Health Nutrition and HIV AIDS | Humanitarian Action in Uganda


	HEALTH NUTRITION AND HIV/AIDS CLUSTER The Health Nutrition and HIV/AIDS is chaired by World Health Organization (WHO). For operational purposes, a sub Working Group on Nutrition was formed under the leadership and UNICEF. HIV/AIDS is coordinated through the National HIV/AIDS Sector Working Group with UNAIDS as the co-chair. The HN H/A cluster works closely with the Ministry of Health to provide technical guidance and support including on disease surveillance and emergency response to epidemics and other disease outbreaks such as Ebola, Meningitis and Cholera. The objective of the Cluster in 2008 are: Improve coordination of health, nutrition, and HIV/AIDS in Northern Uganda and Karamoja; Ensure timely identification and filling of gaps in emergency health, nutrition and HIV/AIDS response in Northern Uganda and Karamoja; Supervise, monitor and evaluate cluster performance against the 2008 CAP; Build capacity and skills of cluster members and partners on important health and coordination topics; Improve information dissemination and sharing among; Linkage with other cross cutting issues/clusters, e.g. Gender, Human Rights, Food Security, WASH, Advocacy and resource mobilization Health Services Availability Maps for Northern Uganda Service Availability Mapping (SAM) is a tool to collect and present basic information on health services: health infrastructure, human resources and services offered. Its main application is at the district level or sub county level, where district health management teams can use the results of the SAM in conjunction with WHO's HealthMapper application, developed by the Public Health Mapping and GIS programme, to map and monitor health services. SAM is made up of a survey methodology, remote field data collection devices, and WHO's Health Mapper application. See Health Services Maps Global Health Cluster Guide. African Report on Child Wellbeing 2008: How Friendly are African Governments? \| 2.44KB Download Address on the State of Affairs of Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension in Gulu District \| 48.5KB Download About the Global Health Cluster Guide Global Health Cluster Acronyms Chapters: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 \| 6 \| 7 \| 8 \| 9 Annex A - TOR for Sector Leads at Country Level Annex B - Types/Phases of Assessment Annex C - General Principles for Assessment Annex D - Assessment Plan Schedule Budget Annex E - Stakeholder Analysis Annex F - Priority Cross Cutting Issues Annex G - Examples of negative Effects The Full Guide \| 12.3MB Meningitis Guides and Fact Sheets Mengitis Factsheet: Download Meningitis Vaccination Campaign Field Guide: Download Contact Group Presentation on Mengitis in Karamoja. Meningitis Update: Districts of Arua, Koboko, Yumbe, Adjumani, Moyo, Nebbi. Meningitis Update 19 03 2007 Meningitis Update 05 03 2007 Meningitis Update 11 03 2007 Meningitis Update 14 02 2007 Meningitis Update 21 02 2007 Meningitis Update 24 02 2007 Arua Mengitis Update 21 Jan 2008 Arua Mengitis Update 28 Jan 2008 Meningitis Outbreak: Atiak, Amuru Reports Malaria Outlook for September - October 2009 Rainfall Season Emergency/Humanitarian Action-Weekly Activity Update Week 34, 16-22 August 2009 Ministerial Policy Statement for the Health Sector, Financial Year 2009/2010 Karamoja Weekly Disease Surveillance Report 33 Karamoja Weekly Disease Surveillance Report, Wk 29, 07/09 WHO-HAC Weekly Surveillance Update, Wk 21 - 18-25 May 09 Technical Report on HIV AIDS in Conflict Areas, July 2008 River Blindness and Sleeping Sickness Study Report Amuru Sub County, May 2008. Malaria Social Study Report, Jan. 2008: Executive Summary Nutrition Bulletin - Vol. 1 Issue 2, October 2007 - April 2008 HIV in Emergencies: Case Study of Northern Kenya, Dec 2007 HN HA Quarterly Newsletter, June 2008 March 08 Retreat Report Annual Report 2007 Annual Cluster Performance Report 2007 Monthly Report, Nov 2007 Monthly Report, Oct. 2007 Performance, 2006 2007 Annual Report	Nutrition Surveillance Reports DHO-ACF Karamoja Sub-region Nutritional Surveillance Report Round 5 May 2011 DHO-ACF Acholi Sub-region Nutritional Surveillance Report Round 1 March/April 2011 Nutritional Surveillance Report No. 1 for Karamoja Region - December 2009 - GOU/ACF/UNICEF Nutritional Surveillance Report No. 4 for Karamoja Region - December 2010 - GOU/ACF/UNICEF Nutritional Surveillance Report No. 4 for Karamoja Region - September 2010 - GOU/ACF/UNICEF Nutritional Surveillance Report No. 4 for Karamoja Region - May 2010 - GOU/ACF/UNICEF OCHA/PDSB Update on Global Food Security Situation - March 2011 YELLOW FEVER (alias STRANGE DISEASE) SITUATION REPORTS SITREP (Yellow Fever) 17/01/2011 SITREP (Yellow Fever) 11/01/2011 SITREP (Yellow Fever) 10/01/2011 SITREP (Yellow Fever) 06/01/2011 SITREP (Yellow Fever) 05/01/2011 SITREP (Yellow Fever) 04/01/2011 SITREP (Yellow Fever) 03/01/2011 SITREP (Yellow Fever) 30/12/2010 SITREP (Yellow Fever) 29/12/2010 SITREP (Yellow Fever) 28/12/2010 SITREP (Yellow Fever) 27/12/2010 SITREP (Abim) 27 Dec 2010 SITREP (Abim) 25 Dec 2010 SITREP (Abim) 23 Dec 2010 SITREP 21 Dec 2010 \| Abim SITREP (Abim) 20 Dec 2010 SITREP 14 Dec 2010 SITREP (Agago/Abim) 6/12/2010 