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Outbreak Brief 67: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 67: 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-67-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=161...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
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Malaria weekly Status - Uganda Week 9 25th Feb to 3rd Mar 2019

Reporting rate this week (86.4%) represents change from the previous week, 2019W8 (86.7%).�There was a 10% drop reported in malaria cases (106,503 in W8 vs. 95,761 this week.�The West Nile districts of Adjumani (13) & Moyo (13) reported incidence rates >10 cases/1,000 population. Further south, Nama...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Malaria%20weekly%20Status%20Report%20Week%...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 hours ago 146 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (02 November 2020)

A. Executive summary • An unbiased, genome-wide screening technology determines the precise peptide sequences in SARS-CoV-2 that are recognized by the memory CD8+ T cells of COVID-19 patients. Results show CD8+ T Cells of COVID-19 Patients recognize shared epitopes in SARS-CoV-2 that largely reside...

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-scientific-and-public-health-policy-update-02-november-2020/...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 9 hours ago 109 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

2nd QUARTERLY UGANDA RBM PARTNERSHIP MEETING Friday, 8thDecember, 2017 at Hotel Africana, Kampala

Roll Back Malaria Country Partnership meetings (RBMCPM) are a necessary for malaria endemic countries if they have to dent a disease that has consumed a big chunk of national budgets over and above inflicting socio-psychological sequel on communities with children under five years of age and pregnan...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/2nd%20quarterly%20RBM%20Meeting%20Report%2...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 hours ago 135 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...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/WHO%20Stratigic%20response%20plan%20west%2...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 hours ago 169 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Global Nutrition Report 2016

Few challenges facing the global community today match the scale of malnutrition, a condition that directly affects one in three people. Malnutrition manifests itself in many different ways: as poor child growth and development; as individuals who are skin and bone or prone to infection; as those wh...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Global%20Nutrition%20Report%202016.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Food and Nutrition
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 hours ago 118 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National Health Accounts for Uganda

This report presents results from a study of Uganda��s National Health Accounts for the Fiscal Year 1997/98.� The study set out to describe the flow of funds in Uganda��s healthcare system, including both public and private sectors.� Using a comprehensive view of the health sector and standard defin...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/National%20health%20accounts%20for%20Ugand...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health Economics and Financing
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 hours ago 133 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Ending the neglect to attain the Sustainable Development Goals A road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021-2030

Nine years have elapsed since the World Health Organization (WHO) published its first road map for neglected tropical diseases, which set targets for 2020. With exemplary country leadership and the continued support of industry and partners, we have been able to push back many of these diseases, bri...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Ending%20the%20neglect%20to%20attain%20the...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 13 hours ago 121 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Experts discuss law and public health emergency preparedness and response in Africa

The principal aims of the Guidance are to identify key elements that underpin and support effective PHE risk management, serve as an assessment tool for those undertaking reviews of domestic laws, policies and plans relating to PHEs and provide guidance on how to implement relevant international obl...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 13 hours ago 173 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Neglected Tropical Diseases And Their Control In Uganda

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a group of 13 infections caused by parasitic worms, protozoa or bacteria. They strike the world��s poorest people, living in remote and rural areas of low-income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and the Americas, causing life-long disability, disfigurement...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Neglected%20Diseases%20and%20their%20Contr...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 15 hours ago 144 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (8 June 2022)

The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (8 June 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, Northe...

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-scientific-and-public-health-policy-update-8-june-2022/?ind=...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 47 Minutes ago 122 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Uganda Functional Difficulties Survey 2017

The Uganda Functional Difficulties Survey (UFDS) 2017 was conducted by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) with the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) to generate information and data on persons with disabilities in Uganda to inform planning, budgeting, implementation, moni...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Uganda%20Functional%20Difficulties%20Surve...
Theme: Community Engagement
Sub Theme: Disability and Rehabilitation
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 11 hours ago 129 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Report on Participatory Review of National Policies on: Environment Management; Coordination; and Training 2020

This was the second participatory review of public policies. It took place at the Office of the President Cabinet Library on 18th June; 2019.The purpose of the participatory review was to assess the effectiveness and relevance of the National Environment Management Policy, National Coordination Poli...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Report%20on%20Participatory%20Review%20of%...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 hours ago 130 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Guidance on Community Physical Distancing During COVID-19 Pandemic

The document titled Guidance on Community Physical Distancing During 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, Norther...

https://africacdc.org/download/guidance-on-community-social-distancing-during-covid-19-outbreak/?ind...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 15 hours ago 133 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Annual Health Sector Performance Repor t Financial Year 2016/2017

The annual Health Sector Performance Report for financial year 2016/17 provides progress of the annual health sector work plan as well as the overall health sector performance against the set targets agreed upon with key stakeholders in financial year 2016/17. In addition, the report provides curre...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/AHSPR%202016_17%20Final_25_9_2017.pdf
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health policy and planning
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 12 hours ago 364 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Policy and strategy for insectcide treated nets.

Based on this epidemiology malaria significantly contributes to the burden of disease as well as economic losses. According to the 2001 ��Roll Back Malaria�� (RBM) base line assessment in four districts between 39% and 44% of recorded outpatient visits were due to malaria. It is estimated that betwe...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Policy%20and%20Strategy%20for%20Insecticid...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 12 hours ago 125 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 74: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 74: 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-74-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=162...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 hours ago 119 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

NHA Book Inserts

This report presents the National Health Accounts for Uganda covering the FY 2014/15 and 2015/16 The uniqueness of this NHA is that it also contains the analysis of household health expenditure based on the UDHS 2016 report. Uganda has committed herself to the achievement of SDGs and this has necess...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/NHA%20Book-Inserts-1.pdf
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health Economics and Financing
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 hours ago 146 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Community Health Extension Workers Strategy in Uganda (2015/16- 2019/20)

Despite major strides to improve the health of the population in the last 10 - 15 years, the health status of Ugandans remains relatively poor with high morbidity and mortality from preventable causes. The National Population and Housing Census 2014 show a life expectancy of 63.3 years and under fiv...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/chew-strategy-for-uganda-may-2016.pdf
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health system resilience
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 11 hours ago 174 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Regional Strategic Plan for Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis (2004-2007)

Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) is one of the most debilitating and disfiguring scourges among all diseases. Worldwide 1.1 billion people are at risk of infection and some 120 million people are infected in 80 countries. It is one of the major public health problems in South-East Asia

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Lymphatic%20filariasis%202004.pdf
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Non-communicable diseases and risk factors
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 50 Minutes ago 143 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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