The document titled African Antibiotic Treatment Guidelines for Common Bacterial Infections and Syndromes – Recommended Antibiotic Treatments in Adult Patients offers a comprehensive insight into Antimicrobial Resistance Control, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses cri...
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 Annual Health Sector Performance Report for Financial Year 2022/23, is the third during the National Development Plan (NDP) III period and it mainly focuses on the progress in implementation of the health subprogram annual workplans FY 2022/23 based on the respective institutional 5 year Strate...
The ministerial statement is about the vote functions of Ministry of health.
Integrated Human Resources Information System (iHRIS) is a management tool that enables an organization to design and manage a comprehensive human resources strategy.�HRIS Manage helps an organization manage its workforce more effectively and efficiently
Nationally, about 5 million cases of malaria,�diarrhoea, and pneumonia annually are brought to�care late or go untreated; hence, integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) addresses�an unmet need.� The iCCM strategy accelerates the reduction in childhood�mortality, which is still soaring high in Ug...
The Adolescent Girls Multilevel Vulnerability Index (AGI) was developed based on a growing recognition of the need to channel resources to vital��yet highly vulnerable and vastly underserved��populations of adolescent girls in Uganda specifically, and the East and Southern Africa region in general....
Integrated Human Resources Information System (iHRIS) is a management tool that enables an organization to design and manage a comprehensive human resources strategy. iHRIS has five core modules: iHRIS Qualify for health workforce registration and licensing, iHRIS Manage for human resource managemen...
The function of the committee is to monitor the general administration of the HCIII on behalf of the Local Council and the Ministry of Local Government. this shall be done within the policy and guidelines of Ministry of Health.
With 57% of our population below the age of 18, Uganda is a young country and there is no doubting that our future lies with our children. In 2040, when our national Vision is to be a middle income country, children being born now will be the productive engine of our economy. The Child Poverty Repor...
The total Current Health Expenditure (CHE) in Uganda in 2012/13 was Shs.4,866 billion that translates to a per capita spending of Shs. 144,374 ($55). This increased in nominal terms by 1.7% and in real terms by Shs. 86 billion to 4,952 billion in 2013/14 that translates to a per capita spending of 1...
The job aide is used to ring fence the minimum perimeter area once an Ebola case has been confirmed.� �This perimeter is defined either from the home of the case or�around the health facilities where the case was treated.
JGHS aims to advance research to support policy, practice, and education in the field of global health by publishing papers of high scientific quality from diverse stakeholders in the global health community. Our focus is on under-served populations in the low- and middle-income nations and marginal...
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 bring...
Abstract Background: Few research projects have analyzed how social determinants of health impact cities in North Africa. The sustained growth in these countries has nevertheless proven to exacerbate health disparities and create many social and economic inequalities. This strategic ana...
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Background: Few research projects have analyzed how social determinants of health impact cities in North Africa. The sustained growth in these countries has nevertheless proven to exacerbate health disparities and create many social and economic inequalities. This strategic ana...
The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to national AIDS programmes and partners on the use of indicators to measure and report on the country response.The 2016 United Nations Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: On the Fast-Track to Accelerate the Fight against HIV and to End the AIDS...
The coexistence of high rates of malnutrition and HIV/AIDS in East and Southern Africa creates an additional challenge for nutritionists. Providing adequate nutrition at community and individual levels, even in the absence of HIV/AIDS, remains a problem. The new challenge calls for the acceleration...
The WHA 54.11 WHO medicines strategy acknowledged the four main objectives of WHO��s medicines strategy, namely, to frame and implement policy; to ensure access; to ensure quality, safety and efficacy; and to promote rational use of medicines. The WHO medicines strategy 2004-2007 presents the strate...
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a disease of great public health concern in Uganda. The country is one of the 30 high TB/HIV burden countries in the world. The prevalence of TB estimated in the recently concluded National TB prevalence survey is almost two times higher than had previously been estimated (...
The document titled Outbreak Brief 154: 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...
