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)...
This year��s global TB report reveals that countries are making progress. About 7 million people were reported to have been reached with quality TB care in 2018, up from 6.4 million in 2017. In addition, TB-related deaths dropped from 1.6 million in 2017 to 1.5 million in 2018. However, TB remains t...
This report highlights stock status, real challenges, bottlenecks but also recommends potential solutions to mitigate stock outs and expiries of ARVs & HIV test kits, ACTs, Anti-TB medicines, Reproductive Health items, selected Laboratory commodities,Vaccines and selected medicines for treatment of...
The purpose of this report is to inform the Ministry of Health and all stakeholders of the stock levels in the country as a tool that enables appropriate logistics decision making . This report highlights stock status, real challenges, bottlenecks but also recommends potential solutions to mitigate...
In order to properly guide Member States, the Africa Regulatory Taskforce has developed a framework(https://africacdc.org/download/guidance-on-emergencyexpedited-regulatory-authorisation-and-access-to-covid-19-vaccines-in-africa/) for market authorisation of COVID-19 vaccines, which include three sc...
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...
Low birth weight (LBW) has been defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as weight at birth less than 2500 g. The global prevalence of LBW is 15.5%, which means that about 20.6 million such infants are born each year, 96.5% of them in developing countries. There is significant variation in LBW...
The MIYCAN Counselling Cards are part of the Ministry of Health's strategy to�improve maternal, infant, young child, and adolescent health and nutrition.�These materials are part of an integrated package of job aids, or counselling tools,�aimed at supporting health workers in counselling mothers and...
Agromet Bulletin is prepared and disseminated by the National Meteorological Agency (NMA), to provide agricultural sectors and related disciplines with the current weather situation in relation to agricultural practices.�The information contained in the bulletin, are believed to assist planners, dec...
The Ministry of Health hereby presents the Statistical Abstract for the financial year 2008/09. It is a comprehensive summary of statistics generated from routine health management information system and health surveys in the sector. It gives highlights on morbidity and mortality status, health infr...
The document titled Outbreak Brief 63: 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 order to properly guide Member States, the Africa Regulatory Taskforce has developed a framework (https://africacdc.org/download/guidance-on-emergency-expedited-regulatory-authorisation-and-access-to-covid-19-vaccines-in-africa/) for market authorisation of COVID-19 vaccines, which include three...
Over 96% of all cases are from the Northern Region, with only five of Ghana’s ten regions reporting indigenous cases of Guinea worm disease during 2007. Four of these regions—namely, Ashanti, Upper West, Volta, and Brong-Ahafo—are set to break transmission during 2008.Four other regions, n...
Over 96% of all cases are from the Northern Region, with only five of Ghana’s ten regions reporting indigenous cases of Guinea worm disease during 2007. Four of these regions—namely, Ashanti, Upper West, Volta, and Brong-Ahafo—are set to break transmission during 2008.
Four other regions, n...
From their beginning, robots were intended to replace humans in the workplace. In fact, Karel Cˇapek, the Czech writer who invented the word robot in 1920, used the Slavic-language word for work, robota, to make it clear what these machines would be used for. Over the last century, machines have rep...
This weekly epidemiological bulletin serves to inform all stakehold-ers at district, national, and global levels on disease trends, public health surveillance and interventions undertaken in detecting, pre-venting and responding to public health events in the country on a weekly basis. In this issue...
During the 1970s and 1980s, Uganda went through a period of political and economic upheaval, resulting in the breakdown of many services. In the health sector this was characterized by general system failure. Funding was grossly insufficient, leading to problems of meagre and late salaries for healt...
The approaches, checklists and principles in this Guide provide practical guidance on how to address the gaps identified through the assessment, highlighting areas not covered by the Guidance on developing a national deployment and vaccination plan for COVID-19 vaccines and providing implementation...
We are pleased to share our 53rd 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...
Malaria has been the leading cause of sickness and death in Uganda, claiming over 150 lives daily.�However efforts by Government in partnership with donors from the international community to combat the disease through the increased access and use of Long Lasting Insecticide Nets (LLIN) among the po...
