Health Insurance is the way of financing health care where individuals or households contribute money to a common pool and when they fall sick they access a defined package of health services withouthaving to pay from their pockets.
As highlighted in the conference discussions, the future of health in Africa will be a story of hope and obstacles. The continent has come a long way toward realising the African Union’s New Public Health Order since 2020 but disease outbreaks are on the rise; climate change, food insecurity, popula...
The Comprehensive Health Service standards Manual aims to ensure that patients and service users receive comprehensive health care that meets their individual needs, and considers the impact of their health issues on their life and wellbeing. It furthermore aims to ensure that risks of harm for pati...
According to the mission statement of the Ministry of Health, "The overall goal of the health sector is the attainment of a good standard of health by all Ugandans in order to promote a healthy and productive life." The objectives of the health system, as stated in the Uganda National Health Policy,...
An Act to provide for the prevention and control of HIV and AIDS, including protection, counselling,testing, care of persons living with and affected by HIV and AIDS, rights and obligations of persons living with HIV and AIDS and to establish the HIV and AIDS trust fund
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...
The declining power of governments to address society��s big problems brings the conversation on to wealth inequality, the issue that in one shape or another really drives most of the risks facing the world today. Last year, on these pages of The Wealth Report, our keynote interviewee, Lynn Forester...
This report brings together the most recent data on the proposed health and selected health-related SDG indicators - to assess the current situation and describe crucial data gaps. In the current absence of official goal-level indicators, summary measures of health such as (healthy) life expectancy...
The Statistical Abstract is an annual publication compiled by Uganda Bureau of Statistics, which provides the statistical summary on various socio-economic indicators for Uganda. Some figures in this edition may vary from those in the earlier editions due to the updates. Note that most of the 2014...
The TWOS report for the period April- May 2019, summarizes facility reporting rates, timeliness of submission, patient numbers, estimates of stock status and central warehouse order fulfilment rates. It provides recommendations and actions to be taken by various stakeholders to mitigate supply issue...
OTC provides home-based treatment and rehabilitation for clients who are severely, acutely malnourished but have appetite and are free of medical complications. This session will describe issues including criteria for entry and exit, activities in the OTC, link with other Care and planning and setti...
The World Health Report 2004 shows how projects like this can bring the medical treatment that saved Joseph Jeune to millions of other people in poor and middle-income countries and how, crucially, such efforts can drive improvements in health systems. Effectively tackling HIV/AIDS is the world��s m...
The document titled AFRICAN REGIONAL BIO-RISK MANAGEMENT (Certified Professionals 2023) 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, We...
This job aide is a detailed step-by-step procedure for PPE screening and triage in the context of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).
Geographic Focus: Reports could either focus on events affecting single country or multiple countries.Inclusion criteria: While Africa CDC continues to track all public health events on the continent, this report highlights only moderate to very high-risk events (with new updates in the reporting we...
Choléra Source : SITREP choléra, bulletins SIMR des États membres Durant la période de rapportage allant des semaines épidémiologiques (SE) 35 à 39 de 2023, 4 191 nouveaux cas (suspects et confirmés) de choléra dont 51 décès ont été notifiés, portant le cumul de SE 01 à SE 39 de 2023 à 46 164 cas /...
This Weekly Malaria report is a statistical representation of the different malaria activities across the various administrative levels of the health sector.
The document titled Outbreak Brief 92: 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...
Agencies of the State, all citizens, organisations and other bodies and persons in applying or interpreting the Constitution or any other law and in taking and implementing any policy decisions for the establishment and promotion of a just, free and democratic society. (ii) The President shall repor...
The document titled Africa Joint Continental Strategy for COVID-19 Outbreak 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...
