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...
As Africa’s second wave of COVID-19 cases surpasses the height of its first, African Union (AU) Member States across the continent have reinstated measures to control the spread of the virus. Unlike in April and May, most AU Member States have avoided complete lockdowns, and PHSMs put in place today...
This ministerial statement is about the vote functions of ministry of health.
The global response to COVID-19 not only shows that the world was ill-prepared to prevent and respond to a pandemic caused by a novel respiratory pathogen, but also that there are an array of system and market failures in global health research and development (R&D). Solving for these failures ― and...
The document titled Outbreak Brief 136: 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...
This manual represents the revised and updated edition of the Essential Medicines and Health Supplies�(EMHS) Management Manual, following its initial publication in 2012. The Department of�Pharmaceuticals and Natural Medicines (DPNM) of the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with�development partn...
From April 11-13, 2024, a ‘High-Level Emergency Regional Meeting on Mpox in Africa’ was convened by Africa CDC in collaboration with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and multiple other partners, including CEPI, WHO, UNICEF, INSP, and US Government among others. This report highlights key findi...
trengthened health systems form the bedrock for sustainable evidence based interventions against communicable diseases in Africa. Despite that, there is mounting evidence to show that several African nations are failing to maximize on the opportunities offered by the unprecedented amount of resource...
The document titled Outbreak Brief 94: 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...
This Policy� establishes the enviromental health priorities of the Government of Uganda and provides a frame work for the development of services and programmes at national and local government levels.
The second issue of the Lab Digest is here! This issue takes you through the evolution of the Central Public Health Laboratory from a one room provisional space to the magnificent home in Butabika. Did you know that this great institution/ department started off with one specialist? Catch this and m...
Key highlights on the malaria statistics from across the country for the week of 5th to 11th June 2023.
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...
The proportion of health facilities that reported was 84.1% reflecting a 3.4% increase in reporting rate in comparison to the same week in 2016. Only 16.4% (19/116) districts had 100% of their health facilities reporting and 67.2% (78/116) of the districts achieved the national target of 80%. Kampal...
The document titled Outbreak Brief 85: 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 reporting rate increased to 75.2% in this week from 73.2% in last week. A total of 157,735 malaria confirmed cases were reported, decreased by 2.1% in the previous week.Test positivity rate this week was 51.7% compared to 52.3% last week. The highest Test positivity rates were reported in Nabila...
Welcome to the 27th issue of the Malaria quarterly bulletin, which focuses on the second quarter of 2019. The aim of this bulletin is to inform district, national, and global stake-holders on progress achieved and challenges encountered in malaria control and reduction in Uganda. Most importantly, i...
This Agenda is a plan of action for people, the planet, and prosperity.� It also seeks to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom. We recognize that eradicating poverty in all its forms� and� dimensions,� including� extreme� poverty,� is� the� greatest� global� challenge and� an indispensable r...
Comparable to the previous week, all 112 districts reported and with an average reporting rate of 83.3% in week 28, 2016. This represents a 15.5% increase in reporting rate compared to the same week in 2015. A total of 23% (26/112) had 100% of all their health facilities reporting and 50% (66/112) o...
In order to properly guide Member States, the Africa Regulatory Taskforce has developed a framework(https://africacdc.org/download/guidance-on-emergencyexpedited-regulatory-authorisation-and-access-to-covid-19-vaccines-in-africa/) for market authorisation of COVID-19 vaccines, which include three sc...
