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Pregnancy, Childbirth, Postpartum and Newborn Care: A guide for essential practice

This Guide is a tool for clinical decision-making. The content is presented in a frame work of coloured flow charts supported by information and treatment charts which give further details of care. The framework is based on a syndromic approach whereby the skilled attendant identifies a limited num...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
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Child Poverty and Deprivation in Uganda

With 57% of our population below the age of 18, Uganda is a young country and there is no doubting that our future lies with our children. In 2040, when our national Vision is to be a middle income country, children being born now will be the productive engine of our economy. The Child Poverty Repor...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
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WHO medical eligibility criteria wheel for contraceptive use 2008 update.

This wheel contains the medical eligibility criteria for starting use of contraceptive methods. It is based on Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use, 3rd edition (2004) and its 2008 Update, one of WHO��s evidence-based guidelines. It tells family planning providers if a woman presenting...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
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Routine Management of Third Stage of labor

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 16 hours ago 90 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Prevention and treatment of obstetric fistulae

This technical working group on the prevention and treatment of obstetric fistulae is part of the effort to provide more effective support to countries particulary in areas where WHO is a unique contribution to make in norm setting and the establishment of agreed standards.

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 84 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Levels and Trends in Child Mortality Report 2019

Tremendous progress in child survival has been made over the past two decades. The total number of deaths among children and young adolescents under 15 years of age dropped by 56 per cent from 14.2 (14.0, 14.5)1 million in 1990 to 6.2 (6.0, 6.7) million in 2018. Still, one child or young adolescent...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 hours ago 85 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The National Total Market Approach (TMA) Strategy 2020-2025

The Total Market Approach 2020/21-2025/26 strategy�elaborates how the multi-sectoral approach, especially�with increased involvement from the private sector, will�play a role in not only addressing fertility concerns�but also increasing access to quality comprehensive�family planning services and in...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 hours ago 92 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National Family Planning Advocacy Strategy Costed Implementation Plan 2020 - 2025

According to the Health Sector Development Plan 2015/16-2019/20, the trend of family planning services in Uganda is improving. However, although the adolescent fertility rate, the unmet need for family planning, and the contraceptive prevalence rate are all rising, the rate at which these improvemen...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
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Pocket book of hospital care for children : Guidelines for the management of common illnesses, 2013 edition.

The Pocket book is part of a series of tools for improving the quality of care for severely ill children and is consistent with the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) guidelines for outpatient management of sick children. It is for use by doctors, senior nurses and other senior health...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
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Promoting Child Growth and Health in Uganda : Training Handbook for Community Child Health Promoters

This handbook is written to help growth promoters in the community do their work well in their communities. It will guide you, the growth promoter, to help caregivers keep their children healthy. You will use it during your training to be a child growth promoter, and afterward have it to refer to as...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
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Factors that Influence Decisions to Seek Medical Male Circumcision Services

This report contains the findings of the study on ��Factors that Influence Decisions to Seek Medical Male Circumcision (MMC) Services�� commissioned by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg University - Health Communication Partnership (HCP) with funding from the United States Agency for International Develop...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
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Management of Iron Deficiency Anemia Pregnancy

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
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Uganda: Assessing Progress in Family Planning, 2021

The 2021 Progress Estimates on Family Planning Commitments and National Goals estimates were derived; In order to have an accurate representation of FP progress. The current data have been incorporated with the data that has been generated over the last few years in order to monitor the annual progr...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 24 hours ago 80 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The state of the world's children 2009 : Maternal and Newborn Health.

The State of the World��s Children 2009 focuses on maternal and neonatal health and identifies the interventions and actions that must be scaled up to save lives.

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 23 hours ago 101 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

WHO child growth standards and the identification of severe acute malnutrition in infants and children

Using weight-for-height: WHO and UNICEF recommend the use of a cut-off for weight-forheight of below -3 standard deviations (SD) of the WHO standards to identify infants and children as having SAM. The commonly used cut-off is the same cut-off for both the new 2006 WHO child growth standards (WHO st...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
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The Female Condom in Uganda A Situation Analysis

The female condom (FC) is the only female initiated method to prevent HIV/STIs whose efficacy and acceptability with specific groups has been well documented. It was first marketed in Uganda in 1998 by Marie Stopes International following a successful acceptability study, but registered little succe...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
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Pre-Labour Rupture of Memranes

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
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Management of Fetal Distress Without Cord Prolapse

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
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State of the World Children Report 2019

Globally, at least 1 in 3 children is not growing well due to malnutrition in its more visible forms: stunting, wasting and overweight. At least 1 in 2 suffers from hidden hunger due to deficiencies - often not visible - in essential nutrients

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
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Antenatal Card-Revised

Antenatal cards are issued to women who come for antenatal visits when they are pregnant.

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
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Would you love to test your knowledge about Africa's health data?

If so, we are delighted to present this quiz!

1.Which country is currently experiencing EBOLA outbreak?

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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.