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 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS) was conducted at a time when Uganda needed baseline information for planning and implementing national and regional programmes. The survey was conducted as part of the worldwide Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) programme in which surveys are being...
The initiative supports environment and health actors working together to address issues of common concern. Traditionally, health and environment sectors have acted independently of one another, each in defined domains. While much can and has been achieved, HELI aims to add a further dimension by fo...
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 bring...
This Competence-Based Education and Training (CBET) curriculum consists of three major parts, sequentially developed by combined panels of practitioners and tutors, guided by DACUM process and TVET Facilitators as follows: Part I: Occupational Profile Part II: Training Modules Part III: Sample Asses...
The Maternity HDU implementation guide is an addendum to the Essential Maternal and Newborn Care (EMNC) Guidelines. It is important to reference in the process of setting up maternity HDUs and High-Risk Beds. The admission criteria to HDU covers the most common causes of severe maternal morbidity an...
The content of this logbook predominantly includes practical areas and exposure experiences that cannot be acquired within the training institution��s environment. This logbook will, therefore, be used to record practical experiences, exposures and the assessment there of, while at placement/practi...
The document titled Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Training/Meetings in the context of COVID-19 offers a comprehensive insight into Infection Prevention, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges withi...
This baseline survey, conducted between December 1999 and January 2000 by the Commercial Market Strategies Project (CMS), was designed to investigate the level of knowledge, attitudes and practices about malaria and insecticide treated nets (ITNs)1 in four districts of Uganda: Mukono, Jinja, Mbarara...
The document is a statistical report on malaria activities occurring at the various administrative levels during the reporting period.
Due to seasonal variation, this is the period of the year when we have the highest incidence of malaria in the country ,districts are requested to be extra vigilant on stocks and management of malaria.�Reporting rate this week (78.2%) There were over 130,000 more malaria cases this week (243,591) co...
This document is to provide guidance for the utilization of the Primary Health Care (PHC) grants and other decentralized health grants in FY 2016/17. These guidelines should be used to prepare and implement annual work plans for both Public and Private-Not-For-Profit (PNFP) facilities as well as Pri...
The Revealing the Toll of COVID-19 technical package contains step-by-step guidance on the collection, analysis and use of all-cause mortality data collected through facility- or community-based surveillance.The technical package has been developed by Vital Strategies, in partnership with the Africa...
The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (05 January 2022) 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, No...
The serious consequences of malaria in pregnancy are attributed to the sequestration of malaria parasites in the placenta, leading to impeded trans-placental nutrient transport. This, combined with malaria-induced anaemia, compromises foetal growth and results in low birth weight and a subsequent in...
Reporting rate this week (75.7%) is a drop from the previous week, 2019W4 (83.9%). There was a 9% drop in reported malaria cases (105,566 this week vs. 116,330 in W4) There was marginal drop in confirmed malaria incidence. Only Adjumani & Moyo Districts reported incidence rates >10 cases/1,000 popul...
The manual has been jointly developed by relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies(MDAs) in close consultation with local Governments. It provides detailed information and guidelines on the objectives, processes, organization and management of the Performance system to be applied including activ...
Chronic Diseases in Canada (CDIC) is a quarterly scientific journal focussing on current evidence relevant to the control and prevention of chronic (i.e. non-communicable) diseases and injuries in Canada. Since 1980 the journal has published a unique blend of peer-reviewed feature articles by autho...
The Essential Medicines and Health Supplies List for�Uganda (EMHSLU) 2023 reflects the policy of the�Ministry of Health, for the appropriate procurement�of safe and efficacious essential medicines, health and�laboratory supplies in public institutions.�The EMHSLU 2023 was compiled based on�recommend...
Annual Workplan and Budget FY 2017/18
