The workshop to review the third quarter health sector performance was held from 12th to 13th April 2010 at Golf Course Hotel in Kampala. The general Objective of the workshop was to review the performance of the Ministry of Health departments/Institutions against third quarter 2009/10 work-plan (Ja...
An Act to provide for compulsory immunisation of children, women of reproductive age and other target groups against immunisable diseases; to establish the Immunisation Fund and to provide for other incidental matters
The National Strategic Framework (NSF) for HIV/AIDS Activities in Uganda was developed to cover the period 2000/01-2005/05. Late in 2003, a forward looking Mid Term Review (MTR) of the NSF was undertaken to assess progress and to identify gaps and emerging issues in implementation of the NSF. This c...
The Annual Health Sector Performance Report highlights progress, challenges, lessons learnt and proposes mechanisms for improvement. The report focuses on the progress in implementation of commitments in the Ministerial Policy Statement, overall sector performance against the targets set for the Fin...
The document titled Africa CDC Newsletter – March 2019 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...
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%...
The WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization met in Geneva from 29 October to 2 November 2018. The meeting was opened on behalf of the Director-General of WHO by Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Deputy Director- General for Programmes. Dr Swaminathan welcomed the Committee, meeting participants and...
The three strategic priorities of WHO stated in its Thirteenth General Programme of Work 2019-2023 are to advance universal health coverage, address health emergencies and promote healthier populations (1). The WHO Model List of Essential Medicines contains the medications considered to be the most...
This bulletin serves to inform all stakeholders at community, district and national levels on suspected disease trends, public health surveillance and interventions undertaken in detecting, preventing and responding to public health events in Uganda on a weekly basis.
An Act to provide for the right of access to information pursuant to article 41 of the Constitution; to prescribe the classes of information referred to in that article; the procedure for obtaining access to that information, and for related matters
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)...
Challenges Establishing suitable training centres face challenges including building a facility that can adequately simulate real production processes, the creation of course content and the development of sustainable business models as the overall biomanufacturing ecosystem is established. At prese...
MAAP reviewed 819,584 AMR records from 2016-2019, from 205 laboratories across Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Eswatini, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. MAAP also reviewed data from 327 hospital and community pharmacies and 16 national-lev...
I am delighted to introduce the Competency Frameworks for Vaccine Manufacturing and Research and Development Competency Frameworks, which have been prepared through collaborative efforts with key stakeholders in the industry, supported by Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CD...
Supporting delivery of vaccinations to millions more across the continent: The Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative is investing in a spectrum of activities required to turn vaccines into vaccinations, including safe storage and transportation of vaccines, ancillaries, and other supplies; to esta...
This bulletin serves to inform all stakeholders at community, district, and national levels on suspected disease trends, public health surveillance, and interventions undertaken in detecting, preventing, and responding to public health events in Uganda every week.
The 2006 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS) was designed to provide information on demographic, health, and family planning status and trends in the country. Specifi cally, the UDHS collected information on fertility and fertility preferences, marriage, sexual activity, awareness and use of...
The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (30 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, North...
It explains about what will take place during the entire training. It indicates which activities are to be done, who to do them, and when to be done
* The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) * Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) * United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC) * United States Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Africa CDC would like to express its great appreciations to the African Soc...
