At the beginning of the outbreak in Guinea and Liberia, this event was graded as a Level 2 based on the Emergency Response Framework (ERF). On 24 July 2014, the Director-General took the decision, based on the ongoing severity of the outbreak and a report of a case travelling from Liberia to Nigeria, to re-grade the event as a Level 3. In the ERF, a Level 2 event means WHO provides moderate support to the affected countries.

With the re-grading to Level 3, WHO’s response is now consider substantial and additional resources must be mobilized. The funding requested in this proposal will enable the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Governments of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone to implement their respective operational plans in response to the urgent and immediate needs of West African countries affected by Ebola virus disease (EVD).

It will help ensure that critically important activities are conducted as soon as possible in the three affected countries. It will also be instrumental in stepping up preparedness activities in neighbouring countries and in countries where imported cases have been reported. Previously, WHO had issued funding appeals that totaled US$

We are living in a decade of renewed global commitments to ending the vertical transmission of HIV. The world is now more than ever united in the drive to “welcome an HIV free generation”. Evidence demonstrates that with concerted efforts and strategic investment, there is the opportunity to see a global reduction of 50% in HIV incidence in women of reproductive age, in line with global targets.

A reduction to ‘zero’ in the unmet need for family planning among HIV‐positive women, a reduction to less than 5% in the risk of mother‐to‐child transmission of HIV, and access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) for 90% of eligible HIV‐positive women, are also deemed achievable. However, the virtual Elimination of Mother‐to‐Child Transmission (EMTCT) faces substantial challenges in low and middle income countries (LMICs) like Uganda.

Key including ‐ the Ministry of Health (MoH), the Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC), the Ministry of Local Government, the Ministry of Finance, other key ministries, parliamentarians, AIDS development partners, civil society and faith based organisations, the private sector and communities of people living with HIV (PLWHIV) ‐ need to come together to achieve these ambitious targets.

The set of case studies in this collection emerged from a session entitled Best Practices in Female Sex Worker Projects held at the Fourth International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific in Manila, October 1997. Preparation for the session began in May 1997 when UNAIDS sponsored an effort to learn about sex worker projects in the region. Lists of known potential projects were elicited from sex work networks, well-connected individuals and researchers. A call for responses was placed on the SEA-AIDS list server.

After intensive communication with 25 sex worker projects in the Asia-Pacific region, five were selected that asserted they could produce data to document their impact and effectiveness

This manual is intended to help health professionals and public health coordinators working in emergency situations prevent, detect and control the major communicable diseases encountered by affected populations. Emergencies include complex emergencies and natural disasters (e.g. floods and earthquakes).

The term “complex emergencies” has been coined to describe “situations of war or civil strife affecting large civilian populations with food shortages and population displacement, resulting in excess mortality and morbidity”.

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)

This is a dynamic and challenging time for those working in public health, in global health cooperation, and in tuberculosis control specifically. As a result of commitments to health at the highest political levels, there are unprecedented opportunities for expanding response to disease epidemics and simultaneously improving health systems.

These commitments have resulted in innovations in financing streams, public-private partnerships, civil society engagement, frameworks for cooperation, and channels of rapid communication and knowledge-sharing.

After a quarter of a century of a generalized HIV epidemic, Uganda continues to experience a severe and mature HIV epidemic. Currently, 6.4% of adults and 0.7% of children are infected with HIV – about one million people nationwide.

These recommendations focus on re-testing for HIV. This document is intended to inform a diverse audience including HIV policy-makers, HIV testing and counselling and national AIDS programme managers, site managers, trainers and HIV testing and counselling providers.

HIV testing and counselling settings in which this document can be applied are varied and include but may not be limited to: the public and private sectors, provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling (PITC) settings (i.e. any medical setting, e.g., antenatal clinic, labour and delivery room, maternal and child health clinics, tuberculosis (TB) clinics, sexually transmitted infection (STI) clinics, inpatient ward and outpatient clinics), IDU treatment clinics, and community-based programmes such as client-initiated testing and counselling (CITC) facilities (sometimes referred to as VCT* centres), other CITC settings such as mobile testing sites and other outreach settings.

This Learner's Guide, Part I of the module on the Diagnosis and Management of Severe Falciparum Malaria, is made up of teaching materials, problems and a picture quiz covering all the activities involved in diagnosing and managing severe falciparum malaria at the hospital level. This guide is based upon the problem solving approach to education, and working through the study cases presented, you will develop the competence to manage correctly cases of severe falciparum malaria.

Together with Part II, the Tutor's Guide, it forms a training module which is designed to be used throughout a formal period of training and provides information, poses practical problems and suggested solutions in a simple, easily understandable form, so as to facilitate local adaptation and translation into local languages.

Welcome to the 27th issue of the Malaria quarterly bulletin, which focuses on the second quarter of 2019. 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 im-provement of our efforts and to high-light achievements and create aware-ness for increased resource mobilization& allocation in order to maintain the gains we have achieved.
We present updates on key malaria morbidity, mortality and intervention indicators; Updates from Malaria Reference Centers; 9th End User Verifica-tion Key findings; and updates from NMCP strategic units. We welcome your thoughts and contributions regarding this publication

Reporting rate this week (86.4%) represents change from the previous week, 2019W8 (86.7%). There was a 10% drop reported in malaria cases (106,503 in W8 vs. 95,761 this week. The West Nile districts of Adjumani (13) & Moyo (13) reported incidence rates >10 cases/1,000 population. Further south, Namayingo District also reported incidence rates beyond 10 cases/1,000 population . About 26% (33/128) of districts treated ≥15% of patients who tested negative with an antimalarial. This is a 3%-point increase from 30% in 2019W8. There were 22 deaths this week, representing a 38% increase from last week (16). About 30% (38/128) of districts had reporting rates <85%, representing a 14%-point increase from 2019W9 (16%).

Cholera outbreak response generally focuses on medical aspects that are important for lowering mortality. However, a more comprehensive response is needed to limit the spread of the disease. As the outbreak response is often led by medical professionals, other aspects, such as environmental or communication issues, might tend to be neglected.