Africa CDC Newsletter September 2019

The document titled Africa CDC Newsletter – September 2019 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 Africa, Western Africa, providing valua...

Guidelines on Nutrition Survey Methodology in Uganda

Uganda has been highlighted as basically meeting its national food supply needs, yet it still has a large proportion of children who are malnourished. Successive demographic and health surveys show little change in nutritional status. Moreover, this is against appreciable gains in economic growth in...

Management of Abnormal Vaginal Discharge in Pregnancy

For Pregnant women with foul smelling sero-sanguinious (mixture of blood and puss) discharge, suspect cancer of the cervix and perform vaginal speculum examination The couple should use a condom or abstain from sexual intercourse during the course of treatment.

Outbreak Brief 102: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 102: 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...

National Development Plan 2015

National Development Plan 2015

Guidance on Environmental decontamination

The document titled Guidance on Environmental decontamination 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, Southern Africa...

Africa CDC Newsletter June 2019

The document titled Africa CDC Newsletter – June 2019 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 Africa, Western Africa, providing valuable g...

The Uganda HIV and AIDS Country Progress Report July 2015-June 2016

The 2016 HIV and AIDS Country Progress Report 2016 is an assessment of progress made on the first year (2015/16) of the implementation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategic Pan (NSP), 2015/16 -2019/20). Progress has been assessed according to the four NSP thematic areas of HIV Prevention; Treatment, Ca...

Weekly epidemiological Bulletin week 38: 14th-20th SEP 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 Uganda on a weekly basis. In this issue, we showcase...

National Records And Archives Act,2001

National Records And Archives Act,2001

Laboratory Equipment Management, A Guidance to African Union Member States

In recent years, African countries have made great advances in capacity for laboratory testing for clinical use, surveillance and public health emergency management, and for research and development through substantial investments in infrastructure, including the deployment of large numbers of labor...

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (01 December 2020)

The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (01 December 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, N...

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update 9 June 2020

The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – 9 June 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...

25 Progress on Sanitation and Drinking Water : 2015 update and MDG assessment.

Section A provides an overview of progress against the parameters specified in the MDG target for water and sanitation, in both urban and rural areas. It presents data for the world as a whole, and compares progress across regions. The report goes on to examine trends over the MDG period by region a...

Guidelines for Occupational Safety and Health, Including HIV in the Health Services Sector

All types of work are hazardous and persons at work are exposed to situations that may result into injury, disease or even death. While the economic cost is high, public awareness of safety and health tends to be quite low. All too frequently the subject does not get the priority it merits and the h...

Climate change and malaria, dengue and cholera outbreaks in Africa: a call for concerted actions

With its population expected to double to 2.5 billion people by 2050, Africa has been disproportionally affected by the impacts of climate change. Africa contributes only 4% of the global carbon emissions; however, 7 out of the 10 countries most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change globally a...

Malaria weekly Status - Uganda Week 22 27th May to 2nd June 2019

Due to seasonal variation, this is the period of the year when we have the highest incidence of malaria in the country ,districts are requested to be extra vigilant on stocks and management of malaria.�Reporting rate this week (78.2%) There were over 130,000 more malaria cases this week (243,591) co...

Outbreak Brief 113: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 113: 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...

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...

Reproductive maternal, Newborn and Child Health Sharpened Plan for Uganda November 2013

Over the last twenty years, Uganda has experienced slow progress in reduction of child and maternal mortality rates (MDG 4 and 5). We have the tools and knowledge to change that trajectory to bring an end to preventable deaths; with greater participation of all partners and stakeholders, a change in...