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Weekly epidemiological Bulletin week 33: 10th -16th Aug 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. This issue, we showcas...

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Uganda Health Accounts

The total Current Health Expenditure (CHE) in Uganda in 2012/13 was Shs. 4,866 billion that translates to a per capita spending of Shs. 144,374 ($55). This increased in nominal terms by 1.7% and in real terms by Shs. 86 billion to 4,952 billion in 2013/14 that translates to� a per capita spending of...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health Economics and Financing
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 13 hours ago 142 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Psychoactive drugs : Improving prescribing practices.

The schedue provides for control of 98 psychotropical substances which are assigned to one of the four schedues.

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Theme: Prevention
Sub Theme: Pharmaceuticals and Drugs
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 hours ago 109 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The Critical Role of Community Health Workers in COVID-19 Vaccine Roll Out

The document titled The Critical Role of Community Health Workers in COVID-19 Vaccine Roll Out 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,...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 123 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Extended Strategic Plan for Statistics 2018/19 - 2019/20

The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) developed its first Strategic Plan for Statistics (SPS I) in 2006 to cover the period 2006/07 - 2011/12 while the second one (USP II) was developed in 2012 to cover the period 2013/14 - 2017/18. The UBOS SPS II constitutes one of the building blocks of Uganda��...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 1 day ago 149 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Environmental and Social Management Framework For Additional Financing to Uganda COVID-19 Response and Emergency Preparedness Project (P177273), March, 2022

The novel human Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is highly infectious and given the number of travelers coming from affected countries, the risk of importation of COVID-19 into the country is considered very high by WHO. If not averted, COVID-19 can affect Uganda��s economy in several ways, some...

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Nutrition Guidance for the general Population in the context of COVID-19 in Uganda

The current Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic has greatly disrupted the ability to produce, process, distribute, obtain and consume healthy and nutritious foods by families and individuals, leading to significant changes in food prices, availability, access, and affordability. Such rapid chan...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Food and Nutrition
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 124 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Establishing Regional Centers of Excellence: Capacity Assessment of Fully-Established National Public Health Institutes in Africa

Haftom Taame Desta*, Nicaise Ndembi, Fai Karl, Howard Nyika, Grace Merekaje, Emmanuel Idigbe, Killian Songwe, Joshua Obasanya, Placido Cardoso, Ngashi Ngongo, Raji Tajudeen, Jean KaseyaAfrica Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), African UnionIntroduction: By linking key component...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 23 hours ago 123 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Call for Review of the African Antibiotic Treatment Guidelines for Common Bacterial Infections and Syndromes

This is a call for relevant experts to serve as members of the External Review Group. The purpose of the external review is to ensure that the proposed guidance is appropriate, feasible, and accessible to healthcare workers and other relevant guideline users in Africa.The External Review Group will...

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Weekly epidemiological Bulletin week 37: 7th-13th SEP 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 Uganda on a weekly basis. In this issue, we showcase...

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Malaria weekly Status - Uganda Week 22 27th May to 2nd June 2019

Due to seasonal variation, this is the period of the year when we have the highest incidence of malaria in the country ,districts are requested to be extra vigilant on stocks and management of malaria.�Reporting rate this week (78.2%) There were over 130,000 more malaria cases this week (243,591) co...

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

Position Statement on Transmission of SARS-CoV-2

The document titled Position Statement on Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 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, Southern...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 114 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Drug and therapeutics committees A practical guide World Health

A drug and therapeutics committee (DTC) provides such a forum, allowing all the relevant people to work together to improve health care delivery, whether in hospitals or other health facilities. In many developed countries a well functioning DTC has been shown to be very effective in addressing drug...

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Theme: Prevention
Sub Theme: Pharmaceuticals and Drugs
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Published Papers Indexed in PUBMED CENTRAL (PMC)

1. Carnevale CR, Woldetsadik MA, Shiver A, Gutierrez M, Chhea C, Ilori E, Jani I, Ma-Cauley J, Mukonka V, Nsanzimana S, Ospina ML, Raji T, Spotts Whitney EA, Bratton S. Benefits and Challenges of Consolidating Public Health Functions into a National Public Health Institute: A Policy Analysis. Health...

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The Data Protection and Privacy Act, 2019.

An Act to protect the privacy of the individual and of personal data by regulating the collection and processing of personal information; to provide for the rights of the persons whose data is collected and the obligations of data collectors, data processers and data controllers; to regulate the use...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 137 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Operation Manual for Regional Medical Equipment Maintenance Workshops and Medical Equipment Maintenance Guidelines

This manual helps to streamline the operations of the Regional Medical Equipment Maintenance Workshops. Additionally, the Maintenance guidelines will facilitate first-line Maintenance to be undertaken by both the Users of the equipment and technicians in a well-structured and safe manner.� This man...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health Infrastructure
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 130 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (06 October 2020)

A. Executive summary • Two preprint studies demonstrated that SARS-CoV2 D614G substitution enhances infectivity, replication fitness, and early transmission in hamsters. Findings indicate the D614G variant exhibited significantly faster droplet transmission between hamsters and clinical evidence tha...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 133 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Review of the Member State mechanism on substandard/spurious/falsely labelled/ falsified/counterfeit medical products

The overall purpose of the review was to estimate the extent to which the Member State mechanism had progressed in achieving its objectives in the period 2012-2016; to identify gaps and remaining challenges; and to make recommendations on the way forward.

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Theme: Digital Health
Sub Theme: Medical Products and Health Technology
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 121 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Curriculum for Advanced Diploma in Public Health Nursing 2018

This Competence-Based Education and Training (CBET) curriculum consists of three major parts, sequentially developed by combined panels of practitioners and tutors, guided by DACUM process and TVET Facilitators as follows: Part I: Occupational Profile Part II: Training Modules Part III: Sample Asses...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
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Guidance on Emergency Expedited Regulatory Authorisation and Access to COVID-19 Vaccines in Africa

The document titled Guidance on Emergency Expedited Regulatory Authorisation and Access to COVID-19 Vaccines in Africa offers a comprehensive insight into Emergency Response and Preparedness, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
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