Annual report of the Ministry of Health / Uganda Protectorate.

  • Uganda Protectorate. Ministry of Health.
Date:
[1959]
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report of the Ministry of Health / Uganda Protectorate. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    21/60 (page 17)
    a chapter in a book. Under five main headings—water protection, housing, nutrition, child welfare and diseases—it has been possible to produce, illustrate, print and bind 45,000 copies under twenty titles. The series has had a most gratifying reception from health staff, teachers and the public. 89. It has been possible to put greater emphasis on health education in the teaching of medical and health staff, as well as pupil-teachers. It is important that all staff should be aware of the principles of health education so- that, in whatever capacity they are employed in the Ministry, they will be able, when opportunity offers, to teach patients and other people with whom they come into contact. 90. Health education refresher courses were held during 1959 and the early part of 1960 at Mbale and Gulu. It is planned that refresher courses in health education will continue on the basis of one course in each province every three months. 91. The lecture programme at Nsamizi Community Development Training Centre was further expanded to include a short course in health education for medical personnel. Medical assistants, health inspectors and assistant health visitors, who are likely to be in charge of health centres, are enrolled as participants in the normal citizenship courses of the centre. In addition, they are given special lectures and demonstrations in the Health Education Division of the Ministry of Health. The first of such courses—in November 1959—was followed by three others, all successful. 92. Production of film strips, posters, photographs and models for instruction continued. Seventy portable projectors and screens were sent out to schools, local authorities and other agencies throughout the Protectorate, for showing the film strips and slides. District and county shows were attended and demonstrations were given. Health talks were a regular feature of English and vernacular radio programmes. 93. Co-operation with the Departments of Information, Education, Com¬ munity Development and the Teachers’ Training Centres continued to be close and fruitful. Very happy relations continued with voluntary bodies interested in the work of health education. 94. The Health Education Division assisted with the organisation of the first Health Congress to be held in Uganda. This was held in June 1960, and was under the joint sponsorship of the East African Association of Medical Officers of Health and the Guild of Public Health Inspectors. The Congress was opened by His Excellency the Governor and consisted of four sessions devoted to' water supplies, malaria, nutrition and health education. The Congress was well attended with over one hundred people present at each session. E. Maternal and Child Welfare 95. Although, during the eighteen months under review, 66 midwives joined the service, no less than 60 left it. The Ministry continues to be faced with grave difficulty in maintaining maternal and child welfare services because of the great wastage of staff. Resignations as a result of marriage and other personal