The revised support supervision guidelines are aligned to the comprehensive support supervision strategy 2019 which was designed to step-up efforts to support supervision at all levels of health care through improved planning, coordination and resourcing to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency o...
In Week 42 of 2016, the proportion of health facilities that reported this week was 85.9% representing a 40.8% increase in reporting rate in comparison to the same week in 2015. Since week 1 of 2016, there has been a steady national reporting rate of 80% and above. Only 16.4% (19/116) districts had...
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) party continues to enjoy massive support and endorsement from every part of Uganda. This is because it is a true pro-people party with a clear and principled agenda of ensuring the safety and prosperity of all Ugandans. Its countrywide grassroots appeal draws b...
In the bit to improve healthcare service delivery in the country, the Ministry of Health (MoH) has focused its efforts on improving the management of its human resource i.e. Health Workers (HW). This is being achieved through the use of quality of Health Workforce data generated from the Human Resou...
This issue focuses on the fourth 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 inform...
The Management of the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) is pleased to present the maiden Gender Statistics Profile for the Agricultural Sector. This report attempts to highlight the existing gender differentials and presents a contemporary overview of gender development issues and concerns in the s...
The document titled Outbreak Brief 47: 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...
After a quarter of a century of a generalized HIV epidemic, Uganda continues to experience a severe and mature HIV epidemic. Currently, 6.4% of adults and 0.7% of children are infected with HIV - about one million people nationwide.
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...
The document titled Simple instructions on how to use a face mask 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 Af...
The workshop to review the first and second quarter health sector performance was held from 27th to 28th January 2010 at Metropole Hotel in Kampala. The general Objective of the workshop was to review the performance of the Ministry of Health departments/Institutions against first and second quarter...
This report highlights the global nature of malnutrition and the successes and bottlenecks in addressing it. Malnutrition continues to affect the lives of millions of children and women worldwide. Every country is affected by some form of nutrition problem. This calls for countries to put in place a...
Vitamin A deficiently was recognized as one of the major public health problems contributing significantly to under 5 years mortality, increases susceptibility to infection, lowers immunity leading to frequent ill health and poor growth among children under five years of age.� n 1999 the Ministry of...
This Nutrition Country Profile of the Republic of Uganda was prepared by Dr. Joyce Kakuramatsi Kikafunda, Associate Professor of Food and Nutritional Sciences at the Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, in collaboration with Estelle...
This Framework offers a coherent approach for eliminating tuberculosis (TB) in low-incidence countries. It is designed to guide national policy-makers and those responsible for technical aspects of the national TB response in accelerating efforts towards elimination. The document will also be inform...
This document is about the legal� procedures for public asset procurements and disposition.
Reporting rate this week (85,4%) represents an almost 20% improvement in reporting rate from the pre-vious week, 2019W12 (65.9%) There were almost 20,000 malaria cases more this week (117,040) ) compared to 97,077 reported the previous week. While there may be a real increase in the number of malari...
This document is a detailed step-by-step procedure for the environmental cleaning and disinfection process�for the care of suspected, confirmed, or probable Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) cases at healthcare facilities.
The reporting rate reporting rate increased to 75.2% in this week from 73.2% in last week. A total of 96,942 malaria confirmed cases were reported, decreased by 31.5% from 141,545 in the previous week. Test positivity rate this week was 48.6% compared to 68.9% last week. The highest Test positivity...
The Health Sector Ministerial Policy Statement� (MPS) for FY 2020/21) has been developed through a consultative process involving the Central Government Ministries Health Sector Development Partners and the Sector Budget Working Group. The Ministry has aligned the sector outcomes for FY 2020/21 to t...
