This report provides a global overview of alcohol consumption in relation to public health (Chapter 1) as well as information on: the consumption of alcohol in populations (Chapter 2); the health consequences of alcohol consumption (Chapter 3); and policy responses at national level (Chapter 4). The main messages of these chapters can be summarized as follows
Children and adolescents with good mental health are able to achieve and maintain optimal psychological and social functioning and well-being. They have a sense of identity and self-worth, sound family and peer relationships, an ability to be productive and to learn, and a capacity to tackle developmental challenges and use cultural resources to maximize growth. Moreover, the good mental health of children and adolescents is crucial for their active social and economic participation.
At present, information on resources and services for persons with intellectual disabilities is scarce, fragmented, and relates mainly to high-income countries. To find data about availability of services, their nature, and access to them for a given country is hard, and such data does not exist at a global level. Large differences are seen between high-income countries and countries with low or middle incomes with regard to the availability and the type of information about national services and resources.
The Nurses And Midwives Act
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) Manifesto 2016 is the fifth one since 1996. The NRM is a mass organisation that is on track in implementing policies and programmes in all these manifestos. Each of these manifestos has a theme in tandem with the stages of the country’s progress.
In accordance with operative paragraph 3(8) of resolution WHA69.10 (2016), the DirectorGeneral was requested “to develop, in consultation with Member States, a set of criteria and principles for secondments1 to WHO from nongovernmental organizations, philanthropic foundations and academic institutions and to submit the criteria and principles for the consideration of and establishment by, as appropriate, the Seventieth World Health Assembly.
The purpose of this document is to outline a concise, step-by-step process for developing a scaling up strategy. The rationale behind such an undertaking is twofold. First, strategic planning for the expansion and institutionalization of successfully tested health systems innovations is essential, but often does not happen. As a result, effective new practices and products remain underutilized. It is hoped that the availability of this guide will encourage broader attention to systematic planning once pilot innovations have been successfully tested.
The reduction of poverty and vulnerability is an integral part of Uganda’s national development. This report considers the national development process from the point of view of an individual household. From this perspective, socioeconomic transformation means that all households are made more secure and hence forward looking with a strong incentive to invest. This requires that individuals have faith in a brighter future. The necessary sense of optimism can be provided in a number of ways. Three of the most important are an effective insurance mechanism or social safety net, a quality education for one’s child, and secure employment with a steady income. This motivates the three interrelated themes of the report – the extent to which Ugandans are vulnerable and unsure of their economic environment, inequality in the access to education opportunities, and household livelihoods.
In this analysis, we explained to what extent satellite data (as a proxy for environmental conditions) are correlated with household survey data. Whilst correlation abviously does not automatically imply causation, we suggest an evironmental approach is more likely to reveal causes than will the traditioal approach of small area mapping using cesus and survey data. However, it is first necessary to establish the relative predictive accuracies of the traditional and environmental approaches.
According to the Burden of Disease Study in Uganda (Ministry of Health, 1995), over 75% of the life years lost due to premature death were due to ten preventable diseases. Perinatal and maternal conditions (20.4%), malaria (15.4%), acute lower respiratory tract infections (10.5%), AIDS (9.1%) and diarrhoea (8.4%) together account for over 60% of the total national death burden. Others at the top of the list include tuberculosis, malnutrition (with 38% of under-5s stunted, 25% underweight for age and 5% wasted), trauma/accidents and measles.
The PEAP provides an over-arching framework to guide public action to eradicate poverty. It has been prepared through a consultative process involving central and local Government, Parliament, Donors and Civil Society. In order to achieve middle-income status, Uganda needs to industrialise by enhancing its competitiveness. Industrialisation in Uganda will depend on using the resource base and hence on equipping farmers to understand the technical and quality requirements of commercial production. Government will therefore ensure the provision of public goods to support both agriculture and industry. In order to reverse the recent marked increase in inequality, Government will aim to increase the ability of the poorer households to participate in economic growth through self-employment inside and outside agriculture and wage employment.
This Provisional Results Report provides information about the population counts disaggregated by sex down to Subcounty level. When the Data Processing is completed, more comprehensive information about the population and to lower levels will be made available. In addition, more detailed information about the individuals and households will be published in 2015.
