No new country or territory is reporting cases for the first time but one country (Rwanda) is reporting deaths for the first time this week. The distribution of cumulative cases (proportion of global cases %) from the WHO reporting regions (excluding Africa) are as follows: Eastern Mediterranean Reg...
The document titled Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Tunisia 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...
* The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) * Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) * United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC) * United States Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Africa CDC would like to express its great appreciations to the African Soc...
This Human Resources for Health Report of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uganda covers the period October 2014 to March 2015. It was produced with funding and technical support from the USAID funded Strengthening Human Resources for Health. Thanks to all the healthcare team members who co...
The document titled Public health emergencies in war and armed conflicts in Africa: What is expected from the global health community? offers a comprehensive insight into Emergency Response and Preparedness, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenge...
The 2006 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS) was designed to provide information on demographic, health, and family planning status and trends in the country. Specifi cally, the UDHS collected information on fertility and fertility preferences, marriage, sexual activity, awareness and use of...
The Clients Charter was introduced under the Public Service Reform Programme, as a tool to strengthen the demand side of accountability for service delivery. In this regard, the clients charter has been embranced in the health sector. This charter spells out the roles, responsibilities and commitme...
The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (31 August 2022) 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, Nor...
The document titled The Critical Role of Community Health Workers in COVID-19 Vaccine Roll Out 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,...
The document titled Challenges and Opportunities for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in the COVID-19 Response in Africa: A Mixed-Methods Study offers a comprehensive insight into Disease Control and Prevention, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health...
World health statistics 2019 summarizes recent trends and levels in life expectancy and causes of death (Section 1) and reports on the health and health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and associated targets (Sections 2-8) It then summarizes the major findings, including the availabilit...
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 most of the 2012 a...
This publication is about infant nutrition. Adequate nutrition is critical to child health and development. The period from birth to two years of age is particulary because of the rapid growth and development that occurs during this time.
The Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of information on global household wealth. Since 2010, we have collaborated with Professors Anthony Shorrocks and Jim Davies, recognized authorities on this topic, and the principal authors of ��Personal Wea...
The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (23 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, North...
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This weekly report is a statistical representation of the malaria events that happened in the country during the week of�18th Dec to 24th Dec 2023.
The goal of equality between women and men is a basic principle of the United Nations (UN), which is set out in the Preamble to the Charter of the United Nations. This commitment to promote gender equality and women��s empowerment was reaffi rmed in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of...
When modern medicine was introduced in Uganda by Dr Albert Cook in 1897,the colonial government enacted instruments to guide the profession by 1933. The profession has since undergone several acts. Currently council is being guided by UMDPC Act 1998.
The document titled Outbreak Brief 78: 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...