SITREP 13 Dec 2010 SITREP (Abim) 12 Dec 2010 SITREP (Abim) 10 Dec 2010 SITREP as of 7-12-2010 UPDATES ON STRANGE DISEASE IN ABIM DISTRICT Update - 24 Nov. 2010 Update - 23 Nov. 2010 Update - 19 Nov. 2010 Update - 18 Nov. 2010 Update - 17 Nov. 2010 \| H-R Update - 14 Nov. 2010 Report - 11 November 2010 STRANGE DISEASE - YELLOW FEVER Public Information on undiagnosed illness in Northern Uganda.doc Epidemiological Description Yellow Fever Outbreak January 4 2010 Abim District Strange Disease Response Plan - 2010 Response Work Plan Budget for the Abim District Strange Disease Line List - Agago: Not including Community Deaths Line List of Strange Disease - 21 December 2010 Line List - Undiagnosed Disease-Kitgum District-11 December 2010. ---- HIV Sector Working Group Meeting - 23 June 2010, Gulu HIV AIDS Strategic Plan 2009-2012 HN/HA SWG Meeting Minutes - November 2010, Gulu 9th HN/HA Cluster Quarterly Meeting - 28 July 2010 Major HIV/AIDS Response Analysis The Humanitarian: Quarterly Newsletter of the Uganda Red Cross, April -June 2010 Emergency Humanitarian Action (EHA - Uganda) - Epi Week 29, 19th to 25th July 2010. Emergency Humanitarian Action (EHA - Uganda) - Epi Week 29, 12th to 18th July 2010. CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN MOROTO AND KOTIDO DISTRICTS Index cholera cases were admitted in Moroto Hospital on 21 April 2010 in the 16^th Epidemiological week. Cholera Update - Kotido, 24-30 August 2010 Minutes - Fourth Kotido Cholera Taskforce Meeting - 17 June 2010 Minutes - Second Kotido Cholera Taskforce Meeting - 27 May 2010 Moroto Cholera WASH Response - 02 June 2010 Moroto Cholera Response Database - 01 June 2010 Cholera Gap Analysis-27/05/2010 Emergency Work Plan for Kotido Cholera Outbreak IEC Reference Materials (Includes English Brochure and Poster) Minutes - Cholera Taskforce for Kotido Cholera Outbreak Amudat Cholera Updates Amudat - 22 June 2010 Amudat - 31 May 2010 Moroto Cholera Updates Moroto - 18 July 2010 Moroto - 12 July 2010 Moroto - 22 June 2010 Moroto - 13 June 2010 Moroto - 07 June 2010 Moroto - 06 June 2010 Moroto - 01 June 2010 Moroto - 31 May 2010 Moroto - 30 May 2010 Mototo - 25 May 2010 Moroto - 24 May 2010 Moroto - 19 May 2010 Moroto - 18 May 2010 Moroto - 10 May 2010 Moroto - 06 May 2010 Kotido Cholera Updates Kotido 27-28 July 2010 Kotido - 18 July 2010 Kotido - 12 July 2010 Kotido - 22 June 2010 Kotido - 14 June 2010 Kotido - 05 June 2010 Kotido - 31 May 2010 Kotido - 29 May 2010 Kotido - 27 May 2010 Kotido - 25 May 2010 Kotido - 23 May 2010 Kotido - 22 May 2010 Assessment Reports Report of the HN HA Sector to Gulu DDMC Meeting, 12/11/2009, 34KB \| Download Ministerial Policy Statement- Health Sector, FY 2009/2010 Assessment of Community Management of Childhood Malaria, Pneumonia and Diarrhea in the Context of HBMF and HBC in Northern Uganda Summary of the Health / Nutrition Assessment for Karamoja, February 2008 Rapid Nutritional Assessment in the Flood-Affected Districts of Lango, Teso and Elgon Sub regions, Nov 2007 Assessment Report on Community Coatem Distribution and Availability, Gulu District, 2007 Concept Note: Health Sector Recovery Strategy 01 Jan 2007 Cluster Contingency Plan, 2007 Health Recovery Strategy Plan. Mortality and Morbidity Survey, Agago and Pader Districts, 2007 Recommendations: Health and Nutrition in Karamoja District H1 N1 H1 N1 Call to Action - August 2009 Updates Emergency/Humanitarian Action-Weekly Activity Update Week 34, 16-22 August 2009 Weekly Surveillance Report 36 - Kitgum District Weekly Surveillance Report 35 - Kitgum District HEP E Moroto HEP Update, Wk 11-29 Dec. 2009 Moroto HEP Update, Wk 6-12-02-2010 Pader District: Week 34, 23/08/2009 Weekly Disease Surveillance Report, Week 33 August 2009 HEV Update- Week 33, 2009 Epi-week 33, 10 -16 Aug. 2009 Week 30, 20-26 July 2009 Epi-week 30: 20 -26 July 2009 Surveillance Report, Week 28, 6-12 July 2009 HEP E Kitgum District: Wk 36, 06 Sep 2009 \| Wk 35, 30 Aug 2009 \| Wk 34, 23 Aug 2009 \| Wk 33, 16-08-2009 \| WK 26, 28-06-2009 \| Wk 18, 03-05-2009 \| Wk 17, 26-04-2009 \| Wk 16, 19-04-2009 \| Wk 15, 13-04-2009 \| Wk 14, 05-04-2009 \| Wk 13, 29-03-09 \| Wk 10, 04-01-09 \| Wk 09, 01-03-2009 \| Wk 07, 15-02-2009 \| 07 April 2008 \|24 April 2008 \| Update Report 2-Nov. 2007 \| Update Report 3: 30 Nov. 2007 \| Update Report 4: 05 Dec. 2007 \| Strange Disease Outbreak: 22 Nov 2007 \| Monthly Health Action in Crises (HAC) Update, Feb 2007 HN H/A Cluster Minutes Gulu HN H/A Minutes, May 2010 Amuru HN H/A Minutes, 7/4/2010 Gulu HNH/A Minutes, 3/3/2010 Amuru HNH/A Minutes, 6/4/2010 02 June 2008 \| 05 May 2008 \| 07 Feb 2008 \| 05 Nov 2007 \| Stakeholders' Meeting,Health Recovery Strategy Plan \| 01 Oct 2007 \| 05 Feb 2007 \| 29 Jan 2007 \| VHT Harmonization, 14/02/08 UGANDA CAP 2010 Uganda CAP Presentation (PDF) Uganda CAP Presentation (PPT) CAP 2010 Launch Press Kit Uganda CAP 2010 (Ms. Word) Uganda CAP 2010 (PDF) Uganda CAP 2010 (Zip) Report on CAP Launch Related Links World Health Organisation http://www.who.int/csr/don/ archive/country/uga/en/ ReliefWeb (Uganda) Relief Web Uganda HN H/A Cluster Web Site Visit the IASC Visit the CERF Site Humanitarian Reform ReliefWeb News Feeds Vacancy Feeds Map Feeds Download Adobe Acrobat Reader

