Uganda HIV/AIDS country progress report, 2015/16
The Uganda AIDS Commission has released the HIV/AIDS country progress report, resulting from a review of performance for the first year of implementation of the [...] The post Uganda HIV/AIDS country...
View ArticleNational Drug Authority registers of approved human and veterinary drugs in...
The following registers were developed and published by the National Drug Authority in January 2017. For full information about the registers, visit www.nda.or.ug. Local traditional herbal [...] The...
View ArticleUganda demographic and health survey 2016 – Key indicators report
The 2016 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS) was undertaken by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics to address the needs of health sector programmes. The [...] The post Uganda demographic and health...
View ArticleNRM Manifesto Review: Health, Education & Energy
May 13 2017, marked the first of five years of NRM’s 5th term in power. During the NRM manifesto week, ministers for education, health and [...] The post NRM Manifesto Review: Health, Education &...
View ArticleUganda government response to Nodding Syndrome falls short of expectations,...
The parliamentary committee on gender, labour and social development on 19 July, 2017 tabled a report on the impact and management of Nodding Syndrome in [...] The post Uganda government response to...
View ArticlePresidential first-track initiative on ending HIV & AIDS in Uganda
Photo credit: UNAIDS Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni launched a renewed fight against HIV/AIDS in Uganda in June 2017 intended to end the epidemic by 2030. [...] The post Presidential first-track...
View ArticlePreliminary results of the 2016 Uganda population HIV impact assessment
Photo: Daily Monitor These are preliminary results from the 2016 Uganda Population HIV Impact Assessment and were released by the Ministry of Health on August [...] The post Preliminary results of the...
View ArticleOp-ed – Why more government financing is needed for health
By Freddie Ssengooba Health insurance has recently dominated discussions about how government should fund health programmes for Ugandans. Government is keen on introducing health insurance [...] The...
View ArticleUgandans want presidential age limit to stay – Afrobarometer
A new survey by Afrobarometer shows that majority of Ugandans want the current Constitutional presidential age limit upheld. The survey, conducted in December 2016 and [...] The post Ugandans want...
View ArticleStatement by academic staff, School of Law, Makerere University on the...
The academic staff of the School of Law, Makerere University, have expressed concern over the proposed constitutional amendment which among other things, seeks to remove [...] The post Statement by...
View ArticleUganda health sector budget framework paper FY 2018/19 – FY 2022/23
Download below or read online the health sector budget framework paper. It stresses that despite, the limited resource envelope to the sector notwithstanding, particular attention [...] The post Uganda...
View ArticleOp-ed – Will ‘Pay for Performance’ approach resurrect health sector?
BY ELIZABETH EKIRAPA KIRACHO I recently made a deal with my children that I would reward them if they performed better than they did in [...] The post Op-ed – Will ‘Pay for Performance’ approach...
View ArticlePress coverage of health in Uganda, July 2015-June 2017
This report contains findings from research on newspaper coverage of health in Uganda between July 2015 and June 2017 conducted by African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) [...] The post Press...
View ArticleUganda Health Sector Integrated Refugee Response Plan 2019-2024
Photo by Hush Naidoo on Unsplash. Excerpt from the Health Sector Integrated Refugee Response Plan Uganda hosts approximately 1.1 million refugees making it Africa’s largest [...] The post Uganda Health...
View ArticleGlobal health still mimics colonial ways: here’s how to break the pattern
Madhukar Pai, McGill University Imagine this scenario. A couple of newly minted Master of Public Health graduates from an African university, say in Rwanda, land [...] The post Global health still...
View ArticleWhat’s the difference between pandemic, epidemic and outbreak?
Rebecca S.B. Fischer, Texas A&M University The World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 a pandemic. This is a landmark event. As an epidemiologist listening to [...] The post What’s the...
View ArticleResources for journalists covering COVID-19
General resources World Health Organization press briefings – Visit this site for daily press briefings, statements and advisories on global responses to COVID-19. Follow the WHO AFRO region site for...
View ArticleJournalists must ensure that COVID-19 response is no vehicle to steal public...
By Teresa Nannozi It is hard to think about much when it appears as if everything is irrelevant in the face of COVID-19, a pandemic [...] The post Journalists must ensure that COVID-19 response is no...
View ArticleEbola strikes West Africa again: Key questions and lessons from the past
Mosoka Fallah, University of Liberia News of a new outbreak of Ebola in Guinea is indeed distressing. The last in West Africa occurred between 2014 and 2015 [...] The post Ebola strikes West Africa...
View ArticleNational guidelines for management of Covid-19
The Ministry of Health appointed a Task Force to come up with National Guidelines for Management of Covid-19 pandemic. The purpose of the National Guidelines [...] The post National guidelines for...
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