Eritrea is the only AU MS yet to start COVID-19 vaccination roll out. For Epi week 8 (20 – 26 February 2023), 2,311 new COVID-19 cases were reported, which is a 40% decrease in the number of new cases reported compared to the previous week (7). The Southern region accounted for 75% of the new COVID-...
Guidelines for Decentralization of Uganda Medical Board
The WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization met in Geneva from 12 to 16 October 2015. The meeting was opened by Mr Kees De Joncheere,Director of the Department of Essential Medicines and Health Products (EMP).
The document titled Africa CDC Policy Recommendation for African Union Meetings and Travel During COVID-19 Outbreak offers a comprehensive insight into Other, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Northern...
The purpose of this flip chart is to guide front line health workers in providing quality and standardized screening, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of TB in children according to the new recommendations. This flip chart should be used at all health facility care points to identify and manage c...
Cognisant of these major challenges, the African Union Heads of State and Government (HoSG) at the July 2013 Abuja Special Summit on AIDS, TB and Malaria in Abuja recognized the urgent need to put in place a Specialised Agency to support African Union Member States in their efforts to strengthen hea...
This guide provides health workers with the most important facts about malaria and its transmission and management. The illustrations facilitate understanding and can also be used when counseling patients.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires�� ��certificate�� means a certificate issued under section 18; ��chairperson�� means the chairperson of the council appointed under section 4; ��council�� means the Nurses and Midwives Council established under section 2; ��diploma�� means a diploma...
The republic of Uganda is an East African state currently under multiparty dispensation. Service delivery is decentralized to local governments as per the 1997 local Government Act. The Central government, however, retains the role of setting standards and providing guidelines to local governments....
As of 9am East African Time (EAT) 22 September 2020, a total of 1,412,310 COVID-19 cases and 34,072 deaths (CFR: 2.4%) have been reported in 55 African countries. This is 5% of all cases reported globally. Since the last brief, 52,586 new COVID-19 cases have been reported, which is a 2% decrease in...
• Impact de la crise soudanaise en République centrafricaine et au Tchad Après le déclenchement de la guerre au Soudan, un afflux de réfugiés soudanais et d’autres nationalités a été enregistré dans l’extrême-nord de la République centrafricaine (RCA), province de Vakaga ainsi que dans plusieurs pro...
The document titled Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Cameroon 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, Norther...
Over the past decade in Uganda, Ministry of Health (MOH) in collaboration with partners, has rolled out comprehensive HIV prevention, care and treatment programs with a sizable focus on Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) and Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF).
The Regulations have provided a global framework that has contributed significantly to an increase in information sharing, risk assessment and coordination of response in relation to international public health risks and emergencies. These communications have been carried out through the unique glob...
The core list presents a list of minimum medicine needs for a basic health care system, listing the most efficacious, safe and cost-effective medicines for priority conditions. Priority conditions are selected on the basis of current and estimated future public health relevance, and potential for sa...
The document titled Outbreak Brief 70: 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...
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 br...
This Weekly Malaria report is a statistical representation of the different malaria activities across the various administrative levels of the health sector.
These guidelines outline the composition, roles, responsibilities, and management of the proceedings of the Health Unit Management Committees for Health Centre IVs in Uganda.
Uganda��s young population can be a valuable asset in driving the demographic dividend agenda. This will depend on the country��s ability to implement a development program that recognises the importance of population dynamics in development.3 In this regard, there is a need to deliberately change U...
