The Ministry later reviewed the two initiatives; CDPs and FHDs and found that the two approaches had a common focus to a greater extent. The Ministry recommended harmonisation of the two initiatives, which was then renamed Integrated Child Health Days (ICHDs) to have a package of services from both initiatives . This guide has therefore been developed in order to harmonise the two initiatives to respond to the requirements of the Sustainable Development Goals focusing on maternal and child health.
A comprehensive National Immunization Programme Review (2015-2020 NIPR) was conducted in Uganda from 12th October to 06th November 2020. This NIPR integrated the EPI review with an operational research study to assess the barriers to utilization of EPI services, Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus Elimination post-validation assessment (MNTE-PVA) and assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on immunization services. Makerere University School of Public Health as an external team to the EPI programme constituted the lead team. The rest of the review team consisted of a national and international team, namely content experts from the WHO, Ministry of Health, UNICEF, PATH and CHAI.
The National Immunisation Strategy (NIS) replaces the comprehensive Multi-Year Plan (cMYP) as a country-specific guiding tool for the planning, coordination and implementation of immunisation activities. The strategy clearly defines what is to be achieved in the next five years, in terms of the anticipated results and impact in accordance with UNEPI’s vision, mission, goals and objectives. This strategy aims at ensuring that the national strategic priorities and activities improve and sustain immunisation coverage, disease surveillance and address outstanding recommendations from previous program reviews and assessments.
The EPI Data Quality Improvement Plan (DQIP) details the processes, tools, and techniques employed to ensure data is accurate, consistent, complete, and up-to-date. The purposes of a DQIP include serving as a roadmap to data quality improvement, promoting the importance of data quality and integrating a multi-stakeholder approach to maximizing data quality.
The overall objective of this SEP is to define a program for stakeholder engagement, including public information disclosure and consultation throughout the entire project cycle. The SEP outlines approached in which MoH will communicate with stakeholders and includes a mechanism by which people can raise concerns, provide feedback, or make complaints about the project and its activities. MoH recognizes that stakeholder involvement is necessary for successful implementation of the project. Nation-wide containment of COVID-19 pandemic will necessitate appropriate communication strategies to rapidly yet effectively create awareness among culturally diverse regions of Uganda.
This ESMF outlines the framework and mechanisms for environmental and social impact screening, determining extent of required environmental assessment and assessment of environmental and social impacts arising from proposed project implementation, and gives generic guidance on appropriate mitigation measures, and institutional arrangements for monitoring. This framework is needed since specific project locations under the proposed Additional Financing are yet to be determined. Where necessary, different levels of Environmental and Social Assessment, site specific Environmental and Social Management Plans shall be prepared during project implementation. In terms of COVID-19 outbreak response, a National Response Plan has been prepared by GoU (Ministry of Health) and follows set Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) recognized by WHO.
This bulletin serves to inform all stakeholders at community, district and national levels on suspected disease trends, public health surveillance and interventions undertaken in detecting, preventing and responding to public health events in Uganda on a weekly basis. In this issue, we showcase the following updates: Routine and Sentinel Surveillance, Indicator and Event Based Surveillance, Maternal and Perinatal deaths surveillance
This bulletin serves to inform all stakeholders at community, district and national levels on suspected disease trends, public health surveillance and interventions undertaken in detecting, preventing and responding to public health events in Uganda on a weekly basis.
In this issue, we shift our focus from the tangible bricks-and-mortar aspects of our work to the vital, yet often unseen, “soft activities ”that form the backbone of our project and are essential for ensuring a resilient and responsive healthcare system. These activities encompass a wide range of initiatives that are crucial for the effective implementation of UCREPP. These include training and mentorship programs for healthcare professionals, strategies for outbreak management, community engagement efforts, and capacity-building workshops.
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 delivery and Public Health Emergency for FY 24/25 was established as documented in the factsheet.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) through the Hospital and Lower level Health facilities division developed these guidelines for decentralisation of the Uganda Medical Board in regards to retirement of civil servants on medical grounds.
This Plan describes the M&E framework, indicators, processes, sources of data, methods and tools that the sector will use to collect, compile, report and use data, and provide feedback as part of the national Health Sector M&E mechanisms. It is intended to document what needs to be monitored, with whom, by whom, when, how, and how the M&E data will be used. It also outlines how and when the different types of studies and evaluations will be conducted by the sector. It translates these processes into annualized and costed activities and assigns responsibilities for implementation.
