Uganda — News
WHO/Uganda Staff
30th January 2009. WHO/Uganda Staff in a group Photo during their annual retreat held in Jinja Nile Resort from 21st to 23rd January, 2009
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Uganda’s Health Minister Calls for Cross-Border Surveillance to Eradicate Guinea Worm Diseases
24th November 2008. The Minister of State for Health Dr Emmanuel Otaala has called for strong cross-border surveillance for Guinea Worm disease saying it is one of the sure ways to eradicate the diseases. Speaking a…
Read moreUganda’s First Lady Launches Road Map to Accelerate Reduction of Maternal and Neonatal Mortality and Morbidity
24th November 2008. The First Lady of Uganda Hon Janet Museveni launched Uganda’s Roadmap to accelerate reduction of maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity calling on all partners and stakeholders to play the…
Read morePrimary Health Care
The decentralization of health services and programmes to district level has been actively supported by WHO. This has involved capacity building at district and community level, monitoring and evaluation programmes and p…
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WHO has supported the Ministry of Health, District Health Teams and other local and international organisations to mitigate the health impact of the conflict in northern Uganda. More support has been in the area of disea…
Read moreProtecting and Promoting Health
Over the years, WHO has supported government strengthen maternal and child health services through a number of activities like immunization, Safe Motherhood, and implementation of the Integrated Management of Childhood I…
Read moreControl and Prevention of Specific Health Problems
WHO provides the government of Uganda technical assistance for management of national health programmes (primary health care, malaria, tuberculosis, AIDS, onchocerciasis, epidemiological surveillance, control and elimina…
Read moreDr Saweka visits Soroti district, promises to revitalize MPS programme
The WHO Representative for Uganda Dr Joaquim Saweka paid a two-days working visit to Soroti district, Eastern Uganda to check on the implementation of the Making Pregnancy Safer (MPS) project that was initiated by WHO an…
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