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Sub thematic area: Sexual and Reproductive Health

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Reproductive health strategy

Reproductive and sexual health2 is fundamental to individuals, couples and families, and the social and economic development of communities and nations. Concerned about the slow progress made in improving reproductive and sexual health over the past decade, and knowing that the international develop...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Reproductive%20Health%20Strategy.pdf
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Sexual and Reproductive Health
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National Family Planning Advocacy Strategy & Costed Implementation Plan 2020/21 - 2024/25

Uganda��s total fertility, maternal mortality, and teenage pregnancy rates remain among the highest globally. To counter this and other preventable maternal health-related challenges, the�Ministry of Health developed the Family Planning Advocacy Strategy focusing on 14 advocacy�Issues identified thr...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/National%20FP%20Advocacy%20Strategy.pdf
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Sexual and Reproductive Health
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Report of the 1st Symposium on Teenage Pregnancy in Uganda

Every year, the ministry of Health (MoH) commemorates the Safe Motherhood week in October. The national commemoration this year (October 2013) was held in Apac district in Northern Uganda. As part of the events for the week, MoH and its partners held a symposium on the theme: ��Teenage pregnancy an...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Report%20of%20the%201st%20Symposium%20on%2...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Sexual and Reproductive Health
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Management of Abnormal Vaginal Discharge in Pregnancy

For Pregnant women with foul smelling sero-sanguinious (mixture of blood and puss) discharge, suspect cancer of the cervix and perform vaginal speculum examination The couple should use a condom or abstain from sexual intercourse during the course of treatment.

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Sexual and Reproductive Health
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The Inter agency List of Essential Medicines For Reproductive Health

This list presents the minimum medicine needs for a basic health care system, listing the most efficacious, safe and cost-effective medicines for priority conditions. Priority conditions are selected on the basis of current and estimated future public health relevance, and potential for safe and cos...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/The%20Interagency%20List%20of%20Essential%...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Sexual and Reproductive Health
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Newborn Component of the Child Survival Strategy in Uganda Implementation Framework

There is evidence that Uganda is making progress toward the MDG 4 &5 targets by 2015 but this progress needs to be accelerated. Under- fi ve mortality rate declined from 152 per 1000 live births in 2000 to 137 in 2006 while the infant mortality rate declined by 76 from 88 per 1000 live births during...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Uganda-National-Newborn-Implementation-Fra...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Sexual and Reproductive Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 11 hours ago 134 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Eliminating Female genital mutilation An inter agency statement

In 1997, the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children��s Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) issued a Joint Statement on Female Genital Mutilation (WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, 1997) which described the implications of the practice for public health and human righ...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Sexual and Reproductive Health
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The importance of sexual and reproductive health and rights to prevent HIV in adolescent girls and young women in eastern and southern Africa

The AIDS epidemic continues to disproportionately affect sub-Saharan Africa, especially eastern and southern Africa (ESA). The ESA region has only 6.2% of the world��s population, but is home to half of the world��s people living with HIV (1). In 2015, the region accounted for 46% of the world��s ne...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/The%20Importance%20of%20Sexual%20%26%20rep...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Sexual and Reproductive Health
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Sexual and reproductive health - laying the foundation for a more just world through research and action Biennial Report 2004 2005

The attitudes of sexually active couples to contraception are shaped by various factors: prevailing social and cultural norms; their own assessment of the risks of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection; and their perce...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Sexual%20and%20reproductive%20health.pdf
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Sexual and Reproductive Health
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The use of Rapid Syphilis Tests

Syphilis is a curable infection caused by a bacterium called Treponema pallidum. This infection is sexually transmitted, and can also be passed on from a mother to her fetus during pregnancy. As a cause of genital ulcer disease, syphilis has been associated with an increased risk of HIV transmission...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Sexual and Reproductive Health
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Essential Maternal and Newborn Clinical Care Guidelines for Uganda, May 2022

For Uganda to achieve its SDG targets requires steepening the rate of MMR declined by��5.5% to achieve <140/100,000 by 2030, IMR has to reduce to at least 12 per 1000 live births and U5MR to 25 per 1000 live births by 2030. The MPDSR report for the FY 2020/2021 shows that the three major causes of i...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Sexual and Reproductive Health
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Essential Maternal and Newborn Clinical Care Guidelines For Uganda

This book, which has been appropriately titled Essential Maternal & Neonatal Care Clinical Guidelines for Uganda, is expected to be a reinforcement of the Safe Motherhood Life Saving Skills (LSS) program, the Pregnancy, Childbirth and Postnatal Care (PCPNC), Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) Tr...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Essential%20Maternal%20%26%20Neonatal%20Ca...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Sexual and Reproductive Health
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The Health Digest

Health Rights (SRHR) for adolescents and the youth. The articles here present a portrait of health facilities that offer youth-friendly services, how they do it, and how much youth enjoy or hate them.There is no doubt that the Uganda Government through the Ministry of health is trying to enhance acc...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/The%20Health%20Digest%20Issue%208%20June%2...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Sexual and Reproductive Health
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Did you know about these facts?

Malaria

Malaria is endemic in 42 African countries & more than 90% of it's clinical cases across the world every year are in Africa.

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HIV/AIDS

Africa has 11% of the world’s population & 60% of people with HIV/AIDS.

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NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES

These such as hypertension, heart disease, diabetes and injuries represented 27% of the total burden of disease in Africa.

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Did you know about these facts?

Malaria

Malaria is endemic in 42 African countries & more than 90% of it's clinical cases across the world every year are in Africa.

HIV/AIDS

Africa has 11% of the world’s population & 60% of people with HIV/AIDS.

NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES

These such as hypertension, heart disease, diabetes and injuries represented 27% of the total burden of disease in Africa.