Globally, concerns about declining public service delivery have put Governments at a critical point of the national sustainable development agendas. There has been rediscovery of the role of public institutions in the drive for sustainable development and democracy. There is no doubt that public ser...
On August 13, 2024, the Africa CDC declared the mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS). The following day, the WHO declared it a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). A coordinated, continent-wide response is essential, co-led by the African Union...
Drug use, drug use disorders and related health conditions are major public health concerns. According to WHO��s latest estimates for 2015, psychoactive drug use is responsible for more than 450 000 deaths per year. The drug-attributable disease burden accounts for about 1.5% of the global burden of...
A. Executive summary • An unbiased, genome-wide screening technology determines the precise peptide sequences in SARS-CoV-2 that are recognized by the memory CD8+ T cells of COVID-19 patients. Results show CD8+ T Cells of COVID-19 Patients recognize shared epitopes in SARS-CoV-2 that largely reside...
Reporting rate this week (82.9%) is five percentage points higher to that in the previous week, 2019W24 (77.9%)�There were an increase in malaria morbidity this week. About 27,000 more malaria cases occurred this week (268,567) compared to 241,802 the previous week. About 8.6% (11/128) of districts...
The document titled Promoting mask-wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic: A policymaker’s guide 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,...
The Methodology for the Assessment of Missed Opportunities for Vaccination (MOV) provides the detailed steps for conducting the field work component of the MOV assessment and the brainstorming sessions, both of which contribute to the development of a detailed action plan for reducing MOV. These act...
The purpose of this roll out plan document is to roll out the 15 year HRH Strategic Plan and align Human Resources for Health documents to ensure easy and implementation within manageable activities in a given period. It addresses a number of salient Human Resources for Health issues, identified thr...
The PGD 2014 is a vital tool for dispensers and staff to use in their daily tasks of administering medicines. It provides information and instructions on medicines, such as general use, dosage, side effects, interactions, and use during pregnancy and breastfeeding. The PGD also describes the dispens...
The Ministry of Health (MoH) with support from Implementing Partners (IPs) across the country has been able to train key personnel from 112 districts in iHRIS - a web based electronic system. The trainees included people from the Ministry of Health Headquarters, District CAOs, HR officers, Biostatis...
The Health Financing Progress Matrix (HFPM) is the World Health Organisation's (WHO��s) standardized qualitative assessment of a country��s Health Financing system. The assessment builds on an extensive body of conceptual and empirical work and summarizes ��what matters in Health Financing for Unive...
During week 45, the reporting rates were as follows,�National rate was 78.0% less than 78.2% in week 44,�Central regional had 68.2% more than 67.9% in week 44 Eastern region had 76.3% less than 77.7% in week 44,�Western was 85.5%) less than 86.2% in week 44,�Northern was (82.1%) less than 86.9% in W...
The document titled Outbreak Brief 115: 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...
Background. Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) are p...
Global vaccination coverage has stagnated at about 80% since 2006. This means that one-fifth of the global annual birth cohort remains unvaccinated with DTP3. Recent calls to ��reach the 5th child�� through outreach services are based on the assumption that the 5th child has no access to health serv...
This report presents the Uganda Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) Project��s progress in the fourth quarter of Year One (period covering July 1st through September 30th 2010). The report outlines the key project activities and achievements in the quarter, the challenges and constraints faced, lessons l...
Uganda, for the period 2010-2020, recorded a tremendous improvement in the fight against the HIV and AIDS epidemic. It is among the (08) countries in the world that had fully achieved the 90-90-90 targets by the end of 2020, the others being Eswatin, Switzerland, Rwanda, Qatar, Botswana, Slovenia an...
In Africa, where health systems1 are faced with numerous challenges, including insufficient funding, inadequate infrastructure, and shortages of skilled healthcare workers, digital transformation presents a unique opportunity to address these challenges and improve health outcomes for millions of pe...
Despite marked advancement in prevention, care and treatment, HIV in Uganda continues to exert severe constraints on the public health and economic well-being of a sizeable proportion of the population. The type of HIV epidemic in Uganda is described as severe, mature, and generalized but with sub-e...
This report provides a monthly update on key program indicators in the health sector. It provides an overview of; OPD attendance, admissions, top causes of mortality and morbidity, teenage pregnancy, Maternal & Perinatal deaths and public health events.Overall number of teenage pregnancies were 12%...