 MOS), DTG 50mg (4.2 MOS), ABC/3TC...
This manual represents the revised and updated edition of the Essential Medicines and Health Supplies�(EMHS) Management Manual, following its initial publication in 2012. The Department of�Pharmaceuticals and Natural Medicines (DPNM) of the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with�development partn...
The document titled Africa CDC Guidance for Assessment, Monitoring, and Movement Restrictions of People at Risk for COVID-19 in Africa offers a comprehensive insight into Other, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Easte...
The Guide emphasizes practical teaching, projects and acquisition of skills by the learner. The competences that learners are expected to acquire are clearly spelt out in each module covered in the term. You should ensure that learners are well versed with practical work. The teaching methodologies...
