The Guideline for managing private wings sets a minimum management system, structures, processes, and expectations that the health units should have. All hospitals should use these guidelines as the basic foundation upon which they manage the private wing services.
Vitamin A deficiently was recognized as one of the major public health problems contributing significantly to under 5 years mortality, increases susceptibility to infection, lowers immunity leading to frequent ill health and poor growth among children under five years of age. n 1999 the Ministry of health undertook an initiative to tackle this problem by introducing Vitamin A supplementation with the polio campaign and in the subsequent years it was combined with the measles immunization campaign until 2003. Although significant Vitamin A coverage was achieved through this strategy it was realized that the immunization campaigns were short-term strategies, costly and unsustainable and therefore not a total solution for the Vitamin A problem.
This newsletter will interest you if you use Ugandan roads! Which is just about everyone in the country! How did you get to work today? How will you get back? What about your school going kids? Our concern for road safety is behind our rather strange name, RT4.
We are part of CEBHA+, a research network that deals with many health problems, and we in Research Task 4 are the only ones that focus on road safety. We are concerned that while it is now common knowledge that our roads are very hazardous, there is no consensus on what to do to make them safer.
BTC is the Belgian development agency. We support development projects across the globe to eradicate poverty. The Sustainable Development Goals are the global framework for BTC's support to different countries around the globe. Our activities focus on fragile states and the least developed countries, primarily in Africa.
The function of the committee is to monitor the general administration of the HCIII on behalf of the Local Council and the Ministry of Local Government. this shall be done within the policy and guidelines of Ministry of Health.
Despite major strides to improve the health of the population in the last 10 – 15 years, the health status of Ugandans remains relatively poor with high morbidity and mortality from preventable causes. The National Population and Housing Census 2014 show a life expectancy of 63.3 years and under five mortality of 80/1000. The major health problems of the country largely arise from preventable communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases and nutritional disorders. The majority (about 75%) of Ugandans live in rural areas, many of which are remote and lack health services. Government therefore recognized the need to develop a health care delivery system designed to improve the health status of households, with their full participation, using local technologies and resources.
This guideline provides a strategic vision and direction of the hospital on behalf of Ministry of health within the framework of health policy. It will ensure maximum efficiency and enable quick decision making.
The essential role of epidemiology is to improve the health of populations. This textbook provides an introduction to the basic principles and methods of epidemiology. It is intended for a wide audience, and to be used as training material for professionals in the health and environment fields.
This Health Facility Master List is a complete listing of both public and private health facilities in the country. There are 6,404 health facilities and each are established under unique administrative units i.e. Region, district, health sub-district, and subcounty etc.
The need to uniquely identify health facilities in the country is of paramount importance for better health service delivery. Many countries do not have accurate and informed data on their health facilities yet this can facilitate effective monitoring of infrastructure development and services provided to their increasing population. Uganda has always suffered the same.
Various organisations including researchers have multiple lists of health facilities across the country. More so, the facilities differ not only in the information they contain but also in the way they are named and identified. There is no common identifier to uniquely identify the facilities.
Human health is profoundly affected by weather and climate. Extreme weather events kill tens of thousands of people every year and undermine the physical and psychological health of millions. Droughts directly affect nutrition and the incidence of diseases associated with malnutrition. Floods and cyclones can trigger outbreaks of infectious diseases and damage hospitals and other health infrastructure, overwhelming health services just when they are needed most.
The African Centre for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (ACTV) is humbled to present to you the 2015. Annual Report that gives an account of the activities undertaken by ACTV from January 2015 to December 2015. It reflects on the lessons learnt in the period, the challenges faced and the future plans we have in an effort to deliver our mandate
This report was produced by an Independent Expert Group empowered by the Global Nutrition Report Stakeholder Group. The writing was a collective effort by the group members, led by the co-chairs and supplemented by additional analysts and contributors
