Currently, 14 African nations have vaccinated 70 percent of their eligible population with the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the WHO Tanzania and São Tomé and Príncipe have fully vaccinated their populations, while Botswana has immunised 94 percent of theirs. Mauritius, Seychelles, and Somalia hav...
The document titled Outbreak Brief 120: 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...
World Health Statistics 2015 has been compiled using publications and databases produced and maintained by WHO technical programmes and regional offices. A number of demographic and socioeconomic statistics have also been derived from data produced and maintained by a range of national and internati...
This manual reviews what is known about the prevalence and consequences of youth violence, the underlying risk factors and scientific studies on the effectiveness of youth violence prevention programmes. It also provides brief notes on how to strengthen youth violence prevention efforts. The prevent...
Every year some 10.6 million children die before they reach their fifth birthday. Seven out of every 10 of these deaths are due to diarrhoea, pneumonia, measles, malaria or malnutrition. The WHO manual Management of Severe Malnutrition: a manual for physicians and other senior health workers and the...
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...
The document titled Statement on herbal remedies and medicines for prevention and treatment of COVID-19 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, Easter...
This document reflects the recommendations of the OSP report. The aim is to set out a revised and clearly defined strategic framework which takes into account AMREF��s comparative strengths, while also considering the goalsand objectives of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership Global Strategic Plan 200...
This updated President��s Malaria Initiative Strategy (2015- 2020) takes into account the progress over the past decade and the new challenges that have arisen, setting forth a vision, goal, objectives, and strategic approach for PMI through 2020, while reaffirming the longer-term goal of worldwide...
The African continent is facing a health crisis occasioned by a number of factors that have affected the sector over the past two decades or more. These factors include the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the reemergence of old communicable diseases such as TB and Malaria, and the apparent paradox of increasing...
This manual is intended to provide process evaluation technical assistance to OSH staff, grantees and partners. It defines process evaluation and describes the rationale, benefits, key data collection components, and program evaluation management procedures. It also discusses how process evaluation...
The document titled Medical PPE production in Africa: Promoting Local Manufacturers to support the COVID-19 Response (Workshop report) offers a comprehensive insight into Emergency Response and Preparedness, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenge...
The National Health Accounts (NHA) survey in Uganda dates back to early 2000s and this report that covers a period from FY 2016/17 to FY 2018/19, is the eighth round of NHA for this country and records health expenditure in Uganda using the 2011 edition of System of Health Accounts (SHA-2011). The c...
The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (30 June 2020) 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...
Good governance and management of health services is a key element in ensuring effectiveness and efficiency in the health sector. The governance and managemnet structures described in the health Sector Strategic and Investment Plan intends to establish a substantive sector wide governance mechanism.
Contaminated linen poses a risk of infection and should only be handled in personal protective equipment (PPE). Linen and laundry management presentation is an EVD IPC training material for Health facilities and pharmacies.
In view of the infrastructural and resource gaps, technology should be considered for remote management of healthcare deliver to patients during this period. As it is abundantly clear, even countries with more advanced healthcare infrastructure and resources have struggled to treat COVID-19 and non-...
The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – 12 May 2020 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...
The document titled How to wear a face mask correctly 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, Wester...
The overall goal of these guidelines is to contribute to the reduction of morbidity and mortality due to cholera and other diarrhoeal diseases which is in line with Health Sector development Plan goal (HSDP 2015/16-2019/2020); ��To accelerate movement towards Universal Health Coverage with essential...