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Recommendations for Stepwise response to COVID-19

This document provides a high-level mapping of outbreak stages with guidance on how to time the minimum uptake of different interventions that have been recommended by Africa CDC, driven by evidence and science.

https://africacdc.org/download/recommendations-for-stepwise-response-to-covid-19/?ind=1585321518624&...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 141 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Uganda Malaria Indicator Survey 2009

This report presents the findings from the Uganda Malaria Indicator Survey (UMIS) directed by ICF Macro under a contract with the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), the Uganda Malaria Surveillance Project Molecular Laboratory at Mulago Hospital, and the National Malaria Control Programme of the Uga...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Malaria%20indicator%20survey%202009.pdf
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 20 hours ago 166 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Statistical Review of Progress to Inform the Mid-Term Review of the Uganda Health Sector Development Plan 2015/2016 - 2019/2020

HSDP 2015/2016-2019/2020 is an ambitious plan that aims for reaching all in Uganda with quality services, with a focus on control of infectious diseases and reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health. The IHP+ Joint Assessment of National Strategies (JANS) flagged the gap between ambition and...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Uganda%20HSDP%20MTR%20analytical%20Review%...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 14 hours ago 190 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Report of the 1st Symposium on Teenage Pregnancy in Uganda

Every year, the ministry of Health (MoH) commemorates the Safe Motherhood week in October. The national commemoration this year (October 2013) was held in Apac district in Northern Uganda. As part of the events for the week, MoH and its partners held a symposium on the theme: ��Teenage pregnancy an...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Report%20of%20the%201st%20Symposium%20on%2...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Sexual and Reproductive Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 133 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Uganda National Policy on HIV counselling and Testing

This policy replaces the 2003 document, uganda national policy guidelines for HIV voluntary counselling and testing. The revision was promted by scientific and programmatic advances in HIv counselling and as well advances in prevention.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/HIV%20Counseling%20and%20Testing%20policy....
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 157 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

WHO Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations 986

The WHO Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations met in Geneva from 14 to 18 October 2013. Dr M.-P. Kieny, Assistant Director- General of Health Systems and Innovation at the World Health Organization (WHO), welcomed participants on behalf of the Director-General. Dr Kieny...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Who%20expert%20comittee%20for%20pharmaceut...
Theme: Prevention
Sub Theme: Pharmaceuticals and Drugs
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 152 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa CDC Mastercard Foundation: Saving Lives and Livelihoods Newsletter, October 2022

Today, Rwanda has a 77 percent vaccination rate, surpassing the 70 percent target set by the WHO in 2021. Countries that have attained vaccination between 50 percent and 70 percent include Morocco at 61.9 percent, and Tunisia at 52.8 percent. Meanwhile, about 22.7 percent of the continent’s populati...

https://africacdc.org/download/africa-cdc-mastercard-foundation-saving-lives-and-livelihoods-newslet...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 137 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa CDC Mastercard Foundation: Saving Lives and Livelihoods Newsletter, February 2023

Over 12 million COVID 19 cases have been reported on the African continent since the outbreak began Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Morocco, South Africa, and Tunisia have the highest number of reported cases.

https://africacdc.org/download/africa-cdc-mastercard-foundation-saving-lives-and-livelihoods-newslet...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 7 hours ago 159 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 70: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 70: 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-70-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=162...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 138 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Teacher's Guide for Advanced Diploma in Public Health Nursing 2018

The Guide emphasises practical teaching, projects, and acquisition of skills by the learner. The competences that learners are expected to acquire are clearly spelt out in each module covered in the semester. You should ensure that learners are well-versed with practical work. The teaching methodolo...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Teachers%20guide%20for%20Higher%20Diploma%...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 145 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Synthesis, Consolidation and Building Consensus on Key and Priority Population Size Estimation Numbers in Uganda Final ReportINAL REPORT October 2019

Despite marked advancement in prevention, care and treatment, HIV in Uganda continues to exert severe constraints on the public health and economic well-being of a sizeable proportion of the population. The type of HIV epidemic in Uganda is described as severe, mature, and generalized but with sub-e...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/KPSE%20Final%20Draft%20Report_18%20Oct%202...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 136 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Promoting Access to Medical Technologies and Innovation : Intersections between public health, intellectual property and trade

This study follows on from the 2002 study entitled WTO Agreements and Public Health: A Joint Study by the WHO and the WTO Secretariat. This earlier study examined the linkages between trade and health policies in general to enable trade officials and health officials to better understand and monitor...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Promoting%20Access%20to%20Medial%20Technol...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 115 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Nutrition Annual Health Sector Performance Report 2021/22

The Ministry of Health through the nutrition division is responsible for fast-tracking efforts to reduce the burden of malnutrition in the country and contribute to the wellbeing and national development of the country. This report provides a summary of the status and progress on key nutrition indic...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/NUTRITION%20PERFORMANCE%20REPORT-6.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Food and Nutrition
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 140 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Post COVID-19 Economic Recovery: Leveraging the Youth Population to Build Back Better

However, while the cautionary measures and strategies were effective in curbing the surge and flattening the curve of COVID-19 cases, they also presented new realities that left millions of young people at a disadvantage. With the introduction of curfews, lockdowns, and work-from-home measures, many...

https://africacdc.org/download/post-covid-19-economic-recovery-leveraging-the-youth-population-to-bu...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 160 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin, week 5, 30th January - 5th February, 2017

During Week 5 of 2017, the proportion of health facilities that reported was 82.4% indicating a 4.4% increase in comparison to the same week in 2015. Only 19% (22/116) districts had 100% of their health facilities reporting and 60.3% (70/116) of the districts achieved the national target of 80%. Onl...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Week%205%20%202017.pdf
Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting 1 Like
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 170 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Integrated community case management (iCCM) Implementation Brief

Integrated community case management (iCCM)�is part of a wider community health worker�(CHW) strategy, in which CHWs provide lifesaving�treatment for childhood killer diseases within 24�hours of the onset of symptoms. Trained CHWs are�supported, equipped, and supplied with�commodities to provide�Cur...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/ICCM%20Implementation%20Briefer%20Final.pd...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 202 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Factors that Influence Decisions to Seek Medical Male Circumcision Services A Report of Qualitative Research in Kampala, Kayunga, Pallisa, Kasese and Mbale Districts - Uganda March, 2010

This report contains the findings of the study on ��Factors that Influence Decisions to Seek Medical Male Circumcision (MMC) Services�� commissioned by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg University - Health Communication Partnership (HCP) with funding from the United States Agency for International Develop...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Factors%20that%20influence%20Decisions%20t...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 11 hours ago 130 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 126: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 126: 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...

https://africacdc.org/download/outbreak-brief-126-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=16...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 153 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The First Uganda National Nursing and Midwifery Policy

Like elsewhere in the world, nurses and midwives form the backbone of the health service delivery, constituting more than 60% of the health care work force in Uganda, (MOH, 2007). The quality and satisfaction with care largely depends on nurses and midwives in the health care system, (World Health A...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/The%20First%20Uganda%20National%20Nursing%...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 158 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Simple instructions on how not to use a face mask

The document titled Simple instructions on how not to use a face mask 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, Souther...

https://africacdc.org/download/simple-instructions-on-how-not-to-use-a-face-mask/?ind=1590239585662&...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 147 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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