The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO-AFRO) in collaboration with United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID), convened a four-…
Read moreThe Ministry of Health with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) conducted a three-day preventative house-to-house polio immunization campaign reaching 5,570,000 ch…
Read moreThe Ministry of Health with support from World Health Organization (WHO) convened a five-day meeting to develop a National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) for Uganda. The development of the NAPHS comes afte…
Read moreKampala, 31st August 2017:- The Ministry of Health with support from partners convened a two-day meeting to discuss control and elimination of Schistosomiasis (Bilharzia) in Uganda. The meeting provides an opportunity fo…
Read moreHIV Impact Assessment (UPHIA) indicating that the total number of adults and children of all ages living with HIV in Uganda is estimated to be approximately 1.3 million. The 2016 UPHIA indicated a fall in HIV nationa…
Read moreUganda, with support from the World Health Organization (WHO), is hosting a five-day Joint External Evaluation (JEE) meeting to review and validate the progress made by the country in building the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005) core capacities and their implementation.
Read moreThe President of Uganda H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni launched “The Presidential Fast-track Initiative on ending HIV&AIDS in Uganda by 2030.” This is the first such initiative in Africa and the entire world. Anchored…
Read moreIn Uganda, about 1 percent of the total cost of tobacco-related illnesses are attributed to tobacco use and the direct cost of treating tobacco attributable illnesses is estimated to be 108.05 billion Uganda shillings (U…
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