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Guidelines for Health Care Equipment Donations

Many developing countries are increasingly dependent on donor assistance to meet the equipment needs of their health care systems. However, because not all important parameters are taken into consideration, donations sometimes do not achieve their intended objectives, and could even constitute an ad...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health Infrastructure
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 126 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Mozambique

The document titled Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Mozambique 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, North...

https://africacdc.org/download/finding-the-balance-public-health-and-social-measures-in-mozambique-2...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 165 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (30 March 2022)

The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (30 March 2022) 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, Nort...

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-scientific-and-public-health-policy-update-30-march-2022/?in...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 5 hours ago 140 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Guidelines for Health Centre III Health Unit Management Committees 2019

These guidelines outline the composition, roles, responsibilities, and management of the proceedings of the Health Unit Management Committees for Health Centre IIIs in Uganda.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/HUMC%20for%20HC%20III.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 10 hours ago 159 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa CDC Weekly Event Based Surveillance Report, March 2024

Geographic Focus: Reports could either focus on events affecting single country or multiple countries.Inclusion criteria: While Africa CDC continues to track all public health events on the continent, this report highlights only moderate to very high-risk events (with new updates in the reporting we...

https://africacdc.org/download/africa-cdc-weekly-event-based-surveillance-report-march-2024/?ind=171...
Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 146 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Safe Vaccination Administration in the Context of COVID-19 in Africa

Risk dimension Healthcare workers/vaccinators and vaccine recipients may be at risk of exposure to COVID-19, but adherence to infection prevention and control (IPC) measures can reduce the risk of transmission. Administrative controls, including universal screening and triage, and environmental cont...

https://africacdc.org/download/safe-vaccination-administration-in-the-context-of-covid-19-in-africa/...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 hours ago 159 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Millennium Development Goals Report for Uganda 2013.

This fourth MDG progress report for Uganda provides an overview of where Uganda stands in terms of progress towards attaining the MDGs, with emphasis on developments since the publication of the last progress report in 2010.

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health policy and planning
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 hours ago 162 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Management of Pre- Eclampsia /Eclampsia and Other Hypertensive Diseases

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Preclampsia_Eclampsia%20Management.pdf
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 12 hours ago 142 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin, week 6, 3rd -9th Feb 2020

This epidemiological bulletin serves to inform all stakeholders at district, national, and global levels on disease trends, public health surveillance and interventions undertaken in detecting, preventing and responding to public health events in the country on a weekly basis. In this issue, we brin...

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Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 161 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The COVID-19 Situation Update and Adjustments on Travel Restrictions in Uganda April, 2022

To date the country has registered 164,118 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 3,596 deaths. Furthermore, there is a massive drop in the number of admissions at the health facilities. Currently there are two severely ill COVID-19 patients on admission at Mulago National referral Hospital and St Mary's H...

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Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 hours ago 144 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Communicating the Economics of Social Determinants of Health and Health Inequalities

The strong links between socio-economic factors or public policies and health were documented in the World Health Organization (WHO) Commission on Social Determinants of Health report. Yet even when health and health equity are seen as important markers of development, expressing the benefits of soc...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Communicating%20the%20economics%20of%20soc...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 140 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National Emergency Medical Services Policy

The development of this National Emergency Medical Services Policy comes in response to the�public outcry over limited response to emergencies right from the scene of an emergency (home,�school, work or location) to accident and emergency units in health facilities, non-functional�ambulances, and la...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/NATIONAL%20EMERGENCY%20MEDICAL%20SERVICES%...
Theme: Health Policy and Governance
Sub Theme: Leadership, Governance, and Management
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 15 hours ago 118 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Report on Participatory Review of National Policies on: Land; Health; and Trade.

This was the first participatory review of public policies. It took place at Office of the President Cabinet Library on 16th April, 2019. The purpose of the participatory review was to assess effectiveness and relevance of the National Land Policy, National Health Policy and National Trade Policy. T...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Report%20on%20Participatory%20Review%20of%...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 124 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Service Availability and Readiness Assessment & Data Quality Review (SARA & DQR 2018) For Uganda

The SARA/DQR serves as a monitoring and evaluation tool of the national health strategy and provides key information on progress of health system strengthening over time. It facilitates identification of gaps and weaknesses responsible for suboptimal service provision and intervention coverage that...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/SARA%20and%20DQR%202018%20-%2015th%20June....
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 128 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Malaria Status Report week 2, 2019

There was an increase in the reported malaria cases from 99,000 in 2018 W2 as compared to 128,312 in 2019 W2. Adjumani & Moyo Districts with confirmed incidence rates ��20 cas-es/1,000 population topped 9 other districts with incidence >10 cas-es/1,000. In 23% (29/128) of districts at least 50% of p...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Malaria%20Weekly%20Status%20Report%20Week%...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 124 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (27 April 2022)

The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (27 April 2022) 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, Nort...

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-scientific-and-public-health-policy-update-27-april-2022/?in...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 112 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Rapid assessment of trends and drivers of the HIV epidemic and effectiveness of prevention interventions in Uganda

Uganda has been heralded in the scientific media as one of the world's earliest and most compeling AIDS prevention success stories due its unprecedented HIV prevalence decline from 18% in 1992 to 6.2 in 2002

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/The%20road%20towards%20universal%20access%...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 140 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Building a Strong and Interoperable Digital Health Information System for Uganda

Uganda launched its National eHealth Policy and Strategy in May 2018.1 Leadership and governance, workforce development, enterprise architecture, health information systems integration, and interoperability are the strategy��s key areas of implementation. Most important, the strategy calls for ��har...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Ineroperability%20report%202018.pdf
Theme: Digital Health
Sub Theme: Health Information Systems
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 133 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 47: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 47: 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-47-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=160...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 119 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

WHO Recommendations for the Prevention of Postpartum Haemorrhage

Bleeding after childbirth (postpartum haemorrhage) is an important cause of maternal mortality, accounting for nearly one quarter of all maternal deaths worldwide. Common causes for postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) include failure of the uterus to contract adequately after birth leading to atonic PPH, t...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 14 hours ago 201 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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