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Here is some information for visitors to learn about health care in
Uganda:
The website for Uganda's Ministry of
Health
Health Sector Strategic Plan
(HSSP) for 2000 - 2004
The
Ugandan National Minimum Health Care Package (UNMHCP)
The Ugandan Clinical Guidelines (UCG) 2003:
(3.0 MB word document available for download)
The Essential Drugs List of Uganda (EDLU) 2001:
(0.4 MB word document available for download)
Health
Sector Strategic Plan (HSSP2000/1-2004/5)
The
HSSP has been developed as a collaborative undertaking of the Ministry of
Health, related Ministries, the development partners and other stake
holders. The overall purpose of the plan is to reduce morbidity and
mortality from the major causes of ill health in Uganda and the
disparities there in. The 1998 Uganda Participatory Poverty Assessment
project identified ill health as the most frequent cause and reason for
poverty.
The
HSSP contains policies on:
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The Uganda National Minimum Health
Care Package (UNMHCP)
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Human resources
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Health infrastructure
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Quality assurance
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Research and development
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Information technology and management
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Procurement of drugs and supplies
The
Uganda National Minimum Health Care Package (UNMHCP)
The
components of the UNMHCP are:
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Control of communicable diseases.
(Malaria, sexually transmitted diseases, HIV, TB)
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Integrated management of childhood
illnesses
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Sexual and reproductive health.
Including safe pregnancy and delivery to reduce the unacceptably
high rates of maternal and perinatal death. Also modern family planning
methods
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Immunisation.
A recognised cost effective intervention that can improve health
indicators quickly. Plan to expand coverage from 44% to 70%
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Health Education and promotion.
To improve health awareness and effect desired changes in
knowledge, attitudes and behaviour
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Epidemics and disaster preparedness
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Improve nutrition with special attention to young children, pregnant and
lactating mothers
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Intervention against diseases
targeted for eradication -
river blindness, onchocerciasis, poliomyelitis, measles and neonatal
tetanus
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Strengthen Mental Health services
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Essential clinical care of
non-communicable diseases, chronic disease and terminally ill
The Uganda
clinical guidelines (UCG) 2003
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Produced
by the Ugandan Ministry of Health
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This
is the 1st edition
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The
UCG is designed to provide updated and practical information of lower
level health facilities (health centers 1 to 4) on the diagnosis and
manangement of all the common conditions presenting in Uganda.
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The
UCG is designed to be used together with the Essential Drugs List of
Uganda.
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The treatments in the UCG are
regarded as the nationally recognised standard treatments and in many
cases they are the same as, or directly derived from, those recommended in
current evidence-based WHO guidelines.
[ click here to download this 3.0 MB Word
document ]
The Essential
drugs list of uganda (EDLU) 2001
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Produced
by the Ugandan Ministry of Health
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This
is the 3rd edition of the EDLU
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The current WHO model list (11th
revision, December 1999) was used as a basis for the EDLU and modified to
suit the requirements of Uganda.
[ click here to download this 0.4 MB Word
document ]
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