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State of the World Population 2020

Every day, tens of thousands of girls have their health, rights and futures stolen. Some are subjected to female genital mutilation. Some are forced into ��marriages�� as children, and still others are neglected or starved, simply because they are female.

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Theme: Data Analytics
Sub Theme: Demographics
Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 5 hours ago 135 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Global MediXChange for combating COVID-19: the experience of China

The document titled Global MediXChange for combating COVID-19: the experience of China 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, Norther...

https://africacdc.org/download/global-medixchange-for-combating-covid-19-gmcc-the-experience-of-chin...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 133 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 82: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 82: 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-82-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=162...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 130 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control: Your Questions Answered

In the strategies for effective infection prevention and control (IPC), what does triage entail at hospitals? Triage includes screening at the entrance, identification of cases and isolation if necessary. There should be a triage (screening) area where visitors to the hospital are interviewed using...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 16 hours ago 150 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Circular for Schools for Measles-Rubella and Polio Immunisation 2019

The purpose of this circular is for teachers to educate pupils about measles-Rubella and polio immunisation and to mobilize parents / caregivers to take their children for immunisation.

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 167 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: 7 hours ago 146 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Anti-Retroviral Therapy Supervision Performance and Recognition Strategy (ART SPARS) Supervision tool Form Version 2.0 | 20181112

Anti-Retroviral Therapy Supervision Performance and Recognition Strategy (ART SPARS) Supervision tool Form Version 2.0 | 20181112. The tool contains ��Guidelines on how to use the Anti-Retroviral Therapy SPARS Supervision tool��

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 7 hours ago 144 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

WHO Strategic Response Plan West Africa Ebola Outbreak 2015

In August 2014, WHO drafted the Ebola Response Roadmap to set out the core strategy for stopping this unprecedented outbreak and to provide the basis for a significantly increased response. This was the basis for the UN system��s Overview of Needs and Requirements (ONR) and STEPP Strategy that follo...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 12 hours ago 181 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

World Development Report 2020; Trading for Development in the age of Global value

This Report concludes that Global Value Chains (GVC)� can continue to boost growth, create better jobs, and reduce poverty, provided that developing countries undertake deeper reforms and industrial countries pursue open, predictable policies. Technological change is likely to be more of a boon than...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 13 hours ago 144 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Report on the State of Regional Referral Hospitals in Uganda Towards the Realisation of the Right to Health

Although General Hospitals, Regional and National Referral Hospitals have continued to make major contributions to essential clinical care in Uganda, numerous reports (including those of the MoH) are awash with the stark reality of lack of drugs, absence of the often inadequate health workers, delay...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 22 hours ago 149 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa CDC Newsletter September 2019

The document titled Africa CDC Newsletter – September 2019 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, Western Africa, providing valua...

https://africacdc.org/download/africa-cdc-newsletter-september-2019/?ind=1583833198416&filename=Afri...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 days ago 126 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

African Union List of Certified Assessors for the Regulatory and Certification Framework for Institutions Handling High Risk Pathogens

Biosafety aims to prevent the unintentional or accidental release of pathogens and toxins to personnel handling the pathogens, the general population, and the environment, while biosecurity aims to prevent the deliberate theft or diversion of high-risk biological agents or toxins for use for harmful...

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Sub Theme:
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Essential Medicines Reproductive Health:Guiding Principles for Their Inclusion on National Medicines Lists

After immunisation for common childhood illnesses, appropriate use of essential medicines is one of the most cost-effective components of modern health care.2 In 1977, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched its first list of essential medicines. The model list was designed to prioritise the mo...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 144 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

African Centre for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (ACTV) Annual report 2015

The African Centre for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (ACTV) is humbled to present to you the 2015. Annual Report that gives an account of the activities undertaken by ACTV from January 2015 to December 2015. It reflects on the lessons learnt in the period, the challenges faced and...

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Theme: Community Engagement
Sub Theme: Disability and Rehabilitation
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 161 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...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 21 hours ago 172 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Practical Guideline for Dispensing at Higher Level Health Centres 2015 : National Guidelines for Medicines Information at HC IV and Hospitals

The information herein has been aggregated across several reliable and evidence-based sources such as the Summary of Product Characteristics (SPCs), British National Formulary, Martindale and World Health Organisation Model Formulary. It has been summarised and adapted to harmonise with the Uganda C...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 133 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The HIV and AIDS Uganda Country Progress Report 2014

The 2014 Uganda HIV Country progress report was prepared through a consultative government led process involving all key players to give the status of the HIV response in 2014 and also met the Country��s reporting obligations to national and international commitments. The report details key mileston...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 136 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

UNAIDS Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic 2010

��No child should be born with HIV; no child should be an orphan because of HIV; no child should die due to lack of access to treatment,�� urged Ebube Sylvia Taylor, an eleven year old born free of HIV, to world leaders gathered in New York to share progress made towards achieving the Millennium Dev...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 181 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National Condom Programming Strategy

The development, review and production of the National Condom Programming Strategy has been achieved through wide consultations with various stakeholders at National, District and Community levels. This activity was directed through the AIDS Control Programme (STD/ACP), in close collaboration with t...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 7 hours ago 137 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Ministry of Health Stock Status Report as at 1st October 2020

The purpose of this report is to inform the Ministry of Health and all stakeholders of the stock levels in the country as a tool that enables appropriate logistics decision making. This report highlights stock status, real challenges, bottlenecks but also recommends potential solutions to mitigate s...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 136 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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