This report contains various reports on the WHO progress in various fields.
The document titled Interim Guidance on the Use of Rapid Antigen tests for COVID-19 Response 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...
At the beginning of the outbreak in Guinea and Liberia, this event was graded as a Level 2 based on the Emergency Response Framework (ERF). On 24 July 2014, the Director-General took the decision, based on the ongoing severity of the outbreak and a report of a case travelling from Liberia to Nigeria...
The draft global action plan on the public health response to dementia has close conceptual and 5.strategic links to, and builds upon, other global action plans and strategies adopted or endorsed by the World Health Assembly including: WHO��s Comprehensive mental health action plan 2013-2020,1 the G...
The document titled Outbreak Brief 96: 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...
The organizations and agencies of the United Nations system and international and nongovernmental organizations are called upon to respond to an increasing number of largescale emergencies and disasters, many of which pose a serious threat to health. Much of the assistance provided in such situation...
The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (2 March 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, North...
The document titled Outbreak Brief 46: 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...
The document titled COVID-19 Guidance on use of Personal Protective Equipment for different clinical settings and activities offers a comprehensive insight into Emergency Response and Preparedness, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within C...
* The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) * Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) * United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC) * United States Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Africa CDC would like to express its great appreciations to the African Soc...
The Project Developmental Objective of EAPHLNP is to establish a network of efficient, high quality and accessible public health laboratories for diagnosis and surveillance of tuberculosis and other communicable diseases in the East African region.
The Guide emphasises practical teaching, projects, and acquisition of skills by the learner. The competences that learners are expected to acquire are clearly spelt out in each module covered in the semester. You should ensure that learners are well-versed with practical work. The teaching methodolo...
The Second National Health Policy (NHP II) puts the client and community at the forefront and adopts a client-centered approach with consideration of both the supply and demand side of healthcare. Good quality of care enhances clients�� satisfaction and their use of services. It increases job satisf...
Reporting rate this week (77.8%) is a marginal rise from 75.7% in the previous week, 2019W5.There was a further 9% drop in reported malaria cases (96,488 this week vs. 105,566 in W5)�There was marginal drop in malaria incidence. As was last week, Adjumani (13 cases) & Moyo (18 cases) Districts repor...
The document titled COVID-19 Contact Tracing Protocol for African Union Staff 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,...
National quantification of EMHLS is an annual exercise conducted by NMS under the direct supervision of MoH, and the exercise is intended to provide all public sector players/stakeholder in the health sector with feedback about facility needs in accordance with the NMS Act Cap 207 that states in par...
Cognisant of these major challenges, the African Union Heads of State and Government (HoSG) at the July 2013 Abuja Special Summit on AIDS, TB and Malaria in Abuja recognized the urgent need to put in place a Specialised Agency to support African Union Member States in their efforts to strengthen hea...
This document is to guide policy makers, managers, districts, health workers, communities, NGOs and all other stakeholders on how to implement integrated community case management (ICCM) of childhood malaria, pneumonia and diarrhea to reduce under mortality and take actions to introduce, implement,...
Malnutrition can be either under-nutrition or over-nutrition (obesity). This guideline will specifically deal with acute malnutrition as a form of under nutrition. Under nutrition is the result of deficiency of protein, energy, minerals as well as vitamins leading to loss of body fats and muscle tis...
