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National Village Health Teams(VHT) Assessment in Uganda

Uganda adopted the Village Health Teams (VHTs) strategy in 2001 as a bridge in health service delivery between community and health facilities. This assessment sought to establish the VHT programme functionality in Uganda.

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health system resilience
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Human Resources for Health Policy April 2006

The purpose of this policy document is to seek to ensure that Human Resources for Health, and their related functions are given the prominence, importance and resource allocations they require as the most crucial factor for health service delivery. It addresses a number of salient Human Resources fo...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 12 hours ago 31 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Malaria Bulletin - Epi week 32

The bulletin is a compilation of weekly statistics on malaria cases during week 32.

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 39 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Management of Iron Deficiency Anemia Pregnancy

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
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National Malaria Control Program

Malaria has been the leading cause of sickness and death in Uganda, claiming over 150 lives daily.�However efforts by Government in partnership with donors from the international community to combat the disease through the increased access and use of Long Lasting Insecticide Nets (LLIN) among the po...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 18 hours ago 41 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The state of Uganda Population Report 2019

The development of the 2019 State of Uganda Population Report was a result of a series of stakeholder consultative and editorial committee meetings under the leadership of National Population Council (NPC). National Population Council recognizes the important inputs of all the stakeholders and membe...

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Theme: Data Analytics
Sub Theme: Demographics
Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 44 Minutes ago 39 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National Electronic Government (e-Government) Framework

The way of carrying out business in the world today is changing at a very high speed with new technologies taking a center stage. Both government and the private sector have no alternative other than to move in that direction and adopt the emerging new technologies to modernize their service deliver...

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Theme: Health Policy and Governance
Sub Theme: Leadership, Governance, and Management
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 37 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National Population Policy For Social Transformation and Sustainable Development

The Government of Uganda recognizes that its population is its most important asset.As H.E.President Museveni himself once declared,��The wealth of a country is not stones in the ground but� in its people�� (Yoweri Museveni in His Own Words, 2001)

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 9 hours ago 41 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...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 5 hours ago 29 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Child's Day and SNIDS Communication Campaign Evaluation

Vitamin A deficiently was recognized as one of the major public health problems contributing significantly to under 5 years mortality, increases susceptibility to infection, lowers immunity leading to frequent ill health and poor growth among children under five years of age.� n 1999 the Ministry of...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 21 hours ago 38 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Factors that Influence Decisions to Seek Medical Male Circumcision Services A Report of Qualitative Research in Kampala, Kayunga, Pallisa, Kasese and Mbale Districts - Uganda March, 2010

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...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 21 hours ago 34 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Implementation Guide for COVID-19 Vaccines in Africa

The approaches, checklists and principles in this Guide provide practical guidance on how to address the gaps identified through the assessment, highlighting areas not covered by the Guidance on developing a national deployment and vaccination plan for COVID-19 vaccines and providing implementation...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 hour ago 31 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Collaborative framework for care and control of tuberculosis and diabetes

Diabetes triples the risk of developing tuberculosis (TB). Consequently, rates of TB are higher in people with diabetes than in the general population, and diabetes is a common comorbidity in people with TB. Diabetes can worsen the clinical course of TB, and TB can worsen glycaemic control in people...

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Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
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Management of Uncomplicated Malaria.

This guide provides health workers with the most important facts about malaria and its transmission and management. The illustrations facilitate understanding and can also be used when counseling patients.

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 7 hours ago 40 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The Immunisation Act, 2017

An Act to provide for compulsory immunisation of children, women of reproductive age and other target groups against immunisable diseases; to establish the Immunisation Fund and to provide for other incidental matters

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 31 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Policy Paper: Research and Development Priorities for COVID-19 in Africa

The document titled Policy Paper: Research and Development Priorities for COVID-19 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 Africa, Eastern Africa, N...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 26 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Laboratory Equipment Management, A Guidance to African Union Member States

In recent years, African countries have made great advances in capacity for laboratory testing for clinical use, surveillance and public health emergency management, and for research and development through substantial investments in infrastructure, including the deployment of large numbers of labor...

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Theme: Detection
Sub Theme: Laboratory Systems and Network
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 31 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (20 July 2021)

The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (20 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, North...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 16 hours ago 32 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Question and Answer Booklet on the Planned National Health Insurance Scheme

Health Insurance is the way of financing health care where individuals or households contribute money to a common pool and when they fall sick they access a defined package of health services withouthaving to pay from their pockets.

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health Economics and Financing
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 18 hours ago 29 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

PEPFAR HIV Surge Implementing Partners Performance

This publication is about the adoption of the surge initiative to rapidly increase the number of individuals enrolled on Antiretroviral treatment to meet national targets for HIV epidemic control with six priority implementation areas emphasized in the innitial phase.

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
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