The total Current Health Expenditure (CHE) in Uganda in 2012/13 was Shs.4,866 billion that translates to a per capita spending of Shs. 144,374 ($55). This increased in nominal terms by 1.7% and in real terms by Shs. 86 billion to 4,952 billion in 2013/14 that translates to a per capita spending of 1...
We are pleased to share our 41st weekly epidemiological bulletin for the year 2020. 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 respond...
The document titled Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Uganda 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...
This publication is about how to make safe blood especially for tranfusion. Making blood free of contegious diseases like HIV/AIDS thus reducing the risk of transmitting such diseases.
This report is on monitoring and evaluation of implementation of two Cabinet Directives under: Minute 317 (CT 2013) 3(1). The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries was directed to urgently issue an order prohibiting vending of loose milk in the country; and Minute 317 (CT 2013) 3(2)...
The Task Force prepared this Framework for Workforce Development to describe actions that Africa CDC, Member States, and partners will take to increase both the quantity and quality of African public health professionals, including:
The report also tracks a set of indicators outlined in the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) advocacy plan, Action and investment to defeat malaria 2016-2030 (AIM) (2) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (3) - a set of interconnected global goals seen as a plan of action for people, the planet and pr...
The increase in the number of mpox cases in Africa since the beginning of 2024, coupled with the spread of the disease in newly affected countries, has led to urgent measures being taken at the continental level. These include: • Assessed the severity level of the mpox epidemic during the recent ris...
The document titled Communiqué of Directors of Regional Institutions for the Africa Continental World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2020 offers a comprehensive insight into Antimicrobial Resistance Control, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges...
International travel has become increasingly easy and readily available. Ever greater numbers of people are using international air travel for many reasons including business, tourism, immigration, asylum seeking or humanitarian activities. There is a potential risk of transmission of tuberculosis (...
The proportion of health facilities that reported was 81.4% reflecting a 7.8% increase in reporting rate in comparison to the same week in 2016. Only 15.5% (18/116) districts had 100% of their health facilities reporting and 60.3% (70/116) of the districts achieved the national target of 80%. Only o...
In this year��s World malaria report, WHO reflects on key milestones that have shaped the global response to the disease over the last 2 decades - a period of unprecedented success in malaria control that saw 1.5 billion cases averted and 7.6 million lives saved.
The WHA 54.11 WHO medicines strategy acknowledged the four main objectives of WHO��s medicines strategy, namely, to frame and implement policy; to ensure access; to ensure quality, safety and efficacy; and to promote rational use of medicines. The WHO medicines strategy 2004-2007 presents the strate...
The second meeting of the WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on In Vitro Diagnostics (SAGE IVD) was held on 18-22 March 2019 at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
The assessment tool guides the supervisors on how to assess each standard, indicates the means of verification and operational definition for each standard. It is where the supervisor shall record and score the performance of each health facility and record comments/notes to explain the level of per...
Like elsewhere in the world, nurses and midwives form the backbone of the health service delivery, constituting more than 60% of the health care work force in Uganda, (MOH, 2007). The quality and satisfaction with care largely depends on nurses and midwives in the health care system, (World Health A...
The document titled Community use of face masks 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 Africa, Western Afri...
The document titled Guidance on Diagnosis and Management of People with Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome 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 A...
Sex workers in many places are highly vulnerable to HIV and other sexually transmitted infections due to multiple factors, including large numbers of sex partners, unsafe working conditions and barriers to the negotiation of consistent condom use. Moreover, sex workers often have little control over...
In week 24 of 2016, all 112 districts reported with an average reporting rate of 82.3% which is a more than 20% increase in reporting rate compared to the same week in 2015. An overall of 19.6% of the districts had 100% of all their health facilities reporting; 23 districts (21%) had all their healt...
