This bulletin serves to inform all stakeholders at community district, and national levels on suspected disease trends, public health surveillance and interventions undertaken in detecting, preventing and responding to public health events in Uganda on a weekly basis.
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 Uganda on a weekly basis. In this issue, we showcase...
The document titled Outbreak Brief 56: 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 third WHO report anticipates the investments needed as countries graduate from low-income to middle-income status and as the world��s focus expands from the Millennium Development Goals to the Sustainable Development Goals.
In accordance with operative paragraph 3(8) of resolution WHA69.10 (2016), the DirectorGeneral was requested ��to develop, in consultation with Member States, a set of criteria and principles for secondments1 to WHO from nongovernmental organizations, philanthropic foundations and academic instituti...
The 2014-15 Uganda Malaria Indicator Survey (2014-15 UMIS) was implemented by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) and the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) of the Uganda Ministry of Health from December 2014 to January 2015. The funding for the UMIS was provided by the United States Agenc...
Uganda is faced with frequent outbreaks of emerging diseases and high burden of other endemic conditions, including cholera, all of which require dedicated resources for their prevention and control. However, like many developing countries, Uganda is resource constrained, has an inadequate health de...
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 document titled Establishing the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention: the upside of a crisis 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 Afri...
Ending the AIDS epidemic and leaving no one behind in the response will profoundly affect the entire lifespan of millions of people around the world, for generations to come. The post- AIDS world will be very different from the one we know today��and it is one we can create.
Malaria cases have declined from 100,830 cases in week 32 to 99,672 cases in week 33 which can be attributed to a decline in reporting rates. 16 malaria deaths were reported. The highest number of deaths were in Mbale(3), Nebbi(2), and Hoima(2). Karamoja region has consistently reported the highes...
This report enables us to see for the first time that the number of people using tobacco in the world is declining, despite population growth. The number of male tobacco users, which previously was increasing every year, finally turned the corner in 2018 and is projected to decline each year from 20...
The document titled Outbreak Brief 44: 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...
The HIMS is a routine monitorng system that plays a specific role in the monitoring and evaluation process. The HIMS is intended to provide warning signals through the use of indicators.
The document titled Finding the Balance: Public health and social measures in Tunisia 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...
We are pleased to share our 42nd 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...
Since mid 1990��s, WHO and partners have provided technical support to a large number of African countries to promote rational use of antimalarial medicines, monitor medicine efficacy and update treatment policies. In Uganda, resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to Chlororoquine rose to unacceptable...
The Corona Virus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) has continued to spread across the world leaving death and economic devastation in its wake. Although the number of confirmed cases in Uganda remain very low in comparison to other countries, the containment adopted to curb the spread of the virus have affect...
In week 10 of 2016, all 112 (100%) districts reported. Average reporting rate was maintained at 74.4%. 10 districts had (100%) all of their health facilities reporting; 53 districts (47%) achieved the national target of 80% reporting. Only one (1) districts had less than 30% of the health facilities...
The 2021 Progress Estimates on Family Planning Commitments and National Goals estimates were derived; In order to have an accurate representation of FP progress. The current data have been incorporated with the data that has been generated over the last few years in order to monitor the annual progr...