This bulletin serves to inform all stakeholders at community, district and national levels on suspected disease trends, public health surveillance and interventions undertaken in detecting, preventing and responding to public health events in Uganda on a weekly basis.
The document titled Statement on the Efficacy of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19) against the SARS-CoV-2 Variants offers a comprehensive insight into Emergency Response and Preparedness, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges w...
A. Executive summary Wajnberg et al. reported that robust neutralizing antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 infection persist for months. The vast majority of infected individuals with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 experience robust immunoglobulin G antibody responses against the viral spike protein. Authors also...
The document titled COVID-19 Contact Tracing Protocol for African Union Staff 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,...
This book has been a cooperative effort. Many persons have contributed in different ways. Some have helped to write or rewrite different sections; some have criticized early drafts; some have used it in their programs and sent us feedback; some have sent original ideas or technologies that we have t...
All the 112 districts reported with an average reporting rate of 82.7% which is similar to that of the previous week and 10% decrease in reporting rate compared to the same week in 2015. An overall of 17% (19/112) had 100% of all their health facilities reporting and 59.8% (97/112) of the districts...
Decentralized health systems were established in Uganda in the 1990s along with the political devolution of certain central government responsibilities to the district local governments. In the health sector, district overall administrative and technical management was under the district health team...
There is international scientific agreement that the world is getting warmer. By examining climate records, scientists have determined that the temperature of the air at the Earth��s surface has warmed by approximately 0.6�C since the late 19th century (see Figure 1-1). Evidence from tree rings, tro...
The overall goal of these guidelines is to contribute to the reduction of morbidity and mortality due to cholera and other diarrhoeal diseases which is in line with Health Sector development Plan goal (HSDP 2015/16-2019/2020); ��To accelerate movement towards Universal Health Coverage with essential...
In accordance with the Constitution of Uganda, all citizens are entitled to access high quality and cost effective public services. Efficiency, effectiveness, transparency and accountability in service delivery require that sectors and institutions develop, document, disseminate and apply standards....
This guidance complements the Africa CDC Guidance for Community Physical Distancing, which includes further details on how to engage communities, implement physical distancing, and support organisations, and the Africa CDC Guidance for Community Use of Face Masks.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030 were adopted by the United Nations in 2015. One of the targets is to end the global TB epidemic. The WHO End TB Strategy, approved by the World Health Assembly in 2014, calls for a 90% reduction in TB deaths and an 80% reduction in the TB incidence r...
This document is�a Malaria�Surveillance Status�Report for the month of July 2023.
Globally, new HIV infections among young women (aged 15-24 years) were reduced by 25% between 2010 and 2018. This is good news, but of course, it remains unacceptable that 6000 adolescent girls and young women become infected with HIV every week. The sexual and reproductive health and rights of wome...
This is a dynamic and challenging time for those working in public health, in global health cooperation, and in tuberculosis control specifically. As a result of commitments to health at the highest political levels, there are unprecedented opportunities for expanding response to disease epidemics a...
Community-based village health teams (VHTs) have long been an important component of the Uganda Ministry of Health��s (MoH) strategies to improve access to medicines and health supplies in households facing geographic, logistic, financial, cultural, and other constraints to using and reaching formal...
The Maternity HDU implementation guide is an addendum to the Essential Maternal and Newborn Care (EMNC) Guidelines. It is important to reference in the process of setting up maternity HDUs and High-Risk Beds. The admission criteria to HDU covers the most common causes of severe maternal morbidity an...
Participants were Member states representatives, experts from development agencies and civil society organizations involved in Community Health systems strengthening on the continent. One critical area that was highlighted by participants is the need to increase the protection of CHWs in terms of th...
The report aims to inform the Ministry of Health and stakeholders�� planning and logistics decisions to ensure a robust health commodities supply chain. This report provides an update of the health facility stock status data and HMIS 105-section 6 reporting for 38 tracer commodities (in different ba...
The PGD 2014 is a vital tool for dispensers and staff to use in their daily tasks of administering medicines. It provides information and instructions on medicines, such as general use, dosage, side effects, interactions, and use during pregnancy and breastfeeding. The PGD also describes the dispens...
