The objective of the patients�� charter is to empower health consumers to demand high quality health care, to promote the rights of patients and to improve the quality of life of all Ugandans and finally eradicate poverty nationwide. The patients charter and its constant review processes will enable...
Reporting rate this week (66.6%) remained at a similar rate from the pre-vious week, 2018 W52 (64.8%) There was a slight increase in the reported malaria cases to 58,822 in 2019W1 as compared to 57,435 in 2018 W52. Adjumani & Moyo Districts with confirmed incidence rates ��10 cases per 1,000 populat...
COVID-19 in Africa: Where we are today Africa has registered about 12 million COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic. Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Morocco, South Africa, and Tunisia are among countries with the highest number of cases on the continent. Meanwhile, only about 19.5% percent of the c...
The Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) has been prepared to guide COVID-19 outbreak response activities. This ESMF outlines the framework and mechanisms for environmental and social impact screening, determining extent of required environmental assessment and assessment of environm...
The management of the Uganda Bureau of Statistics is pleased to present a maiden Gender Statistics Profile for the Energy Sector. This report attempts to highlight the existing gender differentials and presents a contemporary overview of gender development issues and concerns in the sector. Gender P...
Managment of Puerperperal Sepsis/Pyrexia
This Guide is intended to help those responsible for providing services aimed at reducing the burden posed by cervical cancer for women, communities and health systems. It focuses on the knowledge and skills needed by health care providers, at different levels of care, in order to offer quality serv...
This document is an evidence-based policy for the implementation of sound tuberculosis (TB) infection control by all stakeholders. TB infection control is a combination of measures aimed at minimizing the risk of TB transmission within populations. The foundation of infection control is early and ra...
The National Health Accounts (NHA) survey in Uganda dates back to early 2000s and this report that covers a period from FY 2016/17 to FY 2018/19, is the eighth round of NHA for this country and records health expenditure in Uganda using the 2011 edition of System of Health Accounts (SHA-2011). The c...
This document offers snapshots of the Madagascar GSF experience in CLTS to a wider audience. Madagascar had all usual national level challenges that generally block or slow down the pace of scaling up of CLTS. How these challenges have been� addressed and transformed into an apparently snowballing s...
Choléra Source : SITREP choléra, bulletins SIMR des États membres, Bulletin hebdomadaire de la région Afrique de l’OMS sur le choléra (AFRO Choléra Bulletin.27_Final.pdf (who.int)Durant la période de rapportage allant des semaines épidémiologiques (SE) 31 à 34 de 2023, 4 225 nouveaux cas (suspects e...
The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – 2 June 2020 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...
Fifty percent of Uganda's population is under 15 years of age. The Universal Primary Education Programme has enabled 7 million children, which is over 30% of the entire population, to be in school. When Universal Secondary Education is introduced,the number of children in school could rise to 9 mill...
This�Electronic Community Health Information (eCHIS) Bulletin, is a documentation of the progress made in the implementation of a Ministry of Health, digital job aid for community health workers with�reporting as a passive process
The Guide emphasizes practical teaching, projects and acquisition of skills by the learner. The competences that learners are expected to acquire are clearly spelt out in each module covered in the term. You should ensure that learners are well versed with practical work. The teaching methodologies...
The National Health Workforce Accounts Handbook was developed under the direction of the World Health Organization (WHO) Health Workforce Department as an accompanying document to support the implementation of the Global Strategy on Human Resources for Health: Workforce 2030.
The document titled Outbreak Brief 123: 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...
Importance of a One Health approach ……………………………………………………………………………………. 2 Role of Africa CDC and national public health institutes in improving public health …………. 5 Purpose of this One Health framework …………………………………………………………………………………….. 6 Section 1: Goals, objectives, and activities ………………………………………...
The theme for this State of the Environment (SOE) Report is environment sustainability and health. The focus on health and environment underlines the growing recognition of the link between environmental sustainability and health outcomes. The focus is dual faced; first, several health management ac...
This guideline is intended to provide the criteria for designation, upgrading, and establishment of health facilities to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of subsequent infrastructure investments toward improved service delivery. it should be adhered to whenever stakeholders wish to establish...
