Outbreak Brief 62: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 62: 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...

Ministry of Health Weekly Malaria Report, Week 18, 2 - 8 May 2022

A total of 221,271 malaria confirmed cases were reported, up by 13% cases reported last week Reporting Increased to 74% from 70% last week 67 Districts reported malaria upsurge weeks. Manafwa, Budaka, Kween, Bukwo, Bugiri, Nabilatuk are in upsurge and have inadequate ACT stock Malaria incidence incr...

Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition : Guidelines

Malnutrition is the deficiency of protein,energy, as well as vitamins leading to loss of body fats and muscle tissues. It is a major public health concern in Uganda that affects both children and adults.

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update 12 May 2020

The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – 12 May 2020 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...

Hygiene and Sanitation Software An Overview of Approaches

The terms ��hygiene�� and ��sanitation�� can mean different things to different people. For the purposes of this document the term ��sanitation�� is used to refer to the management of human excreta. The term ��hygiene�� is used to refer to the behaviours/ measures, including but beyond the managemen...

WHO medical eligibility criteria wheel for contraceptive use 2008 update.

This wheel contains the medical eligibility criteria for starting use of contraceptive methods. It is based on Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use, 3rd edition (2004) and its 2008 Update, one of WHO��s evidence-based guidelines. It tells family planning providers if a woman presenting...

Mental Health Atlas 2017 Completion Guide

This document was prepared by the WHO Mental Health Atlas team aiming to support the process of data collection and processing.

The world health report 2008 : primary health care now more than ever.

Why a renewal of primary health care (PHC), and why now, more than ever? The immediate answer is the palpable demand for it from Member States - not just from health professionals, but from the political arena as well. Globalization is putting the social cohesion of many countries under stress, and...

Guinea Worm Brochure

Over 96% of all cases are from the Northern Region, with only five of Ghana’s ten regions reporting indigenous cases of Guinea worm disease during 2007. Four of these regions—namely, Ashanti, Upper West, Volta, and Brong-Ahafo—are set to break transmission during 2008.

Four other regions, n...

Uganda Malaria Indicator Survey 2009

This report presents the findings from the Uganda Malaria Indicator Survey (UMIS) directed by ICF Macro under a contract with the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), the Uganda Malaria Surveillance Project Molecular Laboratory at Mulago Hospital, and the National Malaria Control Programme of the Uga...

Outbreak Brief 33: COVID-19 Pandemic 1 September 2020

The document titled Outbreak Brief 33: COVID-19 Pandemic – 1 September 2020 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, S...

National Policy on Malaria Treatment 2005

Malaria continues to be the most frequent cause of ill health in Uganda. The greatest toll hits young children and pregnant women. Malaria impacts negatively on the household, community incomes and the national economy, thus keeping the rural communities trapped in perpetual poverty.

Weekly epidemiological Bulletin week 51: 14th -20th Dec 2020

We are pleased to share our 51st 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...

Outbreak Brief 81: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 81: 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...

Safe Male Circumcision Policy

Several studies have found significant association between male circumcision and HIV infection. Recent studies in African men have demonstrated that male circumcision reduces the risk of HIV acquisition among medically circumcised men by approximately 60%. In addition, male circumcision has been sho...

Uganda Service Provision Assessment Survey 2007

The 2007 Uganda Service Provision Assessment (USPA) survey collected data from a representative sample of 491 health facilities throughout Uganda. The survey covered all levels of facilities, from HC-IIs to hospitals, and sampled facilities operated by different managing authorities, including gover...

Criminal Law, Public Health and HIV Transmission: A Policy Options Paper

A number of cases have been reported in which people living with HIV have been criminally charged for a variety of acts that transmit HIV or risk transmission. In some cases, criminal charges have been laid for conduct that is merely perceived as risking transmission, sometimes with very harsh penal...

Ministry Of Health guidelines for eye care

The Eye Care Guidelines aim to provide easy to use, practical, complete and useful information on how to correctly diagnose and manage the seventeen common eye conditions in Uganda.

Outbreak Brief 117: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 117: 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 Tobacco Control Act 2015

This is an act to control the demand for the consumption of tobacco and its products, to control the supply of tobacco and its products to the population: to protect the environment from the effects of tobacco production and consumption and exposure to tobacco smoke.