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Uganda Demographic and Health Survey 2016

The data collection for the 2016 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS) was implemented between June 15 and December 18 2016 by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health. The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program is a global programme coordinated...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 7 hours ago 159 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Risk Recognition & IPC Assessment

Seeing a potential problem doesn��t mean the problem will�definitely happen.�We take action to keep something bad from happening. Risk Recognition & IPC Assessment presentation is a descriptive EVD IPC training material for health facilities and pharmacies.

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 5 days ago 160 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 153: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 153: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic offers a comprehensive insight into Surveillance and Disease Intelligence, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Norther...

https://africacdc.org/download/outbreak-brief-153-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=16...
Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 131 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 121: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 121: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic offers a comprehensive insight into Other, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Northern Africa, Southern Africa, Weste...

https://africacdc.org/download/outbreak-brief-121-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=16...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 6 hours ago 121 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Supervision, Performance Assessment and Recognition Strategy (SPARS) Implementation Guidelines

In 2011, SPARS was adopted by the Ministry of Health (MoH) as a national strategy to build district level capacity in supply chainmanagement of medicines and health supplies. Medicines and health supplies are the second biggest expenditure in the health sector after human resources and therefore the...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 7 hours ago 171 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 days ago 146 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

HIV/AIDS in Uganda: The epidemic and the response

Two decades of HIV/AIDS in Uganda, the epidemic has entered the mature stage that presents enormous challenges of coping with the devastating social and economic impact in addition to the high HIV prevalence rates. The sickness and deaths of productive Ugandans has created a dent in all development...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/HIV%20AIDS%20in%20Uganda%20The%20epidemic%...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 hours ago 180 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outcome Statement on the 2nd Africa CDC Youth Pre-Conference under the theme Youth Leadership for a Safer and Healthier Africa

Africa has a high disease burden which not only poses a threat to the health of its people but also impedes its progress towards achieving the Goal 1.3 Healthy and well-nourished citizens of the African Union (AU) Agenda 2063. Africa is also the youngest continent in terms of population, with approx...

https://africacdc.org/download/2nd-africa-centres-for-disease-control-and-prevention-africa-cdc-unde...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 days ago 140 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa CDC Strategic Plan 2017-2021

The document titled Africa CDC Strategic Plan 2017-2021 offers a comprehensive insight into Other, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Northern Africa, Southern Africa, Western Africa, providing valuable...

https://africacdc.org/download/africa-cdc-strategic-plan-2017-2021/?ind=1568028722266&filename=Afric...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 176 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Cancer control, Prevention

Cancer is to a large extent avoidable. Many cancers can be prevented. Others can be detected early in their development, treated and cured. Even with late stage cancer, the pain can be reduced, the progression of the cancer slowed, and patients and their families helped to cope.

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Cancers
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 133 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Midterm Review Report Of the Health Sector Strategic and Investment Plan (HSSIP) 2010/11 - 2014/15

The Uganda Health Sector Strategic and Investment Plan (HSSIP) (2010/11- 2014/15) is the key Ministry of Health document to guide the health sector. It is the sector��s comprehensive national plan and provides the guiding framework for the detailed planning and implementation of health sector activi...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Mid%20Term%20Analytical%20Report%20Vol.2%2...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health policy and planning
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 hours ago 176 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Act 2014

An Act to provide for the prevention and control of HIV and AIDS, including protection, counselling,testing, care of persons living with and affected by HIV and AIDS, rights and obligations of persons living with HIV and AIDS and to establish the HIV and AIDS trust fund

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/HIV%20and%20AIDS%20prevention%20and%20cont...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 139 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Malaria weekly Status week 31, 2020

Reporting rate this week was 79.4%, a slight decline from 81% the previous week. This week, a total of 187,856 malaria cases were reported having declined by 15% from the previous week. Incidence this week was 4.5%, a decrease from 5.3% the previous week and 6.2% reported in the same week last year,...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 8 hours ago 156 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Health Systems Reforms in Uganda: Processes and Outputs

During the 1970s and 1980s, Uganda went through a period of political and economic upheaval, resulting in the breakdown of many services. In the health sector this was characterized by general system failure. Funding was grossly insufficient, leading to problems of meagre and late salaries for healt...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Health%20Sytems%20Reforms%20in%20Uganda.pd...
Theme: Digital Health
Sub Theme: Health Information Systems
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 9 hours ago 171 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National Emergency Medical Services Strategic Plan 2018/19 - 2024/25

This Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Strategic plan operationalises the National Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Policy 2019, The National Policy for Disaster Preparedness & Management 2010 and the National Road Safety� Policy� 2017. It defines the EMS administration and service delivery system at...

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: 17 hours ago 161 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National Oral Health policy

The policy provides a simple set of guidelines to enable local level health care managers and providers to make the best decisions they can on what oral health strategies to implement.� It is a flexible decision-making framework that enables health managers to adapt the most effective oral health in...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 149 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in children and adolescents temporally related to COVID-19

Suspected pediatric clinical cases compatible with a multi-system inflammatory syndrome associated with COVID-19 have been reported in children and adolescents in Europe and North America. Based on initial laboratory findings, this syndrome is likely related to COVID-19. The syndrome has features wh...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 days ago 145 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Violence against Women The Health Sector Responds

Studies from different countries show that the percentage of women 15 to 49 years old who've experienced physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime ranges from 15% to 71%

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Theme: Community Engagement
Sub Theme: Gender Based Violence
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 9 hours ago 152 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

HIV Counselling Supervision Participants Manual

HIV Counseling Supervision is a crucial component of any HIV/AIDS counseling or care and support service. It provides a way to support counselors and to address clients�� needs while at the same time upholding the professional practice of counseling around the globe. Supervision is an excellent oppo...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 days ago 187 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National policy on HIV/AIDS and the world of work 2007

The National Policy on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work provides the principles and a framework for mounting an optimum response to HIV/AIDS in the entire Ugandan world of work.� It forms the basis for the development of workplace policy guidelines, which address the more specific issues related to th...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/National%20Policy%20on%20HIV-AIDS%20and%20...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 140 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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