In Uganda, WHO has been supporting the work of volunteer health workers on Village Health Teams, to get messages about COVID-19 prevention and surveillance to communities who need it most. This will not only help with prevention, but also reporting of COVID-19, which will help the Ministry of Health make the right decisions to prevent further spread of the virus. #health #Uganda #Africa #COVID
En Ouganda, l'OMS soutient le travail des bénévoles des équipes de santé des villages, pour transmettre des messages sur la prévention et la surveillance de la COVID-19 aux communautés qui en ont le plus besoin. Cela contribuera non seulement à la prévention, mais aussi à la notification des cas de COVID-19, ce qui permettra au ministère de la Santé de prendre les décisions appropriées pour éviter une nouvelle propagation du virus. #santé #ouganda #afrique #COVID-19
Mr Mark Oguma Oguti and his daughter Claudia are thrilled about the launch of the #YellowFever Vaccination campaign.
Dr Phiona Atuhebwe narrates her experience with COVID-19. The detection, evacuation, treatment and discharge. Find out how she still suffers from the after-effects, two months into her healing process.
Uganda confirmed Coronavirus Disease also known as COVID19 in the country.
The most common symptoms of COVID-19 are fever, cough, sore throat and shortness of breath. If you have these symptoms or know someone who has them in your family or community, please report immediately to the nearest heath facility for evaluation and assistance. COVID-19 patients who are managed early recover well from the disease thereby contributing to prevention and control efforts.
The Government of Uganda launched the Health Sector Refugee Response Plan 2019-2024, (HSIRRP 2019-2024). This is a five-year plan that advocates for the provision of integrated services for both refugees and refugee-host communities in all the refugee-hosting districts.
The HSRIIP is intended to address the needs of refugees and the host communities and ensure access to quality health services for both through improvement of staffing of refugee-hosting districts to 95% of the public staffing norms.
In addition, 50% of the public health centres at level II will be improved to health centres level III. Likewise, adequate medicine and health supplies will be distributed to the respective districts using the national distribution channels.
The capacity of facility-based health workers and community health extension workers will also be built to adequately meet the needs of the communities.
Uganda hosts over 1.19 million refugees and ranks third globally among the countries with the highest number of refugees.
The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO DG), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has lauded Uganda for the Ebola preparedness response mounted, so far, in the high-risk districts of the country.
Dr Tedros said that Uganda’s disease outbreak response system is recognized globally for its effectiveness. He commended the government for the support rendered during the ongoing vaccination exercising, saying, “The vaccination exercise will go a long way in saving the lives of frontline health workers and health care workers and we are really grateful for the government’s commitment and support.”
He made these remarks at a meeting held at the Office of the Prime Minister where he met key government dignitaries including; the Prime Minister- Right Honourable Dr Ruhakana Rugunda; Minister of Foreign Affairs- Hon Sam Kuteesa; Minister of State for Defence and Veteran Affairs- Hon Bright Rwamirama; Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary-Dr Diana Atwiine and other government officials.
In the wake of an Ebola outbreak in The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda has stepped its preparedness to prevent the outbreak from crossing into the country respond to a case if any. Below are some pictures showing the activities during the preparedness.
Onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, is a disease caused by infection with the parasitic worm Onchocerca volvulus. Symptoms include severe itching, bumps under the skin, and blindness. It is the second most common cause of blindness due to infection, after trachoma.