Access to safe surgery is critical to health, welfare, and economic development. In 2015, the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery recommended that all countries collect surgical indicators to lend insight into improving surgical care. No nationwide high-quality data exist for these metrics in Uganda...
The WHO Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines met in Geneva from 24 to 25 October 2007. The meeting was opened on behalf of the Director-General by Dr Howard Zucker, Assistant Director-General for Health Technology and Pharmaceuticals. He welcomed participants to the meeti...
This issue focuses on the first quarter of 2019/2020 financial year. The aim of this bulletin is to inform district, national, and global stake-holders on progress achieved and challenges encountered in malaria control and reduction in Uganda. Most importantly, it is to encourage use of this informa...
This newsletter will interest you if you use Ugandan roads! Which is just about everyone in the country! How did you get to work today? How will you get back? What about your school going kids? Our concern for road safety is behind our rather strange name, RT4. We are part of CEBHA+, a research netw...
The fast-changing COVID-19 landscape thrust the AU and Africa CDC into a pivotal leadership role at a time when global health governance failed to deliver equitably. The AU and Africa CDC acted out of necessity to mitigate the impact of leaving the most vulnerable populations and places in a cycle o...
• Firstly, the lifting of COVID-19 social measures such as wearing masks, social distancing, handwashing, and restricted movements which allowed individuals with compromised immune systems or those without necessary vaccinations/boosters to interact freely. • And secondly, seasonal fluctuations, inc...
The OSH implementation strategy outlines the steps to be undertaken by anyone who would like to ensure safety and health at the work place in the health sector. It simplifies the guidelines outlining the objectives of implementing a safety and health program at the work place, tools to use, areas of...
The Family Planning monthly performance update for July, 2021 update has been compiled using our service statistics data (DHIS 2) as one of the principal instruments to monitor program performances. Reporting rates improved while Reporting rates on time slightly dropped when compared to the previous...
This ministerial statement is about the vote functions of ministry of health. A vote function is a set of programmes, projects and local government grants, defining the roles and responsibilities of a vote / institution and contributing towards the attainment of vote and overoll objectives.
Uganda adopted the Village Health Teams (VHTs) strategy in 2001 as a bridge in health service delivery between community and health facilities. This assessment sought to establish the VHT programme functionality in Uganda.
In this analysis, we explained to what extent satellite data (as a proxy for environmental conditions) are correlated with household survey data. Whilst correlation abviously does not automatically imply causation, we suggest an evironmental approach is more likely to reveal causes than will the tra...
The Uganda COVID-19 Response and Emergency Preparedness Project (herein the�� UCREPP��) aims to prevent, detect and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and strengthen national systems for public health. The AF will ensure vaccines are procured and deployed and, refugees and host communities are further...
Uganda has been heralded in the scientific media as one of the world's earliest and most compeling AIDS prevention success stories due its unprecedented HIV prevalence decline from 18% in 1992 to 6.2 in 2002
Management of Secondary Postpartum Haemorrhage
A comprehensive National Immunization Programme Review (2015-2020 NIPR) was conducted in Uganda from 12th October to 06th November 2020. This NIPR integrated the EPI review with an operational research study to assess the barriers to utilization of EPI services, Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus Elimina...
HIV Counseling Supervision is a crucial component of any HIV/AIDS counseling or care and support service. It provides a way to support counselors and to address clients�� needs while at the same time upholding the professional practice of counseling around the globe. Supervision is an excellent oppo...
The document titled Outbreak Brief 74: 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...
According to the 2004-2005 Uganda HIV/AIDS Sero-Behavioural Survey, 6.3% of men and women age 15-49 who are currently in union are HIV positive, compared to 1.6% of those never in union (Uganda Ministry of Health & ORC Macro 2006). Furthermore, 5% of cohabiting couples are HIV discordant, with the m...
An Act to provide for the right of access to information pursuant to article 41 of the Constitution; to prescribe the classes of information referred to in that article; the procedure for obtaining access to that information, and for related matters
The document titled Africa CDC Framework for Antimicrobial Resistance offers a comprehensive insight into Antimicrobial Resistance Control, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Northern Africa, Southern A...
