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UgandaEMR is a facility-level electronic medical system designed to support data management for HIV programs and other health services. METS is mandated to support PEPFAR Implementing Partners ensure submission of quality National and PEPFAR reports, and this involves development, upgrading, testing, piloting, and roll-out systems that can support generation of complete, timely and accurate data.Read more

January 11, 2023, marked the end of the Sudan Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in Uganda The Ministry of Health organized a special event to declare the country free of the deadly disease. This event was celebrated in Mubende District where the first case of the deadly virus was reported on 20th September 2022. The firstRead more

Theme: Supervision, monitoring, coaching & mentorship for a resilient health system – the role of Quality Improvement The Ministry of Health organized the annual National Healthcare Quality Improvement (QI) conference held on 13 – 15 December 2022 at the Speke Resort Munyonyo. The objectives of the conference included sharing new QI innovations in the managementRead more

Following a 14-day retreat from 4 – 15 July 2022 at the Source of the Nile Hotel in Jinja to commence the mid-term review of the HIV response related National HMIS tools, Ministry of Health (MoH) organized a meeting to Integrate Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) service provision into HIV care tools from 7-19 November 2022.  TheRead more

By Fatumah Nalubega & Nancy Karunganwa As of October 2021, the MakSPH-METS Program was ear marked as CDC’s flagship partner for data management and named lead Strategic Information (SI) for PEPFAR. METS has since provided solutions/support in the areas of health information systems, data analysis and Epi/surveillance for HIV/TB, COVID19, Ebola Virus disease (EVD) whileRead more

By: Nancy Karunganwa and Herbert Mulira In 2019 the Ministry of Health comprehensively revised the Health Management Information System (HMIS)  in a bid to harmonize data needs of various stakeholders. At the beginning of 2020, the Ministry of Health (MoH), with support from PEPFAR, revised and rolled out the HIV HMIS forms (version 2019) throughRead more

The Makerere University School of Public Health – Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Support Program (MakSPH-METS) under the guidance of Ministry of Health (MoH) – Standards, Compliance, Accreditation, and Patient Protection Department finalized the development of the national integrated Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) database (https://cqi.health.go.ug). The database which tracks quality improvement projects at health facilities wasRead more

CDC runs a Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) that trains a workforce that helps track, contain, and eliminate outbreaks before they become epidemics. In the event of disease threats, this workforce investigates and applies their knowledge to control spread of infection, hence the Program helps to detect and respond to threat. They quickly communicate crucialRead more

Supported by PEPFAR, the Government of Uganda implemented the Determined Resilient Empowered AIDS-Free Mentored and Safe (DREAMS) Initiative in 2015. DREAMS is a program of social and economic interventions offered to adolescent girls and young women aged 10-24 years with the aim of reducing HIV incidence among Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW). The DREAMSRead more

In the 2021 operation plan adopted by Uganda, the Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Support (METS) Program of Makerere University School of Public Health took up the role of Lead PEPFAR Strategic Information (SI) mechanism. To prepare the MakSPH-METS team to harness this role, a one-day meeting aimed at orienting the team in National and PEPFARRead more

Cancer of the cervix (CaCX) is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women in Uganda, affecting over 1 in 2000 women every year. Women living with HIV have a substantially increased risk for cervical cancer when compared to women without HIV infection. To this end, the Uganda Ministry of Health (MOH), with support fromRead more

The 8th QI conference was the 2nd of its kind hosting over 2,000 participants. An estimated 1800 (90%) participants attended virtually through Zoom, YouTube, and Facebook while only about 200 (10%) participants attended physically at Speke Resort Hotel in Munyonyo. This innovation was put in place to ensure that Ministry of Health continues to consolidateRead more

Makerere University School of Public Health’s Monitoring and Technical Support Program graduated its 3rd Governance, Leadership and Management Fellowship Cohort in a colourful ceremony held at the Gold Course Hotel on 8th April 2021. The Nine-Month Fellowship targeted one member of the District Health Teams from each district like District Health Officers (DHO), HIV focalRead more

The Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Monitoring and Evaluation Support Program (METS) has been scaling out UgandaEMR which is currently functional in over 1,000 health facilities within the sector.  UgandaEMR is an Electronic Medical Record that stores patient medical files and used in (ART) clinics as an alternative to clinical hard files withRead more

Supported by PEPFAR, the government of Uganda has implemented the Determined Resilient Empowered AIDS-Free Mentored and Safe (DREAMS) Initiative. DREAMS is a package of biomedical, social and economic interventions offered to adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) aged 10–24 years with the aim of reducing HIV incidence. The DREAMS Core Package of interventions goes beyondRead more