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Food Security and Nutrition Assessment Karamoja Region

Nearly half of the households are currently food insecure with either Borderline or Poor Food Consumption Score, mainly due to the lean season that has seen a decline in food stocks at household level and contributed to food price rises (therefore reducing economic ability to purchase food).

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Food%20security%20and%20Nutrition%20Assess...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Food and Nutrition
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 hours ago 206 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Monitoring emergency obstetric care: A handbook

The handbook provides a description of each indicator and how it is constructed and how it can be used; the minimum and/or maximum acceptable level (if appropriate); the background of the indicator; data collection and analysis; interpretation and presentation of the indicator; and suggestions for s...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/obstetric_monitoring.pdf
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 57 Minutes ago 142 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (02 November 2020)

A. Executive summary • An unbiased, genome-wide screening technology determines the precise peptide sequences in SARS-CoV-2 that are recognized by the memory CD8+ T cells of COVID-19 patients. Results show CD8+ T Cells of COVID-19 Patients recognize shared epitopes in SARS-CoV-2 that largely reside...

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-scientific-and-public-health-policy-update-02-november-2020/...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 19 hours ago 117 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Investing to overcome the global impact of neglected tropical diseases : Third WHO report on neglected tropical diseases.

This third WHO report anticipates the investments needed as countries graduate from low-income to middle-income status and as the world��s focus expands from the Millennium Development Goals to the Sustainable Development Goals.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Investing%20to%20overcome%20the%20global%2...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 23 hours ago 131 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly epidemiological Bulletin week 36: 31st AUG-6th SEP 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. This issue, we showcas...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Weekly%20Epidemiological%20Bulletin%20Week...
Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 21 hours ago 152 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Tackling the twin threats of pandemics and climate change: an agenda for action

The document titled Tackling the twin threats of pandemics and climate change: an agenda for action 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, Souther...

https://africacdc.org/download/tackling-the-twin-threats-of-pandemics-and-climate-change-an-agenda-f...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 23 hours ago 150 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Neglected Tropical Diseases And Their Control In Uganda

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a group of 13 infections caused by parasitic worms, protozoa or bacteria. They strike the world��s poorest people, living in remote and rural areas of low-income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and the Americas, causing life-long disability, disfigurement...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Neglected%20Diseases%20and%20their%20Contr...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 20 hours ago 157 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Malaria Bulletin - Epi week 32

The bulletin is a compilation of weekly statistics on malaria cases during week 32.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Malaria%20Bulletin%20-%20Epi%20week%2032.p...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 19 hours ago 182 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly epidemiological Bulletin week 25: 15th-21st June 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...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Weekly%20Epidemiological%20Bulletin%20Week...
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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 20 hours ago 148 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The Regional Training And Certification Program For Biosafety And Biosecurity Professionals

The document titled The Regional Training And Certification Program For Biosafety And Biosecurity Professionals offers a comprehensive insight into Biosafety and Biosecurity, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern...

https://africacdc.org/download/the-regional-training-and-certification-program-for-biosafety-and-bio...
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Sub Theme:
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 19 hours ago 140 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Acceleration of HIV Prevention in Uganda , A road map towards zero new infections by 2030

Uganda has made great strides in reducing overall HIV incidence, AIDS related mortality, new infections among infants, and HIV prevalence. While the current improvements have been made, the scope, coverage and intensity of interventions are still inadequate to move the country to epidemic control an...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Prevention%20Road%20Map%20Final.pdf
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 days ago 195 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Family Planning Performance Update- July 2021

The Family Planning monthly performance update for July, 2021 update has been compiled using our service statistics data (DHIS 2) as one of the principal instruments to monitor program performances. Reporting rates improved while Reporting rates on time slightly dropped when compared to the previous...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Monthly%20FP%20Performance_July%202021-1.p...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 19 hours ago 153 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africas Emergency Response Workforce: Rapid Response Team Directory

As part of this commitment, Africa CDC in collaboration with Public Health England’s IHR Strengthening Project, has embarked on an initiative to develop a secure online directory of rapid response personnel and teams. This will be a secured database with different levels of administrative privileges...

https://africacdc.org/download/africas-emergency-response-workforce-rapid-response-team-directory/?i...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 176 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Prevention and Treatment of HIV and other Sexually Transmitted Infections for Sex Workers in Low- and Middle-income Countries

Sex workers in many places are highly vulnerable to HIV and other sexually transmitted infections due to multiple factors, including large numbers of sex partners, unsafe working conditions and barriers to the negotiation of consistent condom use. Moreover, sex workers often have little control over...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/WHO%20guidelines%20on%20sex%20workers%2020...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 8 hours ago 164 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Standard operating procedures for caregivers in COVID-19 treatment centres

The document titled Standard operating procedures for caregivers in COVID-19 treatment centres 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,...

https://africacdc.org/download/standard-operating-procedures-for-caregivers-in-covid-19-treatment-ce...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 13 hours ago 158 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The 2015 Quality of Death Index Ranking palliative care across the world

Everyone hopes for a good death, or rather, ��a good life to the very end��1, but until recently there was little dedicated effort and investment to provide the resources and education that would make that possible. Public engagement and policy interventions to improve the quality of death through...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/The%202015%20Quality-of-Death-Index%20rank...
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Non-communicable diseases and risk factors
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 17 hours ago 162 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Access to Safe, Timely, and Affordable Surgical Care in Uganda: A Stratified Randomized Evaluation of Nationwide Public Sector Surgical Capacity and Core Surgical Indicators

Access to safe surgery is critical to health, welfare, and economic development. In 2015, the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery recommended that all countries collect surgical indicators to lend insight into improving surgical care. No nationwide high-quality data exist for these metrics in Uganda...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Access%20to%20safe%20surgery%20in%20UG%202...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 22 hours ago 141 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Risk Ranking and Prioritization of Epidemic-Prone Diseases

A. Background The International Health Regulations (IHR-2005) identify mapping and using priority health risks and resources as one of the core capacities in Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response (PHEPR). Effective preparedness and swift response to epidemic is the goal of Africa Centres...

https://africacdc.org/download/risk-ranking-and-prioritization-of-epidemic-prone-diseases/?ind=17004...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 21 hours ago 189 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Integrated Child Health Days Implementation Guide

The Ministry later reviewed the two initiatives; CDPs and FHDs and found that the two approaches had a common focus to a greater extent. The Ministry recommended harmonisation of the two initiatives, which was then renamed Integrated Child Health Days (ICHDs) to have a package of services from both...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/ICHDS_guideline%20final.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 5 hours ago 206 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Care of mother and baby at the health Centre: a practical guide

The purpose of this report is to define the functions, tasks and skills needed for the comprehensive care of the mother and baby, covering the preconceptual, prenatal,intranatal and post natal periods which can be provided at the health centre and in the community.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Care%20of%20mother%20and%20baby%20at%20the...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Sexual and Reproductive Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 23 hours ago 144 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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