This is the 12th issue of the Uganda Malaria Quarterly Bulletin that focuses on the fourth quarter of 2015. The aim of this bulletin is to inform district, na-tional, and global stakeholders on progress achieved and challenges encountered in malaria control in Uganda. Most importantly, it is to enco...
The document titled Framework for Fair, Equitable and Timely Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccines in Africa (Highlights of Day 1) offers a comprehensive insight into Emergency Response and Preparedness, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within C...
Village Health Teams (VHTs) were established by the Ministry of Health to empower communities to take part in the decisions that affect their health; mobilize communities for health programs, and strengthen the delivery of health services at house-hold level.
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...
The Consultation was called in response to recent resraech findings in sexually transmitted disease (STD) treatment and its effects on the tranmission of Immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Despite major strides to improve the health of the population in the last 10 - 15 years, the health status of Ugandans remains relatively poor with high morbidity and mortality from preventable causes. The National Population and Housing Census 2014 show a life expectancy of 63.3 years and under fiv...
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Biosafety and Biosecurity Initiative was launched by the Africa CDC in April 2019 with the aim of strengthening the African Union (AU) Member States’ biosafety and biosecurity systems and enabling them to comply with national and int...
Uganda has been hosting refugees for a long time, but the years 2016 and 2017 have presented the highest ever recorded inflows of refugees into the country with the current numbers standing at close to 1.3 million. After realizing the protracted nature of displacement in the region, Uganda adopted a...
An Act to consolidate, harmonize and update the law relating to occupational safety and health; to repeal the Factories Act, Cap 220 and to provide for connected matters.
The aim of this bulletin is to inform district,national, and global stake-holders on progress achieved and challenges encountered in malaria control and reduction in Uganda. Most importantly, it is to encourage use of this information at all levels in order to foster improvement of our efforts and t...
The 2020 Global AIDS Monitoring is the fourth year towards the SDGs; it is also the fourth year of reporting on the HIV monitoring framework for 2016-2021.
During Week 48 of 2016, the proportion of health facilities that reported this week was 83.3% indicating a 15.4% increase in reporting rate in comparison to the same week in 2015. Only 14.7% (17/116) districts had 100% of their health facilities reporting and 68.1% (79/116) of the districts achieved...
In 2006, the Special Session of African Union Health Ministers adopted the Maputo Plan of Action for implementing the Continental Policy Framework on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), which expired at the end of 2015. The goal was for all stakeholders and partners to join forces and...
The likelihood that someone at a family gathering will be carrying the SARS-COV-2 virus is directly related to the number of infected people that are present in that community. In areas that are experiencing high transmission, there is a high likelihood that someone at your holiday gathering could b...
This is an act to control the demand for the consumption of tobacco and its products, to control the supply of tobacco and its products to the population: to protect the environment from the effects of tobacco production and consumption and exposure to tobacco smoke.
Uganda is currently using the IDSR strategy to improve the National disease and events surveillance system. Using standard case definitions to identify priority diseases and events of public health importance is one of the core functions of surveillance under the IDSR strategy
The document titled Guidance on Resumption of Travel and Cross-border Surveillance 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 Af...
The report also tracks a set of indicators outlined in the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) advocacy plan, Action and investment to defeat malaria 2016-2030 (AIM) (2) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (3) - a set of interconnected global goals seen as a plan of action for people, the planet and pr...
The development, review and production of the National Condom Programming Strategy has been achieved through wide consultations with various stakeholders at National, District and Community levels. This activity was directed through the AIDS Control Programme (STD/ACP), in close collaboration with t...
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...
