For week 36, we have seen a one percentage point reduction in the test positivity rate (from 58% to 57% this week) and the number of districts in upsurge has reduced from 50 to 44 this week. Despite this decline, we saw an increase across all other indicators: confirmed cases, deaths, and the percen...
As of 6 p.m. East African Time (EAT) 28 February 2022, a total of 11,188,490 COVID-19 cases and 248,812 deaths (CFR: 2.2%) have been reported in 55 African Union (AU) Member States (MS). This represents 3% of all cases and 4.2% of all deaths reported globally. Thirty-four (60%) AU MS are reporting C...
Dolutegravir (DTG)-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) is the cornerstone of HIV treatment in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) for use in both first- and second-line treatment. This follows evidence from clinical trials showing better effica...
Reporting rate this week (71.3) represents an almost 14% decline in reporting rate from the previous week, 2019W13 (85.4%) There were almost 28,000 malaria cases less this week (89,355) compared to 117,040 reported the previous week.�There were 22deaths this week, the same as in the previous week. H...
The Ministry of Health (MOH), through the Department of Pharmaceuticals and Natural Medicines (DPNM), executed the national integrated quantification for all Essential Medicines and Health Supplies (EMHS) for the financial year 2024/25.�As a result, the total commodity need for routine service deliv...
The document titled Outbreak Brief 125: 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 theme for this State of the Environment (SOE) Report is environment sustainability and health. The focus on health and environment underlines the growing recognition of the link between environmental sustainability and health outcomes. The focus is dual faced; first, several health management ac...
As of 9 am EAT 30 June 2020, a total of 393,305 COVID-19 cases and 9,879 (CFR: 2.5%) deaths have been reported in 54 African countries. This is 3.9% of all cases reported globally. Since the last brief (23 June 2020), 77,895 new COVID-19 cases have been reported, which is a 25% increase compared to...
The World malaria report 2018 estimates that there were 219 million cases of malaria in 2017. The 10 highest burden African countries saw an estimated 3.5 million more malaria cases in 2017 compared with the previous year. Malaria continues to claim the lives of more than 435 000 people each year, l...
The M&E Plan will be a key performance management tool for the NSP; it details how data will be aggregated from M&E systems of key sectors and provided to enable reporting against the NDP as well as global targets. Performance monitoring of the NSP is an on-going process that allows decision-makers...
The document titled 2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease Outbreak: What Health Care Workers Should Know 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...
This document presents a draft verbal autopsy instrument based on best judgement and previousexperience in a variety of settings including outbreaks and research. It has been circulated widely toprofessionals involved in previous outbreaks and revised accordingly. This questionnaire is a first atte...
All types of work are hazardous and persons at work are exposed to situations that may result into injury, disease or even death. While the economic cost is high, public awareness of safety and health tends to be quite low. All too frequently the subject does not get the priority it merits and the h...
The workshop to review the implementation of the Ministry of Health (MoH) work plan for the first and second quarters for 2018/19 financial year will take take place from 2nd to 3rd April 2019 at Imperial Royale Hotel, Kampala. The main objective of the workshop is to conduct a performance review of...
In Africa, where health systems1 are faced with numerous challenges, including insufficient funding, inadequate infrastructure, and shortages of skilled healthcare workers, digital transformation presents a unique opportunity to address these challenges and improve health outcomes for millions of pe...
The document titled Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Uganda 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...
Sick Child Job Aid is a useful guide that enables the health worker to gather information about the sick child both at the health facility and while in the community.
The importance of robust mortality surveillance systems cannot be overstated in an era marked by increasing global health challenges where health threats loom large and population dynamics continue to evolve. Accurate and timely mortality data is essential for identifying trends and detecting emergi...
1. Carnevale CR, Woldetsadik MA, Shiver A, Gutierrez M, Chhea C, Ilori E, Jani I, Ma-Cauley J, Mukonka V, Nsanzimana S, Ospina ML, Raji T, Spotts Whitney EA, Bratton S. Benefits and Challenges of Consolidating Public Health Functions into a National Public Health Institute: A Policy Analysis. Health...
