The third National Pharmaceutical Sector Strategic Plan 2015/16-2019/20 (NPSSP III) has been developed to support the implementation of the National Medicines Policy (NMP) 2015. The NPSSP III was developed through wide consultations with diverse stakeholders including representatives from the privat...
This book, which has been appropriately titled Essential Maternal & Neonatal Care Clinical Guidelines for Uganda, is expected to be a reinforcement of the Safe Motherhood Life Saving Skills (LSS) program, the Pregnancy, Childbirth and Postnatal Care (PCPNC), Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) Tr...
The Guide emphasises practical teaching, projects, and acquisition of skills by the learner. The competences that learners are expected to acquire are clearly spelt out in each module covered in the semester. You should ensure that learners are well-versed with practical work. The teaching methodolo...
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...
This document provides guidance to AU Member States, states/local bodies, and communities on how to construct and maintain non-contact hand washing stations like Tippy Taps and other alternative hand washing stations.
This list presents the minimum medicine needs for a basic health care system, listing the most efficacious, safe and cost-effective medicines for priority conditions. Priority conditions are selected on the basis of current and estimated future public health relevance, and potential for safe and cos...
The document titled Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Nigeria 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...
The Annual Health Sector Performance Report (AHSPR) highlights progress, challenges, and lessons learnt and proposes mechanisms for improvement. The report focuses on the progress in implementation of commitments in the Ministerial Policy Statement, overall sector performance against the targets se...
Uganda has developed a National HIV Prevention Strategy to guide national efforts in the next phase of HIV prevention in the country in order to significantly reduce new HIV infections by about 30% by 2015. This, in line with the targets in the NDP would result in 40% reduction of the projected numb...
In June 2010, the Ugandan Ministry of Health (MOH) with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Securing Ugandans�� Right to Essential Medicines (SURE) Program, collected data for the 2010 Pharmaceutical Sector Report. This report presents the findings of t...
This weekly report is a national representation of malaria indicators for the period of 20th November to 26th November 2023.
This week sees a marginal decline in the number of malaria cases in the Acholi, West Nile and Busoga regions. However, there is a similar increase in malaria cases in the Lango, Central, Karamoja, Toro and Western regions. As NMCD, with support from NTF, there is need to further reduce the number of...
Managment of Puerperperal Sepsis/Pyrexia
The campaign achieved high OCV coverage, but the surveys provided insights for improvement. To achieve high vaccine coverage, more effort is needed for community sensitisation, and additional resources for staff transportation and timely payment for campaign staff is required. Pretest and post-test...
The purpose of this flip chart is to guide front line health workers in providing quality and standardized screening, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of TB in children according to the new recommendations. This flip chart should be used at all health facility care points to identify and manage c...
This Change Package-Flip Chart is a field guide in the implementation of the Improved�Uptake and Continuity of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) in Uganda
What is the current status of COVID-19 vaccination campaigns in Africa? By the 31st December 2021, only seven (13%) of 55 Africa Union (AU) Member States had reached the year end 40% population coverage goal (Botswana, Cape Verde, Mauritius, Morocco, Rwanda, Seychelles and Tunisia), and currently on...
The document titled Africa CDC Annual Progress Report 2019 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, W...
Ministry of Health through the department for Standards Compliance Accreditation and Patient Protection (SCAPP) organised the 7th QI conference, the 1st of its kind with 1500 participants of which 1430(95.4%) attended virtually, while about 70(4.6%) participants attended physically. This innovation...
The HIMS is a routine monitorng system that plays a specific role in the monitoring and evaluation process. The HIMS is intended to provide warning signals through the use of indicators.
