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Progress in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

The present report provides a further update on progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, taking into account the discussions of the Executive Board at its 140th session. Part I reports on global and regional progress made by Member States towards achieving Goal 3 (ensure healthy lives and...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 15 hours ago 163 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Meeting Report: Optimizing Efficiency and Impact in the African Clinical Trials Ecosystem

In May 2023, Africa CDC and AUDA-NEPAD convened sixty experts from across the continent and the globe to discuss concrete solutions for strengthening the impact and efficiency of the African clinical trials ecosystem, with the goal of speeding access to new lifesaving technologies in line with publi...

https://africacdc.org/download/meeting-report-optimizing-efficiency-and-impact-in-the-african-clinic...
Theme: Detection
Sub Theme: Laboratory Systems and Network
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 hour ago 180 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (28 September 2022)

The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (28 September 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, No...

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-scientific-and-public-health-policy-update-28-september-2022...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 hours ago 135 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: 1 hour ago 134 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 135: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 135: 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-135-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=16...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 152 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Health Sector Ministerial Policy Statement for Financial Year 2020/2021

The Health Sector Ministerial Policy Statement� (MPS) for FY 2020/21) has been developed through a consultative process involving the Central Government Ministries Health Sector Development Partners and the Sector Budget Working Group. The Ministry has aligned the sector outcomes for FY 2020/21 to t...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 12 hours ago 153 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Promising pathways

This document offers snapshots of the Madagascar GSF experience in CLTS to a wider audience. Madagascar had all usual national level challenges that generally block or slow down the pace of scaling up of CLTS. How these challenges have been� addressed and transformed into an apparently snowballing s...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Environmental Health and Sanitation
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 158 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

AIDE Memoire 23rd Joint Review Mission for the Health Sector 28th - 29th September, 2017 .

The Compact for Implementation of the Health Sector Development Plan (HSDP) 2015/16 - 2019/20 provides, as part of monitoring and evaluation, for the annual Joint Review Mission (JRM) so as to assess sector performance on the policies, strategies, plans and interventions, and capacity needs in line...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 138 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National policy on traditional medicine and regulation of herbal medicines

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 hours ago 139 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (30 March 2022)

The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (30 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, Nort...

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-scientific-and-public-health-policy-update-30-march-2022/?in...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 152 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Electronic Human Resource Information System Access for Implementating Partners and all other Stakeholders

The Ministry of Health (MoH) with support from Implementing Partners (IPs) across the country has been able to train key personnel from 112 districts in iHRIS - a web based electronic system. The trainees included people from the Ministry of Health Headquarters, District CAOs, HR officers, Biostatis...

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Theme: Digital Health
Sub Theme: Health Information Systems 1 Like
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 hour ago 165 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Safe Male Circumcision For HIV Prevention

The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with key stakeholders, has developed this communication strategy to promote Safe Male Circumcision (SMC) in Uganda. The goal of the communication strategy is to contribute to the reduction in HIV and other Sexually Transmitted Infections incidences through in...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 174 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Policy for mainstreaming occupational health and safety in the health services sector.

Workplace refers to any situation or location where an individual is involved in meaningful employment to earn a living. It covers both the formal and ingormal places. The health sector is loaded with a wide variety of situations where health and safety issues are crucial. It also has a wide range o...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 hours ago 212 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Implementing WHO-Quality Rights Project in Tunisia: Results of an Intervention at Razi Hospital

Abstract: Background: The aims were: 1) to measure the attitudes of learners (and future trainers) before and after a course on WHO-Quality Rights (QR); 2) to evaluate a psychiatric ward, by previously trained staff on QR, comparing it with a previous evaluation and discussing an improvement p...

Theme: Workforce Development
Sub Theme: Human Resource Planning
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 hours ago 58 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence 1005

The thirty-eighth meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) took place in Geneva, Switzerland from 14 to 18 November 2016. Dr Suzanne Hill, Director, WHO Department of Essential Medicines and Health Products (EMP), opened the meeting. She welcomed all...

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Theme: Prevention
Sub Theme: Pharmaceuticals and Drugs
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 7 hours ago 180 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Applying Activity-Based Costing and Management (ABC/M) to HIV Services in Uganda

This report, which concludes Phase 1 of the ABC/M application, provides a retrospective baseline of HIV costs for one year at four different costs levels: facility, community, client, and above-site.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/USAID%20UHSS_ABCM%20Report_2022_508.pdf
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 166 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin, week 7, 13th - 19th February, 2017

During Week 7 of 2017, the proportion of health facilities that reported was 81.3% reflecting a 7.8% increase in reporting rate in comparison to the same week in 2016. Only 11.2% (13/116) districts had 100% of their health facilities reporting and 61.2% (71/116) of the districts achieved the nationa...

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Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 143 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa CDC COVID-19 Social Media Support Kit

The document titled Africa CDC COVID-19 Social Media Support Kit 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 Afr...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 7 hours ago 135 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin Week 49: 2nd -8th Dec 2019

This weekly epidemiological bulletin serves to inform all stakehold-ers at district, national, and global levels on disease trends, public health surveillance and interventions undertaken in detecting, pre-venting and responding to public health events in the country on a weekly basis. In this issue...

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Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 12 hours ago 150 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Healthcare waste management in the context of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)

This job aide is a detailed step-by-step procedure to guide on healthcare waste management in the context of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).�In an emergency situation (epidemic), it is strongly recommended that all waste be considered as�hazardous waste and stored in suitable containers. All waste in an...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 21 hours ago 153 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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