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HEALTH NUTRITION AND HIV/AIDS CLUSTER

The Health Nutrition and HIV/AIDS is chaired by World Health Organization (WHO). For operational purposes, a sub Working Group on Nutrition was formed under the leadership and UNICEF. HIV/AIDS is coordinated through the National HIV/AIDS Sector Working Group with UNAIDS as the co-chair.

The HN H/A cluster works closely with the Ministry of Health to provide technical guidance and support including on disease surveillance and emergency response to epidemics and other disease outbreaks such as Ebola, Meningitis and Cholera.

The objective of the Cluster in 2008 are:

Improve coordination of health, nutrition, and HIV/AIDS in Northern Uganda and Karamoja;
Ensure timely identification and filling of gaps in emergency health, nutrition and HIV/AIDS response in Northern Uganda and Karamoja;
Supervise, monitor and evaluate cluster performance against the 2008 CAP;
Build capacity and skills of cluster members and partners on important health and coordination topics;
Improve information dissemination and sharing among;
Linkage with other cross cutting issues/clusters, e.g. Gender, Human Rights, Food Security, WASH, Advocacy and resource mobilization

Health Services Availability Maps for Northern Uganda

Service Availability Mapping (SAM) is a tool to collect and present basic information on health services: health infrastructure, human resources and services offered.

Its main application is at the district level or sub county level, where district health management teams can use the results of the SAM in conjunction with WHO's HealthMapper application, developed by the Public Health Mapping and GIS programme, to map and monitor health services.