In Week 42 of 2016, the proportion of health facilities that reported this week was 85.9% representing a 40.8% increase in reporting rate in comparison to the same week in 2015. Since week 1 of 2016, there has been a steady national reporting rate of 80% and above. Only 16.4% (19/116) districts had...
This book has been a cooperative effort. Many persons have contributed in different ways. Some have helped to write or rewrite different sections; some have criticized early drafts; some have used it in their programs and sent us feedback; some have sent original ideas or technologies that we have t...
This document is a statistical report highlighting the performance of key nutrition program indicators for the month of March 2023.
Syphilis is a curable infection caused by a bacterium called Treponema pallidum. This infection is sexually transmitted, and can also be passed on from a mother to her fetus during pregnancy. As a cause of genital ulcer disease, syphilis has been associated with an increased risk of HIV transmission...
This Weekly Malaria report is a statistical representation of the different malaria activities across the various administrative levels of the health sector.
In this document, medical providers and practices are generally described as traditional, complementary/alternative, or allopathic. ��Provider�� and ��practitioner�� are used interchangeably. In a few cases, particularly in the European section, the cumbersome term ��non-allopathic physician�� is us...
This document has policies and procedures to be used by health care workers inorder to control infection.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed this rapid guidance document in close collaboration�with the Governments of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention�(CDC), Atlanta, USA; the Infection Control Africa Network (ICAN); and the United Nations Chil...
Reporting rate this week (83.5%) is slightly less than that reported the previous week, 2019W26 (84.9%) There was an increase in malaria morbidity this week. There were over 13,000 moremalaria cases this week (253,973) compared to 240,806 the previous week. About 7.8% (10/128) of districts reported...
The World Health Report 2001 provides a new understanding of mental disorders that offers new hope to the mentally ill and their families in all countries and all�societies. It is a comprehensive review of what is known about the current and future burden of disorders, and the principal contributing...
Uganda has a draft National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Bill, 2019 that provides for the establishment of a NHIS. The proposed health insurance scheme will pool resources, where the rich will subsidize the treatment of the poor and the healthy will subsidize the treatment of the sick, young and e...
This guide presents the Workload Indictors of Staffing Need (WISN) methodology as an analytic planning and management tool for the management of human resources for health in Uganda.
The document titled The role of Africa CDC during response to COVID-19 pandemic in Africa: Lessons learnt for future pandemics preparedness, prevention, and response offers a comprehensive insight into Disease Control and Prevention, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses...
As the Covid-19 pandemic got under way, the world�had been reaching unprecedented heights on the�Human Development Index (HDI). People were, on�average, living healthier, wealthier and better lives�for longer than ever. But under the surface a growing�sense of insecurity had been taking root. An est...
The strategy recommends that AU Member States should enhance, where feasible, existing COVID-19 surveillance to include:To ensure successful implementation, testing and reporting considerations have been aligned with existing Africa CDC guidance on the implementation of rapid antigen testing and gen...
H.E. President Cyril Ramaphosa, Chairperson of the African Union and President of the Republic of South Africa opened the conference. He noted the need for strong partnerships, cooperation and a sense of urgency among Africans in finding a suitable vaccine against the COVID-19. He emphasized the nee...
The HIV/AIDS epidemic is a global crisis and constitutes one of the most formidable obstacles towards sustainable development and social progress. In the most affected countries, the impact of HIV/AIDS poses a severe threat to every aspect of life, as it erodes decades of developmental gains and thr...
2. RCC OVERSIGHT AND COLLABORATION MECHANISM Collaborative and oversight structures are in place to ensure RCCs attain a seamless interface with the Member States, Regional Economic Communities (RECs), Regional Health Organizations, and other relevant stakeholders within the region in attaining the...
The document titled 2019 Novel Coronavirus Poster 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 Africa, Southern Africa, Western Africa, providing valuable guida...
The HIV/AIDS epidemic in Uganda has had far reaching consequences not only for individuals, families and communities, but also for the country as a whole. In the education sector, the epidemic has emerged as a major threat to achieving Education for All (EFA) goals. The national success in the fight...
