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Use of surveys to evaluate an integrated oral cholera vaccine campaign in response to a cholera outbreak in Hoima district, Uganda

The campaign achieved high OCV coverage, but the surveys provided insights for improvement. To achieve high vaccine coverage, more effort is needed for community sensitisation, and additional resources for staff transportation and timely payment for campaign staff is required. Pretest and post-test...

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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
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Introduction to process evaluation in tobacco use prevention and control

This manual is intended to provide process evaluation technical assistance to OSH staff, grantees and partners. It defines process evaluation and describes the rationale, benefits, key data collection components, and program evaluation management procedures. It also discusses how process evaluation...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
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Quarterly Newsletter of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, December 2020

“The most trying time for the continent was when we knew what to do in terms of diagnostics but didn’t have the tools and capacity to do them,” said Dr John Nkengasong, Director of Africa CDC. Africa CDC stepped in immediately, partnering with the WHO and other organizations to convene the first con...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 hours ago 172 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 139: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 139: 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...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 5 hours ago 146 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Bottleneck Analysis Implementation Manual 2019

The Ministry of Health has developed the 2019 supplement to include the Bottle Neck Analysis Manual which will help in guiding the development of both central and local government health work-plans. The main aim of the Bottle Neck analysis manual is to aid evidence-based planning to increase effecti...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 49 Minutes ago 178 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Antiretroviral Treatment Policy for Uganda June 2003

Uganda was one of the first sub-Saharan countries to be affected by the Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic. The first Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) case reported in the country was recognized in 1982. Following this report, efforts were mounted to deal with the epidemic. The ef...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 186 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

World Development Report 2007, Development and the Next Generation

This Report has been prepared by a core team led by Emmanuel Y. Jimenez and comprising Jean Fares, Varun Gauri, Mattias K. A. Lundberg, David McKenzie, Mamta Murthi, Cristobal Ridao-Cano, and Nistha Sinha. The team was assisted by Amer Hasan, Sarojini Hirshleifer, Natsuko Kiso, and Annette Richter,...

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Theme: Workforce Development
Sub Theme: Human Resource Development
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 166 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Certified African Regional professionals: Level 1 Biological Waste Management

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Biosafety and Biosecurity Initiative was launched by the Africa CDC in April 2019 with the aim of strengthening the African Union (AU) Member States’ biosafety and biosecurity systems and enabling them to comply with national and int...

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progress reports

This report contains various reports on the WHO progress in various fields.

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health policy and planning
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 60 Minutes ago 172 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 14: COVID-19 Pandemic 21 April 2020

The document titled Outbreak Brief 14: COVID-19 Pandemic – 21 April 2020 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, Sout...

https://africacdc.org/download/outbreak-brief-14-covid-19-pandemic-21-april-2020/?ind=1587494492193&...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
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2015 WHO Strategic Response Plan West Africa Ebola Outbreak

The outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in West Africa is unprecedented in its scale, severity, and complexity. Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone are still affected by this outbreak, and are struggling to control the epidemic against a backdrop of extreme poverty, weak health systems and social...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health Economics and Financing
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World report on violence and health 2002

This, the firstWorld report on violence and health, is an important part of WHO��s response to Resolution WHA49.25. It is aimed mainly at researchers and practitioners. The latter include health care workers, social workers, those involved in developing and implementing prevention programmes and ser...

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Theme: Community Engagement
Sub Theme: Gender Based Violence
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 132 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Direct and Indirect costs due to Tuberculosis and proportion of Tuberculosis-affected households experiencing catastrophic costs due to TB in Uganda 2019

The survey established that DS-TB patients spent on average 369 United States dollars (USD) on TB related care per episode while MDR-TB patients spend on average 3722 USD. In the prediagnosis period, major cost drivers for both types of TB were medical and travel costs with both costs being higher f...

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Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
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Weekly epidemiological Bulletin week 41: 5th -11thOct 2020

We are pleased to share our 41st weekly epidemiological bulletin for the year 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 respond...

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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
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Assessing Public Expenditure Governance in Uganda's Health Sector: The case of Gulu, Kamuli and Luwero districts

This research report is one of the policy analyses prepared by ACODE to assess the governance of public expenditure (hereafter, public expenditure governance or PEG) in Uganda��s health, road, education and agriculture sectors. The report is premised against the dimensions of governance elaborated i...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health Economics and Financing
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Hand washing facility options for resource limited settings

This document provides guidance to AU Member States, states/local bodies, and communities on how to construct and maintain non-contact hand washing stations like Tippy Taps and other alternative hand washing stations.

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 5 hours ago 128 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Adolescent Health Risk Behaviors in Uganda: A National Cross Sectional Study report 2017

Adolescents, as defined by the World Health Organization, are individuals aged 10-19 years. Adolescence is a period characterized by rapid biological, emotional and social changes and development. Twenty five percent (25%) of Uganda��s 34.6 million population are adolescents, who are faced with soci...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Adolescent Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 10 hours ago 152 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Female sex worker HIV prevention projects: Lessons learnt from Papua New Guinea, India and Bangladesh

The set of case studies in this collection emerged from a session entitled Best Practices in Female Sex Worker Projects held at the Fourth International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific in Manila, October 1997. Preparation for the session began in May 1997 when UNAIDS sponsored an effort to...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
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National Health Accounts for Uganda Tracking Expenditure in the Health Sector FY 1997/98

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 definit...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health Economics and Financing
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Changing Malaria Treatment Policy to Artemisinin-Based Combinations

This document provides guidance to countries on what actions need to be taken when countries consider changing their national policy for the first-line treatment for malaria to an ACT consistent with WHO recommendations. It addresses operational and technical considerations for both the public and p...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
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