Anemia is defined as a lower than acceptable level of hemoglobin or haematocrit blood with respect to the individual.Anemia is the most wide spread nutrition related public health problem.Asia and Africa are the most affected regions with prevalence rates reaching 50% in women and children
The Ministry of Health launched the Health Sector Strategic and Investment Plan 2010/11 - 2014/15 which defines the medium term health agenda and operationalize Uganda��s aspirations as outlined in the NDP and the Public Investment Plan (PIP) 2010/11 - 2012/13. The development of M&E Plan for HSSIP...
The document titled Outbreak Brief 147: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic offers a comprehensive insight into Surveillance and Disease Intelligence, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Norther...
The purpose of this report is to inform the Ministry of Health and all stakeholders of the stock levels in the country as a tool that enables appropriate logistics decision making . This report highlights stock status, real challenges, bottlenecks but also recommends potential solutions to mitigate...
COVID 19 has disrupted various services in this country including worship in the church premises. The government is yet to lift the closure of church premises for worship. We hare however making arrangements such that when places of worship are eventually opened, the worshippers should not be expose...
This weekly 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,...
Management of Iron Deficiency Anemia Pregnancy
Over the past five years, substantial reductions have been recorded in mortality in children under five years of age, buttressed by improvements in malaria-specific indicators in all President��s Malaria Initiative (PMI)-supported countries where baseline and follow-up nationwide household surveys w...
This issue also shows you how the National Malaria Control Program has also been energized with the hiring of new staff.
The proportion of health facilities that reported this week was 81.6% representing a 59.1% increase in reporting rate in comparison to the same week in 2015. Subsequently, there has been a steady increase in the national reporting rate of 80% and above. Only 15.5% (18/116) districts had 100% of thei...
The document titled Africa CDC Consortium for COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Trials (CONCVACT) 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, Nort...
The document titled Guidance on Environmental decontamination 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...
The document titled Outbreak Brief 105: 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...
The 2022 Ugandan polio SIA was conceived with the notion that the number of unimmunized children over the years through routine immunization and the additional impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on routine immunization in the region led to the accumulation of susceptibility overtime leading to cVDPV2 o...
As of 9 a.m. East African Time (EAT) 14 September 2021, a total of 8,052,110 COVID-19 cases and 204,025 deaths (CFR: 2.5%) have been reported in 55 African Union (AU) Member States. This represents 3.6% of all cases and 4.4% of all deaths reported globally. Twenty-three (42%) AU Member States are re...
This manual is the result of cooperation between many people. I would like to thank all those who have contributed in any way to its preparation, in particular, the members of the working group which met in Dundee, Scotland in November, 1978 and established the main guidelines for the first edition.
High quality scientific evidence is increasingly available to help the providers of health care make decisions about what types of investigations to order for an individual patient, and how to treat any health problems that are identified. ��Evidence-based medicine�� has been facilitated by the avai...
The Africa CDC is working to establish a new Public Health Order for Africa, in which Member States are empowered to strengthen and protect the public health of their peoples. NPHIs provide the platform to help countries achieve their public health goals.
As of 9 am EAT 21 July 2020, a total of 736,288 COVID-19 cases and 15,418 deaths (CFR: 2.1%) have been reported in 54 African countries. This is 5% of all cases reported globally. Since the last brief, 125,481 new COVID-19 cases have been reported, which is an increase of 21% compared to the 14 July...
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