Worldwide, cervical cancer comprises approximately 12% of all cancers in women. It is the second most common cancer in women but the commonest in developing countries. Cervical screening is acknowledged as currently the most effective approach for cervical cancer control. However, in many countries,...
The annual monitoring focused on four Ministry of Health (Vote 014) projects namely; Uganda Health Systems and Strengthening (UHSSP-Project 1123), Support to Rehabilitation of Mulago Hospital (Project 1243), Rehabilitation and equipping of health facilities in the West (1314) and construction of the...
The Global status report on road safety 2018, launched by WHO in December 2018, highlights that the number of annual road traffic deaths has reached 1.35 million. Road traffic injuries are now the leading killer of people aged 5-29 years. The burden is disproportionately borne by pedestrians, cyclis...
Integrated Human Resources Information System (iHRIS) is a management tool that enables an organization to design and manage a comprehensive human resources strategy. iHRIS has five core components: iHRIS Qualify for health workforce registration and licensing, iHRIS Manage for human resource manage...
The African Union Member States (AU MS) face significant health threats, particularly infectious diseases, due to its overstretched public health systems and infrastructure. Despite Its remarkable improvements and growth in health sector service delivery in recent times, the African continent remain...
Major progress in global tuberculosis (TB) control followed the widespread implementation of the DOTS strategy. The Stop TB Strategy, launched in 2006, builds upon and enhances the achievements of DOTS. New objectives include universal access to patient-centred treatment and protection of population...
The document titled Outbreak Brief 76: 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...
The novel human Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is highly infectious and given the number of travelers coming from affected countries, the risk of importation of COVID-19 into the country is considered very high by WHO. If not averted, COVID-19 can affect Uganda��s economy in several ways, some...
The document titled Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in South 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, Nor...
This is a 1st April 2019 stock status report with stock on hand data as of 31st March 2019. Warehouse data utilized includes information from NMS, JMS, MAUL, JCRC and UHMG. The PNFP sector: JMS is well stocked with most of the commodities having over 3 months of stock except DTG 50mg and NVP 50mg ta...
Uganda covers 241,551 square kilometers of which 197,323 square kilometers are land area. The country is divided into 112 Districts all of which have a decentralized local governance system. Uganda has one of the highest growth rates in the world standing at a rate of 3.2% per annum and higher than...
On 13 August 2024, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) declared the ongoing Mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS). This was followed the next day by the World Health Organization (WHO), which extended the alert internationally as a public...
There is evidence that Uganda is making progress toward the MDG 4 &5 targets by 2015 but this progress needs to be accelerated. Under- fi ve mortality rate declined from 152 per 1000 live births in 2000 to 137 in 2006 while the infant mortality rate declined by 76 from 88 per 1000 live births during...
SMOKING already kills one in 10 adults worldwide. By 2030, perhaps a little sooner, the proportion will be one in six, or 10 million deaths per year��more than any other single cause. Whereas until recently this epidemic of chronic disease and premature death mainly affected the rich countries, it i...
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...
H.E. Dr. Jean Kaseya was appointed as the first Director General of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) in February 2023 by the 36th Africa Union (AU) Assembly of Heads of State and Government. Upon assuming office on the 20th April 2023, he committed to three fundamental...
The reduction of poverty and vulnerability is an integral part of Uganda��s national development. This report considers the national development process from the point of view of an individual household. From this perspective, socioeconomic transformation means that all households are made more secu...
The goal of this tuberculosis (TB) infection control guidelines is to guide management staff, including health care workers, congregate settings managers and household heads to minimize the risk of TB transmission at Ugandan facilities in particular and the whole country in general. The current nati...
This publication is about the malaria case statistics of Uganda in the 19th week of 2018.
Uganda��s population has increased to 34 million people which calls for increase Health Centre IVs (HCIVs), districts, and Regional Referral Hospitals (RRHs). The training programme will take two (2) years, consisting of four (4) semesters with assessments carried out for each semester. This Curricu...
