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WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence 998

The thirty-seventh meeting of the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) took place in Geneva, Switzerland from 16 to 20 November 2015. Mr Cornelis de Joncheere, Director, WHO Department of Essential Medicines and Health Products (EMP), opened the meeting. He welcomed all participants on beh...

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Theme: Prevention
Sub Theme: Pharmaceuticals and Drugs
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 15 hours ago 150 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Rapid Guidance on the Decommissioning of Ebola Care Facilities

The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed this rapid guidance document in close collaboration�with the Governments of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention�(CDC), Atlanta, USA; the Infection Control Africa Network (ICAN); and the United Nations Chil...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 6 hours ago 178 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 2016

This Agenda is a plan of action for people, the planet, and prosperity.� It also seeks to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom. We recognize that eradicating poverty in all its forms� and� dimensions,� including� extreme� poverty,� is� the� greatest� global� challenge and� an indispensable r...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 hours ago 131 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National Implementation Guidelines for HIV Counselling and Testing in Uganda

Uganda has a mature generalised HIV epidemic with prevalence exceeding 6% and an estimated one million people living with HIV1. Sub-national longitudinal studies2 and indirect estimates3 indicate a rising rate of new infections with HIV incidence ranging from 0.2-2.0% in different regions of the cou...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 7 hours ago 152 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Finding the Balance: Public health and social measures in Tunisia

The document titled Finding the Balance: Public health and social measures in Tunisia 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...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 20 hours ago 127 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National Action Plan for Health Security 2019 - 2023

The National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) 2023 defines the strategies, actions, and priorities the Government of Uganda will adopt to improve the country��s ability to prevent, detect, and respond to public health emergencies. This plan is the first, full-fledged strategy of its kind in U...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health Economics and Financing
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 13 hours ago 299 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin week 12, 16th22nd Mar 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 brin...

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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 124 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin, week 2, 9th - 15th January, 2017

The proportion of health facilities that reported during week 2 was 85% reflecting a 25.1% increase in reporting rate in comparison to the same week in 2016. Only 18% (21/116) districts had 100% of their health facilities reporting and 70% (81/116) of the districts achieved the national target of 80...

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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 hours ago 130 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 24: COVID-19 Pandemic 30 June 2020

As of 9 am EAT 30 June 2020, a total of 393,305 COVID-19 cases and 9,879 (CFR: 2.5%) deaths have been reported in 54 African countries. This is 3.9% of all cases reported globally. Since the last brief (23 June 2020), 77,895 new COVID-19 cases have been reported, which is a 25% increase compared to...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 126 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Regional Guidelines on the Management of Severe Falciparum Malaria in Level II Hospitals

Malaria is the major cause of mortality and morbidity in the tropical and subtropical regions in the world. An estimated 300-500 million persons suffer from malaria every year and more than 1million die each year. Majority of these cases and deaths particularly those in children occur in Sub Saharan...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 8 hours ago 116 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Uganda Health Workforce Study: Satisfaction and Intent to Stay Among Current Health Workers

This report summarises the results of a study of health worker satisfaction, working conditions and intent to continue working in the health sector in Uganda. The findings point to the importance of a number of factors that contribute to satisfaction and intent to stay, including differences by cadr...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 6 hours ago 157 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

July-September 2016 Facility Tracer Medicines Stock Status Report

The quarterly report on the facility stock status of the 41 tracer items (in different baskets) provides information about the stock situation of health facilities in the country in order to inform the Ministry of Health and all stakeholders to make appropriate logistics decisions that ensure an eff...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 127 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Biosafety and Biosecurity Initiative 2021 2025 Strategic Plan

The document titled Biosafety and Biosecurity Initiative 2021 – 2025 Strategic Plan offers a comprehensive insight into Biosafety and Biosecurity, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Northern Africa, Sou...

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Sub Theme:
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Methodology for the Assessment of Missed Opportunities for Vaccination

The Methodology for the Assessment of Missed Opportunities for Vaccination (MOV) provides the detailed steps for conducting the field work component of the MOV assessment and the brainstorming sessions, both of which contribute to the development of a detailed action plan for reducing MOV. These act...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 140 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Hand hygiene can save your life

The document titled Hand hygiene can save your life 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 valuable gui...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 112 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Management of Pre- Eclampsia /Eclampsia and Other Hypertensive Diseases

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 150 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 116: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 116: 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-116-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=16...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 119 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Liberia

The document titled Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Liberia 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...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 20 hours ago 132 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Youth Pre-Conference 2023: 250 Young Professionals to Chart the Future of Healthcare in Africa

In December 2022, Africa CDC convened the inaugural Youth Pre-Conference (YPC) on the margins of the 2nd Annual International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA), kicking off long-term strategic engagement with Africa’s young professionals in various domains of healthcare, technology, poli...

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

Outbreak Brief 155: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 155: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic offers a comprehensive insight into Surveillance and Disease Intelligence, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Norther...

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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 12 hours ago 116 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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