Reporting rate this week (87.8%) represents an about 10 percentage point increase from the previous week, 2019W7 (78%) There was a 6% increase reported malaria cases (100,336 in W6 vs. 106,503 this week. Key to note in this regard are net increases in Gomba, Butambala and Kyotera Districts which had...
The document titled Outbreak Brief 55: 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 Ministry later reviewed the two initiatives; CDPs and FHDs and found that the two approaches had a common focus to a greater extent. The Ministry recommended harmonisation of the two initiatives, which was then renamed Integrated Child Health Days (ICHDs) to have a package of services from both...
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. In this issue, we brin...
In 1997, the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children��s Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) issued a Joint Statement on Female Genital Mutilation (WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, 1997) which described the implications of the practice for public health and human righ...
OTC provides home-based treatment and rehabilitation for clients who are severely, acutely malnourished but have appetite and are free of medical complications. This session will describe issues including criteria for entry and exit, activities in the OTC, link with other Care and planning and setti...
The strong links between socio-economic factors or public policies and health were documented in the World Health Organization (WHO) Commission on Social Determinants of Health report. Yet even when health and health equity are seen as important markers of development, expressing the benefits of soc...
We are pleased to share our 51st weekly epidemiological bulletin for the year 2020. 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 respond...
The document titled Guidance on Contact Tracing for 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 Africa, Souther...
The functions of the committee shall be to monitor the general administration of the health Sub-district on behalf of the district local council and the Ministry of Health. this shall be done within the guidelines and policies of the Ministry of Health
Vector control is a vital component of malaria prevention, control and elimination strategies because it can be highly effective in providing personal protection and/or reducing disease transmission. This 1st edition of the World Health Organization (WHO) Guidelines for malaria vector control has be...
Based on this epidemiology malaria significantly contributes to the burden of disease as well as economic losses. According to the 2001 ��Roll Back Malaria�� (RBM) base line assessment in four districts between 39% and 44% of recorded outpatient visits were due to malaria. It is estimated that betwe...
The document titled Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Kenya 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 Health Sector Strategic and Investment Plan (HSSIP 2010/11-201/15) has been developed to guide the Health sector investments towards achieving medium term goals for health. This HSSIP provides the medium term strategic framework, and focus that the Government intends to pursue in regard to attai...
The report shows that although Uganda has made progress since the last reporting period there is still a long way to go if we are to achieve all the goals by 2015 especially the health related goals on child mortality and maternal health.
During Week 7 of 2017, the proportion of health facilities that reported was 81.3% reflecting a 7.8% increase in reporting rate in comparison to the same week in 2016. Only 11.2% (13/116) districts had 100% of their health facilities reporting and 61.2% (71/116) of the districts achieved the nationa...
Agencies of the State, all citizens, organisations and other bodies and persons in applying or interpreting the Constitution or any other law and in taking and implementing any policy decisions for the establishment and promotion of a just, free and democratic society. (ii) The President shall repor...
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 guidelines are based on principles of scientific evidence, cost-effectiveness�and prioritization of conditions to maximize the health benefit�with limited resources.�The regular update of clinical guidelines and essential medicines lists�is one of the key interventions in the Health Sector Devel...
The malaria weekly bulletin�for Epi week�31�(1st August - 7th August 2022).
