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WHOs Quality, Safety and Standards work in immunization

WHO��s quality, safety and standards work in the area of immunization focuses on enabling the use of vaccines, other biological medicines and immunization related equipment that meet current international norms and standards of quality and safety

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 22 hours ago 134 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

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Theme: Digital Health
Sub Theme: Health Information Systems
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 144 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Anthrax in humans and animals

Anthrax essentially ceased to be regarded as a disease of major health or economic importance after the enormous successes of Max Sterne��s veterinary vaccine developed in the 1930s, and subsequent analogs in the former Soviet Union, in dramatically reducing the incidence of the disease in livestock...

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Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 hour ago 128 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin week 8, 17th - 23rd Feb 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 bri...

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Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 163 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Malaria Quarterly Bulletin Issue 29: 1 April 2019- 30 June 2019

Malaria prevalence has reduced from 42% in 2009 to 19% in 2014 and is currently at 9% in 2018 according to the preliminary results from the malaria indicator survey (MIS). This period had an increase in cases and Test Positivity rate (TPR) compared to the same period in 2018. It also had an increase...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 8 hours ago 133 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Providing a Legal Framework for a National Public Health Institute (NPHI)

The Africa CDC is working to establish a new Public Health Order for Africa, in which Member States are empowered to strengthen and protect the public health of their peoples. NPHIs provide the platform to help countries achieve their public health goals.

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 19 hours ago 144 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Mental health aspects of womens reproductive health : A global review of the literature.

The review comprises the most recent information on the ways in which mental health concerns intersect with women��s reproductive health. It includes a discussion of the bio-psycho-social factors that increase vulnerability to poor mental health, those that might be protective and the types of progr...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Sexual and Reproductive Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 8 hours ago 128 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

World Development Report 2007, Development and the Next Generation

This Report has been prepared by a core team led by Emmanuel Y. Jimenez and comprising Jean Fares, Varun Gauri, Mattias K. A. Lundberg, David McKenzie, Mamta Murthi, Cristobal Ridao-Cano, and Nistha Sinha. The team was assisted by Amer Hasan, Sarojini Hirshleifer, Natsuko Kiso, and Annette Richter,...

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Theme: Workforce Development
Sub Theme: Human Resource Development
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 133 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Saving Mothers, Saving Families : The MTCT-Plus Initiative case Study

The MTCT-Plus Initiative was conceived in 2001 as a response to the five-point Call to Action on HIV/AIDS issued by Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General. Designed to increase access to HIV/AIDS care and treatment in resource-limited settings, the Initiative built on the dramatic changes that...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 50 Minutes ago 151 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The effort to achieve the Millenium Development Goals in Uganda : Reaching for the sky?

This publication is about the MDGs of Health.

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 21 hours ago 138 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update 10 March 2020)

The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – 10 March 2020) 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, W...

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-scientific-and-public-health-policy-update-march-10-2020/?in...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 147 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

WHO Recommendations for the Prevention of Postpartum Haemorrhage

Bleeding after childbirth (postpartum haemorrhage) is an important cause of maternal mortality, accounting for nearly one quarter of all maternal deaths worldwide. Common causes for postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) include failure of the uterus to contract adequately after birth leading to atonic PPH, t...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 18 hours ago 206 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Health environment , managing the linkages for sustainable development, a toolkit for decision-makers : synthesis report.

The initiative supports environment and health actors working together to address issues of common concern. Traditionally, health and environment sectors have acted independently of one another, each in defined domains. While much can and has been achieved, HELI aims to add a further dimension by fo...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Environmental Health and Sanitation
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 11 hours ago 139 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weather Outlook for October 2021, and Review of Rainfall Performance in september 2021.

The raifall outlook for October indicates that most parts of Western,Central and parts of West Nile are likely to receive enhanced rainfall, while the rest of the country is likely to receive moderate rainfall conditions

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Environmental Health and Sanitation
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 6 hours ago 116 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (16 February 2022)

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

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-scientific-and-public-health-policy-update-16-february-2022/...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 127 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Criminal Law, Public Health and HIV Transmission: A Policy Options Paper

A number of cases have been reported in which people living with HIV have been criminally charged for a variety of acts that transmit HIV or risk transmission. In some cases, criminal charges have been laid for conduct that is merely perceived as risking transmission, sometimes with very harsh penal...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 6 hours ago 145 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Screening Donated Blood for Transfusion- Transmissible Infections

Blood transfusion is a life-saving intervention that has an essential role in patient management within health care systems. All Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) endorsed World Health Assembly resolutions WHA28.72 (1) in 1975 and WHA58.13 (2) in 2005. These commit them to the pr...

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Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
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Africa CDC COVID-19 Response Update, 31 July 2020

The document titled Africa CDC COVID-19 Response Update, 31 July 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, Northern Africa, Souther...

https://africacdc.org/download/africa-cdc-covid-19-response-update-31-july-2020/?ind=1598976700880&f...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 6 days 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...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 137 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

How to investigate drug use

In 1985 WHO convened a conference in Nairobi on the rational use of drugs, since that time efforts have been increased to improve drug uses practices.An essential tool for such work is an objective measure of drug use in health facilities.

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Theme: Prevention
Sub Theme: Pharmaceuticals and Drugs
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 125 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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