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Curbing the Epidemic Governments and the Economics of Tobacco Control

SMOKING already kills one in 10 adults worldwide. By 2030, perhaps a little sooner, the proportion will be one in six, or 10 million deaths per year��more than any other single cause. Whereas until recently this epidemic of chronic disease and premature death mainly affected the rich countries, it i...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 135 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Report on Midyear Health Sector Performance Review: (July to December) FY 2010/11

The review for the health sector performance for the first and second Quarters (July to December 2010/11 Financial Year) was conducted from 13th to 14th January 2011 at Kabira Country Club Hotel, Kampala. The general objective of the workshop was to assess the performance of the Ministry of Health d...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Report%20on%20Mid-year%20review%20of%20the...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health policy and planning
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 175 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Act 2014

An Act to provide for the prevention and control of HIV and AIDS, including protection, counselling,testing, care of persons living with and affected by HIV and AIDS, rights and obligations of persons living with HIV and AIDS and to establish the HIV and AIDS trust fund

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/HIV%20and%20AIDS%20prevention%20and%20cont...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 days ago 141 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Case Definitions and Epidemic Thresholds For Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response

Uganda is currently using the IDSR strategy to improve the National disease and events surveillance system. Using standard case definitions to identify priority diseases and events of public health importance is one of the core functions of surveillance under the IDSR strategy

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/CASE%20DEFINITIONS%20SEPTEMBER%202012%20UG...
Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 162 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (6 July 2021)

The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (6 July 2021) 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-6-july-2021/?ind=...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 21 hours ago 157 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 140: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 140: 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-140-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=16...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 130 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Factors that Influence Decisions to Seek Medical Male Circumcision Services

This report contains the findings of the study on ��Factors that Influence Decisions to Seek Medical Male Circumcision (MMC) Services�� commissioned by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg University - Health Communication Partnership (HCP) with funding from the United States Agency for International Develop...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Factors%20that%20influence%20Decisions%20t...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 15 hours ago 133 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 38: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 38: 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-38-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=160...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 147 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Alert Notification: New SARS-CoV-2 variant with multiple spike protein mutations

As of 21 December 2020, more than 300 genomes of the 501Y.V2 variant have been identified, all in South Africa. Preliminary analysis in South Africa (501Y.V2) and the UK (501Y) suggests that this variant is significantly more transmissible than previously circulating variants and potentially higher...

https://africacdc.org/download/alert-notification-new-sars-cov-2-variant-with-multiple-spike-protein...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 121 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Media circular for Measles-Rubella and Polio immunisation campaign

The media plays a critical role in increasing, sustaining and strengthening immunisation services. Many people, including parents, caregivers,political and civil leaders make immunisation decisions based on what they hear, see or read in the media.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/MR%20-%20Fact%20sheet%20for%20the%20Media....
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 15 hours ago 181 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National HIV Prevention Strategy

The Government of Uganda has identified HIV prevention as a priority in the National Development Plan (2010-15) and set a 40 percent target to reduce new HIV infections by 2015. Although HIV prevalence during the past decade has been stable around 6-7 percent among adults, the number of new HIV infe...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/National%20HIV%20prevention%20strategy%202...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 193 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Addressing Market Failures: The Role of CEPI in Bridging the Innovation Gap to Prevent the Next Pandemic

The global response to COVID-19 not only shows that the world was ill-prepared to prevent and respond to a pandemic caused by a novel respiratory pathogen, but also that there are an array of system and market failures in global health research and development (R&D). Solving for these failures ― and...

https://africacdc.org/download/addressing-market-failures-the-role-of-cepi-in-bridging-the-innovatio...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 184 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

HRH 5-Year Roll out Plan 2010/11-2014/15 Implementing HRH Policy and aligning HSSIP with HRH plans

The purpose of this roll out plan document is to roll out the 15 year HRH Strategic Plan and align Human Resources for Health documents to ensure easy and implementation within manageable activities in a given period. It addresses a number of salient Human Resources for Health issues, identified thr...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other 1 Like
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 8 hours ago 190 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Pandemic Response Initiatives

The document titled COVID-19 Pandemic Response Initiatives 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 Africa, W...

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-pandemic-response-initiatives/?ind=1602157582966&filename=Af...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 24 hours ago 133 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The occupational safety and health Act, 2006

This publication is basically about� the terminologies used in health ministry of Uganda.

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 8 hours ago 233 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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...

https://africacdc.org/download/guidance-on-emergency-expedited-regulatory-authorisation-and-access-t...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 hour ago 194 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Guidelines for General Hospital Management Boards 2019

Hospital Management Boards are the governance structures. The Boards promote participation and ownership of health services by the community, advocate for improved quality of service delivery, and promote transparency in the management of the Boards in pursuit of one of the policy objectives of the...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/HB%20for%20GHs.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 11 hours ago 194 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Policy Brief on Revitalising Civil Servants Perforformance for Sustainable Development

Globally, concerns about declining public service delivery have put Governments at a critical point of the national sustainable development agendas. There has been rediscovery of the role of public institutions in the drive for sustainable development and democracy. There is no doubt that public ser...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/NEW%20Revitalising%20Civil%20Servants%20Pe...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 16 hours ago 139 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in South Africa

The document titled Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in South 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 Africa, Eastern Africa, Nor...

https://africacdc.org/download/finding-the-balance-public-health-and-social-measures-in-south-africa...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 135 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Communique by the Emergency Meeting of African Ministers of Health on the Coronavirus Disease Outbreak

The document titled Communique by the Emergency Meeting of African Ministers of Health on the Coronavirus Disease Outbreak offers a comprehensive insight into Other, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa, N...

https://africacdc.org/download/communique-by-the-emergency-meeting-of-african-ministers-of-health-on...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 hours ago 140 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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