The document titled Guidance on Diagnosis and Management of People with Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome 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 A...
The outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in West Africa is unprecedented in its scale, severity, and complexity. Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone are still affected by this outbreak, and are struggling to control the epidemic against a backdrop of extreme poverty, weak health systems and social...
The document titled Outbreak Brief 124: 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 health status of the Ugandan population is poor, with infant mortality rate of 97/1000 live birth (UDHS 1995) and Maternal mortality rate of 506/1000 live birth.The health status indicators reflect slow improvement over the past years.
This report is on monitoring and evaluation of implementation of two Cabinet Directives under: Minute 317 (CT 2013) 3(1). The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries was directed to urgently issue an order prohibiting vending of loose milk in the country; and Minute 317 (CT 2013) 3(2)...
The leading global risks for mortality in the world are high blood pressure (responsible for 13% of deaths globally), tobacco use (9%), high blood glucose (6%), physical inactivity (6%), and overweight and obesity (5%). These risks are responsible for raising the risk of chronic diseases such as hea...
Medical equipment represents a substantial asset in the health care delivery system and needs to be managed efficiently. Moreover, the way in which it is purchased, managed, and used can influence the quality of health care delivered to patients. Medical equipment can pose a risk to patients and sta...
The goal of equality between women and men is a basic principle of the United Nations (UN), which is set out in the Preamble to the Charter of the United Nations. This commitment to promote gender equality and women��s empowerment was reaffi rmed in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of...
The document titled Establishment of a Biobanking Network as a Sustainable Mechanism to Accelerate Development and Evaluation of Diagnostic Tests in Africa offers a comprehensive insight into Emergency Response and Preparedness, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses crit...
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 1993, the World Health Organization (WHO) undertook a comprehensive review of the uses and interpretation of anthropometric references. The review concluded that the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)/WHO growth reference, which had been recommended for international use since the late...
The Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) is a State Corporation established in Kenya in 1979 through the Science and Technology (Repealed) Act, Cap 250 of the Laws of Kenya operated under the Scie...
Tuberculosis (TB) and leprosy continue to threaten public health in Uganda. The Ugandan Ministry of Health addresses TB and leprosy response in its Health Sector Development Plan II 2015/2016 - 2019/20. TB is the fifth most common cause of death in Uganda, potentially resulting in adverse socioecono...
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 document titled PERC: Biweekly Report (24 November – 07 December 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 Africa, So...
Executive summary The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020–2022 had a significant impact on primary health care (PHC) in Tunisia. This case study examines PHC – known locally as basic health care (BHC) – in the context of the pandemic between March 2020 and August 2022, with a focus on prepar...
Executive summary
The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020–2022 had a significant impact on primary health care (PHC) in Tunisia. This case study examines PHC – known locally as basic health care (BHC) – in the context of the pandemic between March 2020 and August 2022, with a focus on prepar...
According to the Burden of Disease Study in Uganda (Ministry of Health, 1995), over 75% of the life years lost due to premature death were due to ten preventable diseases. Perinatal and maternal conditions (20.4%), malaria (15.4%), acute lower respiratory tract infections (10.5%), AIDS (9.1%) and di...
The document titled Africa CDC Annual Report 2017 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, Western Africa, providing valuable guida...
The Uganda EPI multiyear plan for 2012-2016 highlights the areas of focus for the immunization programme over the next 5 years based on previous programme performance, priorities for the health sector as stipulated in the Health Sector Strategic Investment Plan (2010/11 - 2014/15) and the global and...
