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Community Health Extension Workers Strategy in Uganda (2015/16- 2019/20)

Despite major strides to improve the health of the population in the last 10 - 15 years, the health status of Ugandans remains relatively poor with high morbidity and mortality from preventable causes. The National Population and Housing Census 2014 show a life expectancy of 63.3 years and under fiv...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/chew-strategy-for-uganda-may-2016.pdf
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health system resilience
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 hours ago 176 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Responding to COVID-19 in Africa: Using data to find a Balance (Part II)

The document titled Responding to COVID-19 in Africa: Using data to find a Balance (Part II) 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/responding-to-covid-19-in-africa-using-data-to-find-a-balance-part-ii...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 19 hours ago 121 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa CDC Strategic Plan 2023 2027

Africa stands at a critical juncture, where the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic as well as Ebola and Monkeypox outbreaks underlined the need for increased self-reliance in our continent’s health systems. There is a shared recognition that Africa can and must do more to safeguard its healt...

https://africacdc.org/download/africa-cdc-strategic-plan-2023-2027/?ind=1693660521057&filename=Afric...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 hours ago 135 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Manual for the laboratory diagnosis and virological surveillance of influenza : WHO Global Influenza Surveillance Network.

WHO has developed this manual in order to strengthen the laboratory diagnosis and virological surveillance of influenza infection by providing standard methods for the collection, detection, isolation and characterization of viruses.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Manual%20for%20the%20Laboratory%20diagnosi...
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 16 hours ago 121 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Uganda National Health Laboratory Services Strategic Plan (2010-2015)

The National Health Laboratory Strategic Plan (NHLSP) provides a national framework to guide investments in laboratory services by the Government of Uganda and Health Development partners. It aims to strengthen coordination, implementation and management of the services and ensure that they are tran...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Uganda%20national%20health%20Laboratory%20...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 16 hours ago 162 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly malaria status - Uganda week 35, 2018.

This publication is about the malaria case statistics of Uganda in the 35th week of 2018.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Malaria%20Weekly%20Status%20Update%20week%...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 17 hours ago 140 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National Integrated Comprehensive Cholera Prevention And Control Plan

Uganda is faced with frequent outbreaks of emerging diseases and high burden of other endemic conditions, including cholera, all of which require dedicated resources for their prevention and control.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/National%20Integrated%20Comprehensive%20Ch...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Cholera
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 17 hours ago 129 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: 2 days ago 147 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Uganda School Health Policy

Fifty percent of Uganda's population is under 15 years of age. The Universal Primary Education Programme has enabled 7 million children, which is over 30% of the entire population, to be in school. When Universal Secondary Education is introduced,the number of children in school could rise to 9 mill...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Uganda%20School%20Health%20Policy.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 197 Views 1 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (16 June 2020)

The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (16 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...

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-scientific-and-public-health-policy-update-16-june-2020/?ind...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 6 hours ago 141 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children 2017

The core list presents a list of minimum medicine needs for a basic health-care system, listing the most efficacious, safe and cost-effective medicines for priority conditions. Priority conditions are selected on the basis of current and estimated future public health relevance, and potential for sa...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/WHO%20model%20list%20of%20essential%20medi...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 19 hours ago 126 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (22 June 2022)

The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (22 June 2022) 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...

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-scientific-and-public-health-policy-update-22-june-2022/?ind...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 hours ago 162 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Comparative Study of Malaria Risk factors and Access to Healthcare Services By Batwa and Non-Batwa Communities in Kanungu District Southwestern Uganda

This study focused on risk factors for contracting malaria and access to health centre/hospital-based healthcare services by making a comparison of the Batwa indigenous people and their non-Batwa neighbours in Kanungu district. The researcher investigated how the two independent variables namely: ri...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Final%20Didacus%20BN%20MPH%20dessertation%...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 17 hours ago 138 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

HPV Vaccine Communication Special considerations for a unique vaccine 2016 update

This guide presents communication guidance for countries introducing human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine at the national or sub-national levels. HPV vaccination is a key strategy for comprehensive cervical cancer control and prevention. By the end of 2015, more than 65 countries introduced HPV vaccin...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/HPV%20Vaccine%20Communication%202016.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 19 hours ago 162 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Tuberculosis and air travel Guidelines for prevention and control

International travel has become increasingly easy and readily available. Ever greater numbers of people are using international air travel for many reasons including business, tourism, immigration, asylum seeking or humanitarian activities. There is a potential risk of transmission of tuberculosis (...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Tubercu%3Bosis%20and%20Air%20Travel%20Guid...
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 7 hours ago 124 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Integrated Human Resources Information System (iHRIS) : Trainers Guide for HRIS Manage

Integrated Human Resources Information System (iHRIS) is a management tool that enables an organization to design and manage a comprehensive human resources strategy.�HRIS Manage helps an organization manage its workforce more effectively and efficiently

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/IHRIS%20Trainers%20Guide%20for%20HRIS%20Ma...
Theme: Digital Health
Sub Theme: Health Information Systems
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 144 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Orientation training for COVID-19 & Community Health Workers

The document titled Orientation training for COVID-19 & Community Health Workers 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 Afri...

https://africacdc.org/download/orientation-training-for-covid-19-community-health-workers/?ind=16121...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 20 hours ago 123 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Health Sub districts in Uganda , Concept paper

This concept paper describes the Health sub-district strategy aimed at strengthening the management of health services and improving equity of access to essential health services by the population of Uganda. The strategy is intended to facilitate equity of access to health service delivery.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Health%20Sub-Districts%20in%20Uganda%20199...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 19 hours ago 160 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The Use of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests

Malaria rapid diagnostic tests, sometimes called ��dipsticks�� or ��malaria rapid diagnostic devices�� (MRDDs), detect specific antigens (proteins) produced by malaria parasites. These antigens are present in the blood of infected or recently infected people. The RDT signifies their presence by a co...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/The%20Use%20of%20Malaria%20Rapid%20Diagnos...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 20 hours ago 131 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Performance review of the implementation of the Ministry of Health work plan for the first and second quarters FY2021/22

The Semi-Annual Health Sector Performance review meetings highlight progress, challenges, lessons learnt and proposes a mechanism for improvement. The meeting focuses on the progress in the implementation of approved work plans and Budgets for FY 2021/22 and trends in performance for selected indica...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/FINAL%20MOH%20Q1Q2%20PERFORMANCE%20REPORT_...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health policy and planning
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 17 hours ago 139 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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