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Safe and unsafe abortion

A central aim of the UK Government��s policy is to empower and enable women and adolescent girls1 to have sexual and reproductive choices; to avoid unwanted sexual contact, injury and infection; to make informed decisions about childbearing; and to face fewer risks in the course of pregnancy and chi...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/safe%20and%20-unsafe-abortion%202014.pdf
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 36 Minutes ago 145 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Introduction to Ebola Virus Disease

It is believed that fruit bats are the natural hosts of the Ebola virus Introduced into the human population through close contact with infected animals. Introduction to Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) presentation is part of the EVD IPC training material for HC IIs and Pharmacies.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Introduction%20to%20Ebola.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 11 hours ago 148 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The Adolescent Girls Vulnerability Index Guiding Strategic Investment in Uganda

The Adolescent Girls Multilevel Vulnerability Index (AGI) was developed based on a growing recognition of the need to channel resources to vital��yet highly vulnerable and vastly underserved��populations of adolescent girls in Uganda specifically, and the East and Southern Africa region in general....

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/The%20Adolescent%20girls%20vulnerability%2...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Adolescent Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 hours ago 184 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National Performance Report on Medicines Management

This report was made with Technical Assistance from the USAID/SURE Program

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/National%20Performance%20report%20on%20med...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 18 hours ago 191 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The Lighthouse A centre for comprehensive HIV/AIDS treatment and care in Malawi

The Lighthouse Trust was established in 2001 to provide a continuum of quality care and counselling as well as to improve the quality of life of people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS, including the terminally ill, in Lilongwe.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/The%20lighthouse%20a%20centre%20for%20comp...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 hours ago 122 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Global AIDS Monitoring 2017

The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to national AIDS programmes and partners on the use of indicators to measure and report on the country response.The 2016 United Nations Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: On the Fast-Track to Accelerate the Fight against HIV and to End the AIDS...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Global%20AIDS%20Monitoring%202017.pdf
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 hours ago 144 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Communiqu of the Video-Teleconference (vtc) Meeting of the Bureau of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government extended to African Vaccine Manufacturing countries held on 1

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Deputy Chairperson of the Commission H.E Dr. Monique Nsanzabaganwa and the Director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Dr John Nkengasong, also participated in the teleconference Meeting. M...

https://africacdc.org/download/communique-of-the-video-teleconference-vtc-meeting-of-the-bureau-of-t...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 7 hours ago 176 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa CDC Weekly Event Based Surveillance Report, January 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-january-2024/?ind=1...
Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 153 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

World health report 2004

The World Health Report 2004 shows how projects like this can bring the medical treatment that saved Joseph Jeune to millions of other people in poor and middle-income countries and how, crucially, such efforts can drive improvements in health systems. Effectively tackling HIV/AIDS is the world��s m...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/World%20Health%20Report%202004pdf.pdf
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 hour ago 154 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (24 November 2021)

The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (24 November 2021) 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, N...

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-scientific-and-public-health-policy-update-24-november-2021/...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 23 hours ago 138 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Review of the Member State mechanism on substandard/spurious/falsely labelled/ falsified/counterfeit medical products

The overall purpose of the review was to estimate the extent to which the Member State mechanism had progressed in achieving its objectives in the period 2012-2016; to identify gaps and remaining challenges; and to make recommendations on the way forward.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Member%20state%20mechanisms%20on%20counter...
Theme: Digital Health
Sub Theme: Medical Products and Health Technology
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 hours ago 127 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The public procurement and disposal of public assets Act,2003

This document is about the legal� procedures for public asset procurements and disposition.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/public%20procurement%20and%20disposal%20of...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 17 hours ago 137 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa CDC Guidance for Assessment, Monitoring, and Movement Restrictions of People at Risk for COVID-19 in Africa

The document titled Africa CDC Guidance for Assessment, Monitoring, and Movement Restrictions of People at Risk for COVID-19 in Africa offers a comprehensive insight into Other, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Easte...

https://africacdc.org/download/africa-cdc-guidance-for-assessment-monitoring-and-movement-restrictio...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 23 hours ago 161 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 41: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

As of 9 am East African Time (EAT) 27 October 2020, a total of 1,728,682 COVID-19 cases and 41,623 deaths (CFR: 2.4%) have been reported in 55 African Union (AU) Member States. This is 4% of all cases reported globally. Of the countries actively reporting COVID-19 epidemiologic data, thirteen countr...

https://africacdc.org/download/outbreak-brief-41-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=160...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 hour ago 150 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Resources for the World Antimicrobial Awareness Week #WAAW2021

The document titled Resources for the World Antimicrobial Awareness Week #WAAW2021 offers a comprehensive insight into Antimicrobial Resistance Control, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Northern Afric...

https://africacdc.org/download/resources-for-the-world-antimicrobial-awareness-week-waaw2021/?ind=16...
Theme:
Sub Theme:
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 hours ago 144 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Guidance for national Tuberculosis programmes on the management of Tuberculosis in children

Important recent changes or additions to guidelines for the management of tuberculosis (TB) in children have made it necessary to revise the first edition of Guidance for national tuberculosis programmes on the management of tuberculosis in children, published by WHO in 2006. Like the 2006 guidance,...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Guidance%20for%20national%20TB%20programme...
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 138 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Guidelines for Occupational Safety and Health, Including HIV in the Health Services Sector

All types of work are hazardous and persons at work are exposed to situations that may result into injury, disease or even death. While the economic cost is high, public awareness of safety and health tends to be quite low. All too frequently the subject does not get the priority it merits and the h...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Guidelines%20for%20Occupational%20safety%2...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health policy and planning
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 15 hours ago 175 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Strengthening Health management in the Districts and Provinces

This book is for the facilitators in strengthening Health Management in the districts and Provinces and it consists of three major parts.

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 hours ago 121 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Conference Report: 2nd International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA2022)

As highlighted in the conference discussions, the future of health in Africa will be a story of hope and obstacles. The continent has come a long way toward realising the African Union’s New Public Health Order since 2020 but disease outbreaks are on the rise; climate change, food insecurity, popula...

https://africacdc.org/download/conference-report-2nd-international-conference-on-public-health-in-af...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 hours ago 128 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control: Your Questions Answered

In the strategies for effective infection prevention and control (IPC), what does triage entail at hospitals? Triage includes screening at the entrance, identification of cases and isolation if necessary. There should be a triage (screening) area where visitors to the hospital are interviewed using...

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-infection-prevention-and-control-your-questions-answered/?in...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 153 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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