The document titled Community use of face masks 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, Western Afri...
The document titled Outbreak Brief Number 11: COVID-19 Pandemic – 31 March 2020 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 Af...
The document titled Handbook for Public Health Emergency Operations Center Operations and Management 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 A...
This handbook aims to make the case that strategizing - meaning designing plans and policies to achieve a particular goal related to the health of a nation - is absolutely critical in the 21st century. It is not only recommended by the Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO), but is als...
MPDSR emphasizes continuous�identification and reporting of maternal�and perinatal deaths including zero�for none registered and utilising�that information to facilitate Quality�Improvement (QI) processes. The national�MPDSR annual report FY 2022/23 is a result�of concerted efforts of health workers...
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...
National Records And Archives Act,2001
The annual Health Sector Performance Report for financial year 2016/17 provides progress of the annual health sector work plan as well as the overall health sector performance against the set targets agreed upon with key stakeholders in financial year 2016/17. In addition, the report provides curre...
Uganda has been consistent in its pursuit of poverty eradication as the overriding priority for national socioeconomic development. The overall goal of the government is to reduce absolute poverty to less than 10% of the population by 2017. The country has experienced strong economic growth averagin...
The MoH is currently working to expand the availability of paediatric HIV services. The HIV testing and counseling policy was revised in 2010 to include paediatric testing and counseling,8 and training is on-going for health workers and supervisors. But many providers still lack knowledge about spec...
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...
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 the country on a weekly basis. In this issue, we brin...
An act of the community to provide for the prevention and managenet of HIV /AIDS and for the protection and promotion of the human rights of persons living with or affected by HIV and AIDS.
The fourth Millennium Development Goal (MDG) �� to reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate �� is ambitious, but achievable. Currently, more than 10 million children under five die each year, four million of them in the first month. It is estimated that around two-t...
The document titled Africa CDC Newsletter – June 2019 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 g...
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has long prioritised assuring and improving quality of care for all people in Uganda. In an effort to continuously improve quality of service delivery and health outcomes across the country, the Ministry of Health wanted to develop a platform for all practitioners, imple...
Diabetes triples the risk of developing tuberculosis (TB). Consequently, rates of TB are higher in people with diabetes than in the general population, and diabetes is a common comorbidity in people with TB. Diabetes can worsen the clinical course of TB, and TB can worsen glycaemic control in people...
The document titled 2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease Outbreak: What Health Care Workers Should Know 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...
The health status of the Ugandan population is poor, with infant mortality rate of 97/1000 live birth (UDHS 1995) and Maternal mortality rate of 506/1000 live birth.The health status indicators reflect slow improvement over the past years.
The document titled Questions and answers on mask wearing 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, We...
