Tuberculosis (TB) and leprosy continue to threaten public health in Uganda. The Ugandan Ministry of Health addresses TB and leprosy response in its Health Sector Development Plan II 2015/2016 - 2019/20. TB is the fifth most common cause of death in Uganda, potentially resulting in adverse socioecono...
Meeting the specific nutritional requirements of infants and young children,1 including protecting, promoting and supporting optimal feeding practices (Annex 2), should be a routine part of any emergency relief response. Indeed, it should be at the centre of efforts to protect the right of affected...
The Government of Uganda (GoU) is committed to achieving results through the efficient and effective delivery of key public services, maintaining law and order and in facilitating the transformation of the economy to enable the private sector to flourish, to expand enterprise and ultimately ensure t...
In December 2022, Africa CDC convened the inaugural Youth Pre-Conference (YPC) on the margins of the 2nd Annual International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA), kicking off long-term strategic engagement with Africa’s young professionals in various domains of healthcare, technology, poli...
We engaged 19 manufacturers in total, including all manufacturers with commercial scale production capacity as well as a number of early-stage projects. We also engaged with a variety of originator companies outside of Africa interested in technology transfers to African vaccine manufacturers to und...
• Since the beginning of the pandemic, the African Union’s response has been anchored in solidarity and collaboration and followed the “whole of Africa” approach. It has created institutions, such as the African Medical Supplies Platform (AMSP), which are critical to the pandemic response and will a...
Reporting rate this week was at 70.4% compared to 72.9% in the previous week. A total of 158, 188 malaria confirmed cases were reported, an increase by 3.5% in the previous week Test positivity rate was 49.7% compared to 50.2% last week. The highest Test positivity rates were reported in Busia (83%)...
Reporting rate this week was at 78.2%, a slight decline from78.7% in the previous week.This week, a total of 206,138 malaria cases were reported, an increase by 10% from the previous week.The following districts are experiencing malaria upsurges : Abim, Agago, Amudat, Bug-weri, Buyende, Isingiro, Ka...
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. This issue, we showcas...
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030 were adopted by the United Nations in 2015. One of the targets is to end the global TB epidemic. The WHO End TB Strategy, approved by the World Health Assembly in 2014, calls for a 90% reduction in TB deaths and an 80% reduction in the TB incidence r...
The Africa CDC’s Health Economics Programme (HEP) has been established to support Member States – and our internal offices – navigate difficult decisions by equipping them with strong health economics evidence. The HEP will also mobilize the broader health economics community to strengthen continent...
Fast-tracking COVID-19 vaccine acquisition, delivery and uptake are critical to protecting lives and stimulating economic recovery. With only 15% of the African population reported to be fully vaccinated as of 16 March 2022, African Union (AU) Member States need to identify innovative and effective...
Management of Fetal Distress Without Cord Prolapse
This report presents results from a study of Uganda��s National Health Accounts for the Fiscal Year 1997/98. The study set out to describe the flow of funds in Uganda��s healthcare system, including both public and private sectors. Using a comprehensive view of the health sector and standard definit...
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...
Malaria is the leading cause of sickness and death in Uganda. Prevention, correct diagnosis and treatment are crucial to reduce malaria cases and mortality as well as lower the risk of resistance to antimalarial medicines and decrease medicine waste and misuse. However, due to inappropriate practice...
Situation Summary COVID-19 infections in Africa continue to be dominated by the SARS-COV-2 Omicron Variant. Since its emergence, Omicron has rapidly evolved into multiple subvariants. One subvariant, BF.7 also known as BA.5.2.1.7, has recently been identified as the main variant spreading in Beijing...
The second issue of the Health Sector Newsletter is here! This issue covers the months of June to October which saw the sector making significant progress towards the achievement of both its programmatic and institutional objectives. In here you will find a mixture of news, features and insights on...
The handbook provides a description of each indicator and how it is constructed and how it can be used; the minimum and/or maximum acceptable level (if appropriate); the background of the indicator; data collection and analysis; interpretation and presentation of the indicator; and suggestions for s...
SARA Identifies at the percentage of facilities that offer a particular health intervention (service availability) as well as whether facilities offering the service have the minimum set of items (equipment, trained staff and guidelines, diagnostic capacity, and medicines) in order to provide an ade...
