This year��s World Health Report comes at a time when only a decade is left to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which set internationally agreed development aspirations for the world��s population to be met by 2015. These goals have underlined the importance of improving health, and...
Diarrhoeal diseases are a leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality in developing countries, and an important cause of malnutrition. In 2001 an estimated 1.5 million below 5 years died from diarrhoea. On average, children below 3 years of age in developing countries experience three episode...
WHO��s quality, safety and standards work in the area of immunization focuses on enabling the use of vaccines, other biological medicines and immunization related equipment that meet current international norms and standards of quality and safety
This issue focuses on the fourth quarter of 2019/2020 financial year. 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 inform...
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...
The Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS) was conducted at a time when Uganda needed baseline information for planning and implementing national and regional programmes. The survey was conducted as part of the worldwide Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) programme in which surveys are being...
The document titled Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Ethiopia 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, Norther...
The document titled The role of Africa CDC during response to COVID-19 pandemic in Africa: Lessons learnt for future pandemics preparedness, prevention, and response offers a comprehensive insight into Disease Control and Prevention, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses...
The publication of this first comprehensive and detailed Uganda National Drug Policy marks a significant step forward in the overall development of national health services in general and national pharmaceutical services in particular. Now for the first time we have available a vital reference point...
iHRIS Qualify is the system that is used by the Health Professional Councils to capture and aggregate data on a cadre of health workers from the time they enter pre-service training through registration and licensure. It can also track deployments, issue licenses for private practices and out-migrat...
A. Executive summary Phylogenetic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genomes from samples collected during the early phase of the pandemic in Kenya identified 8 global lineages and at least 76 independent SARS-CoV-2 introductions into the Kenyan coast. The dominant B.1 lineage (European origin) accounted for...
The document titled Africa CDC COVID-19 Response Update, 31 May 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, Northern Africa, Southern...
The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (10 November 2021) offers a comprehensive insight into Surveillance and Disease Intelligence, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa,...
The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (28 September 2022) 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, No...
The MTCT-Plus Initiative was conceived in 2001 as a response to the five-point Call to Action on HIV/AIDS issued by Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General. Designed to increase access to HIV/AIDS care and treatment in resource-limited settings, the Initiative built on the dramatic changes that...
Investment in health systems so that they are able to extend coverage of health services to the world��s poor populations is increasingly recognized as an important contributor to saving lives, reducing poverty, spurring economic development and promoting global security (Commission on Macroeconomic...
Primary Postpartum Haemorrhage
The document titled Guidance for mental health and psychosocial support for COVID-19 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...
Reproductive Health Commodity Security is central to achieving the targets set out in the ��Roadmap for Accelerating the Reduction of Maternal and Neonatal Mortality and Morbidity in Uganda��, and eventually, Uganda��s performance in achievement of global targets set out in the Millennium Developmen...
The Republic of Uganda hereinafter the Recipient through Ministry of Health will implement the Uganda COVID-19 Response and Public Health Emergencies Systems Strengthening Project (the Project) financed by the International Development Association (hereinafter the Association).