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Africa CDC Mastercard Foundation: Saving Lives and Livelihoods Newsletter, January 2023

So far, seven African countries have already surpassed the target of vaccinating at least 70 of the population eligible for Covid-19 Vaccination according to the WHO Liberia and Rwanda have fully vaccinated their eligible populations, while Mauritius and Botswana have vaccinated 94 percent Over 90 o...

https://africacdc.org/download/africa-cdc-mastercard-foundation-saving-lives-and-livelihoods-newslet...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 5 hours ago 178 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Mental Health Atlas 2017 Completion Guide

This document was prepared by the WHO Mental Health Atlas team aiming to support the process of data collection and processing.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Mental%20Health%20Atlas%202017.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 6 hours ago 150 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Cte dIvoire

The document titled Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Côte d’Ivoire offers a comprehensive insight into Emergency Response and Preparedness, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa, No...

https://africacdc.org/download/perc-finding-the-balance-public-health-and-social-measures-in-cote-di...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 8 hours ago 125 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Guidance for conducting an early action review (EAR): rapid performance improvement for outbreak detection and response

This guidance for conducting early action reviews (EARs) results from a shared vision of the importance of collective learning during and following a public health event. That vision, and the close collaboration that led to the development of these resources, is shared among the World Health Organiz...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/WHO-WPE-HSP-CER-2023.1-eng.pdf
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 144 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa CDC Weekly Event Based Surveillance Report, August 2023

Congo: Since last update (18 August 2023), the Ministry of Health (MoH) reported no new cases and four deaths of cholera. The cases presented with watery diarrhoea and vomiting at various health facilities in the regions. Cumulatively, 93 cases (21 confirmed; 72 suspected) and nine deaths (CFR: 9.7%...

https://africacdc.org/download/africa-cdc-weekly-event-based-surveillance-report-august-2023/?ind=16...
Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 24 hours ago 181 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Questions and answers on mask wearing

The document titled Questions and answers on mask wearing offers a comprehensive insight into Emergency Response and Preparedness, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Northern Africa, Southern Africa, We...

https://africacdc.org/download/questions-and-answers-on-mask-wearing/?ind=1612193126484&filename=Que...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 8 hours ago 124 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

WHO Expert Committeeon Drug DependenceThirty-ninth report no 1009, 2018

The thirty-ninth meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) took place in Geneva, Switzerland from 6 to 10 November 2017. Dr Suzanne Hill, Director, WHO Department of Essential Medicines and Health Products (EMP), opened the meeting by welcoming all par...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Who%20expert%20committee%20on%20drug%20dep...
Theme: Prevention
Sub Theme: Pharmaceuticals and Drugs
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 24 hours ago 151 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa CDC Procurement Process Mapping

Timeline – Slide 3economyHiring of Consulting Firms – Consultancy Services – Slide 4Procurement of Goods – Slide 5TimelineProcurement of Goods and Services under Workshop/Technical Assistance/Training – Slide 6

https://africacdc.org/download/africa-cdc-procurement-process-mapping/?ind=1681922081259&filename=Pr...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 18 hours ago 164 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (06 October 2020)

A. Executive summary • Two preprint studies demonstrated that SARS-CoV2 D614G substitution enhances infectivity, replication fitness, and early transmission in hamsters. Findings indicate the D614G variant exhibited significantly faster droplet transmission between hamsters and clinical evidence tha...

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-scientific-and-public-health-policy-update-06-october-2020/?...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 8 hours ago 139 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Guidance for Establishing a National Laboratory Quality Framework

The document titled Guidance for Establishing a National Laboratory Quality Framework offers a comprehensive insight into Laboratory Systems and Network, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Northern Afri...

https://africacdc.org/download/guidance-for-establishing-a-national-laboratory-quality-framework/?in...
Theme: Detection
Sub Theme: Laboratory Systems and Network
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 20 hours ago 147 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The Guidebook Nutritional Anemia

Anemia is a widespread public health problem associated with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality, especially in pregnant women and young children. It is a disease with multiple causes, both nutritional (vitamin and mineral deficiencies) and non-nutritional (infection) that frequently co-occ...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/The%20Guidebook%20Nutritional%20Anemia.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Food and Nutrition
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 12 hours ago 186 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Global Health Security Index 2019

The Global Health Security (GHS) Index is the first comprehensive assessment and benchmarking of health security and related capabilities across the 195 countries that make up the States Parties to the International Health Regulations (IHR [2005]).

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/2019-Global-Health-Security-Index.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 21 hours ago 178 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa Joint Continental Strategy for COVID-19 Outbreak

The document titled Africa Joint Continental Strategy for COVID-19 Outbreak offers a comprehensive insight into Other, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Northern Africa, Southern Africa, Western Africa...

https://africacdc.org/download/africa-joint-continental-strategy-for-covid-19-outbreak/?ind=15844467...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 24 hours ago 148 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

World Malaria Report 2019

The report also tracks a set of indicators outlined in the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) advocacy plan, Action and investment to defeat malaria 2016-2030 (AIM) (2) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (3) - a set of interconnected global goals seen as a plan of action for people, the planet and pr...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/World%20Malaria%20Report%202019.pdf
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 6 hours ago 165 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update 3 March 2020)

The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – 3 March 2020) offers a comprehensive insight into Other, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Northern Africa, Southern Africa, We...

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-scientific-and-public-health-policy-update/?ind=158434556366...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 8 hours ago 140 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 129: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 129: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic offers a comprehensive insight into Emergency Response and Preparedness, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Northern...

https://africacdc.org/download/outbreak-brief-129-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=16...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 134 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Manual for the laboratory diagnosis and virological surveillance of influenza : WHO Global Influenza Surveillance Network.

WHO has developed this manual in order to strengthen the laboratory diagnosis and virological surveillance of influenza infection by providing standard methods for the collection, detection, isolation and characterization of viruses.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Manual%20for%20the%20Laboratory%20diagnosi...
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 129 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Draft global action plan on the public health response to dementia

The draft global action plan on the public health response to dementia has close conceptual and 5.strategic links to, and builds upon, other global action plans and strategies adopted or endorsed by the World Health Assembly including: WHO��s Comprehensive mental health action plan 2013-2020,1 the G...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Public%20Health%20Response%20to%20Dementia...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Neurological Disorders
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 140 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Treatment of tuberculosis Guidelines Fourth edition

Major progress in global tuberculosis (TB) control followed the widespread implementation of the DOTS strategy. The Stop TB Strategy, launched in 2006, builds upon and enhances the achievements of DOTS. New objectives include universal access to patient-centred treatment and protection of population...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/TREATMENT%20OF%20TUBERCULOSIS%20guidelines...
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 5 hours ago 174 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 39: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 39: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic offers a comprehensive insight into Emergency Response and Preparedness, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Northern A...

https://africacdc.org/download/outbreak-brief-39-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=160...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 8 hours ago 142 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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