This book of ambulance norms and standards shall be used in guiding the key stakeholders in procurement and use of ambulance vehicles. The Ambulance Norms and Standards shall be given a status of National Standard by the gazette of a Statutory instrument. The document has been prepared under the mandate of the department of emergency medical services and in fulfillment of the Ministry of Health responsibility on providing health Standards and health service delivery standards. These norms and Standards cover the Road Ambulance vehicles and the Boat ambulance Vehicles and the aeromedical ambulances that will be added in the next review.
This Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Strategic plan operationalises the National Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Policy 2019, The National Policy for Disaster Preparedness & Management 2010 and the National Road Safety Policy 2017. It defines the EMS administration and service delivery system at all levels of health care in the country covering obstetric, medical, surgical, paediatric, mental and trauma emergencies as well as medical care during disasters. The priority actions are aimed at fulfilling the Health Sector challenges and global commitments on emergency care system
The development of this National Emergency Medical Services Policy comes in response to the public outcry over limited response to emergencies right from the scene of an emergency (home, school, work or location) to accident and emergency units in health facilities, non-functional ambulances, and lack of coordination of the various stakeholders. The Health Sector Development plan (HSDP) 2016/17-2020/21, H.E. the President’s Strategic Directives to the Health Sector and the NRM Government Manifesto 2016- 2021 spell out the establishment of a functional ambulance and referral system as one of the key deliverables by 2021.
The final draft re-aligned structure of the Ministry was presented to the Senior Top Management Team and members of the Senior Management Team on 6th January 2017, and the final draft re-aligned structure was approved with changes. The structure was finalized based on final changes from the Senior Top Management Team, and the Approved Final Structure is presented in the subsequent pages...
This brief provides an overview of; OPD attendance, notifiable diseases, other diseases of public health interest and causes of death.
This report provides a monthly update on key program indicators in the health sector.
This brief provides an overview of; OPD attendance, notifiable diseases, other diseases of public health interest and causes of death.
This brief provides an overview of; OPD attendance, notifiable diseases, other diseases of public health interest and causes of death.
The World health statistics report is the World Health Organization (WHO) annual compilation of the latest available data on health and health-related indicators for its 194 Member States. The report is produced by the WHO Division of Data, Analytics and Delivery for Impact, in collaboration with WHO technical departments and regional offices. The 2021 edition features the latest data for more than 50 health-related indicators from the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and the WHO Triple Billion targets
The SARA/DQR serves as a monitoring and evaluation tool of the national health strategy and provides key information on progress of health system strengthening over time. It facilitates identification of gaps and weaknesses responsible for suboptimal service provision and intervention coverage that need to be addressed and provides a baseline for planning and monitoring scale-up of interventions for service delivery improvement
This guidebook was formulated for trainers and leaders in management, in order to enhance 5S activities at health facilities under Ugandan government sector health services. By using this book, facilitators and leaders in health facilities will be able to train their trainees and frontline staff to improve their work environment through the Work Improvement Team (WIT), formulated at every work venue of the health facility.
The new SDG roadmap is needed in order to ensure that the SDG Coordination Framework and related interventions are in conformity with the Third National Development Plan (NDP III) programme areas. The NDP III review revealed an increase in the alignment of SDG targets to the NDP from 69 percent during the FY 2015/16 to almost 95 percent in the NDP III. In Uganda’s 2020 VNR the country further reported an increase of SDG indicators with data from 45 to 92 out of the 201 relevant indicators
