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Outbreak Brief 63: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 63: 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-63-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=161...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 8 Minutes ago 163 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Patients' charter

The objective of the patients�� charter is to empower health consumers to demand high quality health care, to promote the rights of patients and to improve the quality of life of all Ugandans and finally eradicate poverty nationwide. The patients charter and its constant review processes will enable...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Patient%20charter.pdf
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health policy and planning
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 17 hours ago 207 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin, week 36, 2nd - 8th September, 2019

This weekly epidemiological bulletin serves to inform all stakeholders at district, national, and global level 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.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Weekly%20Epidemiologicl%20Bulletin%20week%...
Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 23 hours ago 145 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Married adolescents : No place of safety.

This publication is about the negative effect of early marriages on adolescents.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Married%20Adolescents.%20No%20place%20of%2...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Adolescent Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 23 hours ago 150 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The role of Africa CDC during response to COVID-19 pandemic in Africa: Lessons learnt for future pandemics preparedness, prevention, and response

The document titled The role of Africa CDC during response to COVID-19 pandemic in Africa: Lessons learnt for future pandemics preparedness, prevention, and response offers a comprehensive insight into Disease Control and Prevention, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses...

https://africacdc.org/download/the-role-of-africa-centres-for-disease-control-and-prevention-during-...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Disease Control and Prevention
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 13 hours ago 171 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly epidemiological Bulletin week 2: 11th Jan -17th Jan 2021

We are pleased to share our 2nd weekly epidemiological bulletin for the year 2021. 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 respondi...

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 147 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Policy Brief on Enhancement of use of Cleint Service Charters

A customer/client service charter is a set of standards that an organisation promises to uphold when dealing with customers. A customer/client charter publically sets out a number of minimum standards that citizens/ clients should expect when accessing public services. The clients�� Charters greatly...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Enhancement%20Of%20Use%20Of%20Client%20Ser...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 16 hours ago 166 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

AIDE Memoire 23rd Joint Review Mission for the Health Sector 28th - 29th September, 2017 .

The Compact for Implementation of the Health Sector Development Plan (HSDP) 2015/16 - 2019/20 provides, as part of monitoring and evaluation, for the annual Joint Review Mission (JRM) so as to assess sector performance on the policies, strategies, plans and interventions, and capacity needs in line...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Final%20Aide%20Memoire%2023rd%20Health%20S...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 24 hours ago 137 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Health sector ministerial policy statement for FY 2016/17

This ministerial statement is about the vote functions of ministry of health. A vote function is a set of programmes, projects and local government grants, defining the roles and responsibilities of a vote / institution and contributing towards the attainment of vote and overoll objectives.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Ministerial%20Policy%20Statement%20FOR%20F...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 19 hours ago 136 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The Impacts of Decentralization on Health Behaviors in Uganda

This paper examines the impacts of a public sector decentralization program on the demand for health care in Uganda in the 1990s. This work is an extension of a previous paper, which provided evidence of a shifting of priorities by local governments in Uganda��s decentralized health system away from...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/The%20Impacts%20of%20Decentralization%20on...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 23 hours ago 158 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Strategies for Managing Acute Shortages of PPE during the COVID-19 Pandemic

The document titled Strategies for Managing Acute Shortages of PPE during the 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...

https://africacdc.org/download/strategies-for-managing-acute-shortages-of-ppe-during-the-covid-19-pa...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 23 hours ago 142 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

State of Uganda Population Report 2018

Uganda��s young population can be a valuable asset in driving the demographic dividend agenda. This will depend on the country��s ability to implement a development program that recognises the importance of population dynamics in development.3 In this regard, there is a need to deliberately change U...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/State%20of%20Uganda%20Population%20Report%...
Theme: Data Analytics
Sub Theme: Demographics
Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 23 hours ago 150 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Climate change and malaria, dengue and cholera outbreaks in Africa: a call for concerted actions

With its population expected to double to 2.5 billion people by 2050, Africa has been disproportionally affected by the impacts of climate change. Africa contributes only 4% of the global carbon emissions; however, 7 out of the 10 countries most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change globally a...

https://africacdc.org/download/climate-change-and-malaria-dengue-and-cholera-outbreaks-in-africa-a-c...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 17 hours ago 176 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Report on Third Quarter review of the Health Sector Performance, FY 2009/10

The workshop to review the third quarter health sector performance was held from 12th to 13th April 2010 at Golf Course Hotel in Kampala. The general Objective of the workshop was to review the performance of the Ministry of Health departments/Institutions against third quarter 2009/10 work-plan (Ja...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Report%20on%20Third%20quarter%20review%20o...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health policy and planning
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 24 hours ago 137 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin, week 8, 20th - 26th February, 2017

The proportion of health facilities that reported was 84.1% reflecting a 3.4% increase in reporting rate in comparison to the same week in 2016. Only 16.4% (19/116) districts had 100% of their health facilities reporting and 67.2% (78/116) of the districts achieved the national target of 80%. Kampal...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Week%208%202017.pdf
Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 23 hours ago 143 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The National Strategy for Male Involvement/Participation in Reproductive Health, Maternal, Child, Adolescent Health and RightsNutrition Including HIV/TB

Since the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD program of Action 1994), global recognition of the importance of men��s involvement in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) has increased. Issues such as the AIDS epidemic have reinforced the urgency of encoura...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Male%20Involvement%20Strategy%20-%20review...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Sexual and Reproductive Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 20 hours ago 155 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: 23 hours ago 204 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Human Resources for Health Gender Mainstreaming Guidelines 2017

Gender mainstreaming is an internationally accepted strategy that aims to institutionalize gender equality across sectors.It is the process of accesing the implications for women and men of any planned actions in legislations, policies and programmes.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Gender%20Mainstreaming%20Guidelines.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 23 hours ago 134 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

An AIDS Free Uganda, My Responsibility : National HIV/AIDs priority action plan 2015/16- 2017/18.

The National HIV and AIDS Strategic Plan 2015/2016 - 2019/2020 (NSP) was developed to guide implementation of the multi-sectoral response. It provides strategic actions aimed to address the gaps and challenges identified in the Mid-Term Review (MTR) of the National HIV and AIDS Strategic Plan 2011/2...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/National%20HIV%20and%20AIDS%20Priority%20A...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 19 hours ago 158 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Basic epidemiology 2nd edition

The essential role of epidemiology is to improve the health of populations. This textbook provides an introduction to the basic principles and methods of epidemiology. It is intended for a wide audience, and to be used as training material for professionals in the health and environment fields.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Basic%20Epidemiology.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 17 hours ago 168 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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