iHRIS Qualify is the system that is used by the Health Professional Councils to capture and aggregate data on a cadre of health workers from the time they enter pre-service training through registration and licensure. It can also track deployments, issue licenses for private practices and out-migrat...
The document titled Outbreak Brief 106: 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 Patient Rights and Responsibilities Charter is a result of joint effort by Ministry of Health in partnership with key stakeholders. The patient rights and responsibilities charter and its constant review processes will enable health users�� to contribute to the development and contribution of th...
The Government of Uganda is committed to facilitating the attainment of a good standard of health for all the people in Uganda. The goal of the Health Sector is therefore to reduce morbidity and mortality as a contribution to poverty reduction as well as economic and social development of the people...
This policy brief highlights the silo mentality, practices, causes and its negative impact in the Uganda Civil Service and makes recommendations to its dismantling in the Service. It is hoped to contribute to change of mind-set towards building strong partnerships, collaborations, cooperation and sy...
The Government of Uganda regards Health as a fundamental human right. Good health of citizens is an indispensable prerequisite for socio-economic stability and sustainable development of a country. The Ministry of Health recognizes that good health is not a product of the health sector alone, but a...
The Pocket book is part of a series of tools for improving the quality of care for severely ill children and is consistent with the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) guidelines for outpatient management of sick children. It is for use by doctors, senior nurses and other senior health...
In view of the infrastructural and resource gaps, technology should be considered for remote management of healthcare deliver to patients during this period. As it is abundantly clear, even countries with more advanced healthcare infrastructure and resources have struggled to treat COVID-19 and non-...
This assessment report is the result of a combined effort of staff from the Uganda Ministry of Health, Maternal Child Health Technical Working Group-ETAT Steering Committee, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), USAID Maternal Child Health and Nutrition (MCHN) Activity, World H...
The document titled Outbreak Brief 70: 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...
In 2006, the Uganda Ministry of Health (MOH), in partnership with the Capacity Project, designed a study to help the MOH better understand the specific recruitment and retention factors for health workers in Uganda. The goal of the Uganda Health Worker Retention Study is to provide the Ministry of H...
The document titled Outbreak Brief 84: 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 Project Developmental Objective of EAPHLNP is to establish a network of efficient, high quality and accessible public health laboratories for diagnosis and surveillance of tuberculosis and other communicable diseases in the East African region.
The 2008 Statistical Abstract is this year��s annual publication from the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS). It is an important source of social, economic and demographic data/information for the National Statistical System. Each year the Statistical Abstract provides an update on key findings resu...
This issue also shows you how the National Malaria Control Program has also been energized with the hiring of new staff.
The three strategic priorities of WHO stated in its Thirteenth General Programme of Work 2019-2023 are to advance universal health coverage, address health emergencies and promote healthier populations (1). The WHO Model List of Essential Medicines contains the medications considered to be the most...
Government exists to deliver quality and equitable services amidst increasing public expectations and growing fiscal pressures. One of the key aspects for the delivery of services is effective communication. The Forum of Directors, Commissioners and Under Secretaries observed that there was ineffect...
The terms ��hygiene�� and ��sanitation�� can mean different things to different people. For the purposes of this document the term ��sanitation�� is used to refer to the management of human excreta. The term ��hygiene�� is used to refer to the behaviours/ measures, including but beyond the managemen...
During Week 6 of 2017, the proportion of health facilities that reported was 74.7% indicating a 5.3% decrease in comparison to the same week in 2016. Only 12.1% (16/116) districts had 100% of their health facilities reporting and 52.6% (61/116) of the districts achieved the national target of 80%. O...
This is a 1st April 2019 stock status report with stock on hand data as of 31st March 2019. Warehouse data utilized includes information from NMS, JMS, MAUL, JCRC and UHMG. The PNFP sector: JMS is well stocked with most of the commodities having over 3 months of stock except DTG 50mg and NVP 50mg ta...
