In order to set the best stage for health care personnel to make maximum use of their skills and knowledge, the Ministry of Health of Uganda (MoH) recommends the 5S method as the foundation for all quality improvement initiatives in the country. The 5S method was developed in the mid-1980s by the au...
This guide is designed as a simple and practical tool to help District Health Managers elaborate a realistic District level plan to reduce improper disposal of waste from injection activities.
Health Rights (SRHR) for adolescents and the youth. The articles here present a portrait of health facilities that offer youth-friendly services, how they do it, and how much youth enjoy or hate them.There is no doubt that the Uganda Government through the Ministry of health is trying to enhance acc...
This report enables us to see for the first time that the number of people using tobacco in the world is declining, despite population growth. The number of male tobacco users, which previously was increasing every year, finally turned the corner in 2018 and is projected to decline each year from 20...
The facts and figures on maternal health contained in this report highlight the challenges that our country still faces in improving the lives of women, especially during pregnancy and at childbirth. The government will continue to put in place the necessary programs and measures to ensure that mat...
Integrated Human Resources Information System (iHRIS) is a management tool that enables an organization to design and manage a comprehensive human resources strategy. iHRIS has five core modules: iHRIS Qualify for health workforce registration and licensing, iHRIS Manage for human resource managemen...
The document titled Africa CDC Support Program to Combat COVID-19 and Future Public Health Risks 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 Afric...
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...
The Statistical Abstract is an annual publication compiled by Uganda Bureau of Statistics, which provides the statistical summary on various socio-economic indicators for Uganda. Some figures in this edition may vary from those in the earlier editions due to the updates. Note that most of the 2014...
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...
In week 16 2016 all the 112 districts reported with an average reporting rate of 77%. 12 (11%) districts had 100% all of their health facilities reporting and 52% of the districts achieved the national target reporting rate of at least 80%. No district had less than a third of their facilities repor...
In response, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), supported by its regional and global partners, in collaboration with AU Member States, in 2019 launched the Regional Biosafety and Biosecurity Initiative (BBI). The goal of the BBI is to strengthen the biosafety and bio...
The document titled Outbreak Brief 81: 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...
Pre-Labour Rupture of Memranes
The document titled Outbreak Brief 46: 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...
Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) Children under five years of age bear a disproportionate share of the global burden of disease. While major gains have been made in reducing childhood mortality during previous decades, stagnation or even reversals of trends have been observed recent...
ContextOn 15 February 2021, the World Health Organization listed the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine for both emergency use and distribution via the COVAX facility. The African Regulatory Taskforce subsequently endorsed the WHO emergency use listing for this vaccine and the first shipments to Af...
This document has policies and procedures to be used by health care workers inorder to control infection.
The review comprises the most recent information on the ways in which mental health concerns intersect with women��s reproductive health. It includes a discussion of the bio-psycho-social factors that increase vulnerability to poor mental health, those that might be protective and the types of progr...
The document titled Outbreak Brief 118: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic 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, Weste...
