Uganda Ministry of Health Community Health Department
Community Health Department is responsible for coordination of public health interventions and implement according to developed guidelines for reproductive health, child health, nutrition, vector borne diseases, veterinary public health, health education and promotion, and disability and rehabilitation programs.
Cross cutting programs under community health include ; oral health, noncommunicable diseases are also coordinated by the Department. Public Health Emergencies like epidemics and IDPs are also coordinated in the Department and done in conjunction with National Disease Control especially the Epidemiological Disease Division.
The Mission of Community Health Department is to support integrated public health services for control of both endemic and epidemic diseases.
The following are some of the specific tasks of the Department;
- development of policy guidelines
- providing technical support supervision to districts
- Capacity building especially training of health care workers
- Monitoring and Evaluation of programs under the Department.
In addition, the department also coordinates and maintains a national system for sustained integrated management of epidemics and emergencies, in collaboration with the surveillance Division.
Community Health Department has several divisions under it which include;
- Reproductive Health – this covers antenatal care, adolescent care, family planning, emergency obstetric care, neonatal care and cancer of the cervix.
- Child Health – covers child intervention program and strategy development, child Days, neonatal care, school health, control of diarrhoeal diseases and nutrition.
- Environmental Health – covers vector control, sanitation, safe water supply, sewage disposal, school sanitation, school health and food and personal hygiene international health regulations, pollution (noise, radiation, environment).
- Vector Borne Disease Control – specifically looks at neglected diseases, usually vector borne. The most important includes; sleeping sickness, filiriasis, schistomiasis, soil helminthes, onchocerciasis and KalaAzar.
- Veterinary Public Health – this division oversees and coordinates programs which are transmitted from man to animal and vice versa. The main diseases covered are: rabies, sleeping sickness, anthrax, bird flue, plague and other food borne worms such as tape worms. The unit is also responsible for standards for food hygiene, codex alimenterious.
- Health Education and Promotion – is responsible for development of public education and public information. It also coordinates interviews with the Mass Media. Primary Health Care including Village Health Teams and Social Administration are also coordinated by the Division. Several film vans help the district in mass health campaigns.
- Disability and Rehabilitation Division – is responsible for coordination of disabilities especially traumatic, blindness, deafness, deformities and related devices.
- Non Communicable Diseases – this is the latest Division under Community department which is cross cutting. The role of this division is to develop policies and strategies for the containment of diseases related to life styles (high blood pressure, and diabetes). It also covers diseases related to congenital defects e.g. sickle cell diseases, physical exercises, counseling and advice are some of the activities. cell diseases, physical exercises, counseling and advice are some of the activities. It is cross cutting and relates with several programs such as mental health, curative care, epidemiological surveillance, injuries and disability.
- Control of Emergencies – there is a standing task force coordinated by the Department, to handle epidemics, land slides, natural catastrophes etc. It is integrated and social mobilization for rapid containment is key priority of action.
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