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Questions and answers on COVID-19 vaccine

When injected with the vaccine, the body responds to the germ proteins in the vaccine by producing specific antibodies that attach to the proteins and prepare the body to fight infection by the germ. When the real germ then infects the body, the antibodies attach to proteins on the surface of the ge...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 175 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Health Sector Quality Improvement Framework and Strategic Plan 2010/11 - 2014/15

The Second National Health Policy (NHP II) puts the client and community at the forefront and adopts a client-centered approach with consideration of both the supply and demand side of healthcare. Good quality of care enhances clients�� satisfaction and their use of services. It increases job satisf...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Health%20Sector%20Quality%20Improvement%20...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health policy and planning
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 18 hours ago 154 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Implementation Guide for Maternity High Dependency Unit (HDU) Set Up And Functionalisation

The Maternity HDU implementation guide is an addendum to the Essential Maternal and Newborn Care (EMNC) Guidelines. It is important to reference in the process of setting up maternity HDUs and High-Risk Beds. The admission criteria to HDU covers the most common causes of severe maternal morbidity an...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/MOH%20Final%20printed%20HDU%20Implementati...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 177 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa CDC Mastercard Foundation: Saving Lives and Livelihoods Newsletter, March 2022

Africa CDC and the Mastercard Foundation salute the work of so many women around the continent who are at the forefront of strengthening public health. We celebrate their contributions in this edition as we mark International Women’s Month.

https://africacdc.org/download/africa-cdc-mastercard-foundation-saving-lives-and-livelihoods-newslet...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 26 Minutes ago 145 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Guidance on pooled testing for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

The document titled Guidance on pooled testing for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) 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...

https://africacdc.org/download/guidance-on-pooled-testing-for-severe-acute-respiratory-syndrome-coro...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 20 hours ago 156 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National health policy: Reducing poverty through promoting peoples health.

The development of this National Health Policy (NHP II) has been informed by the National Development Program (NDP) for the period 2009/10��2013/14, the overall development agenda for Uganda. The NDP places emphasis on investing in the promotion of people��s health, a fundamental human right for all...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 20 hours ago 169 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (11 August 2020)

The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (11 August 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, Nor...

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-scientific-and-public-health-policy-update1-11-august-2020/?...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
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Africa CDC Mastercard Foundation: Saving Lives and Livelihoods Newsletter, June 2022

COVID-19 in Africa: Where we are today Africa has registered more than 11.7 million COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic. Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Africa, and Tunisia are among countries with the highest number of cases on the continent. Meanwhile, only about 18% percent of the contine...

https://africacdc.org/download/africa-cdc-mastercard-foundation-saving-lives-and-livelihoods-newslet...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 13 hours ago 134 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19

In this issue, we shift our focus from the�tangible bricks-and-mortar aspects of our work�to the vital, yet often unseen, ��soft activities ��that form the backbone of our project and are�essential for ensuring a resilient and responsive�healthcare system.�These activities encompass a wide range of�...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/UCREPP%20NEWSLETTER%20ISSUE%205-10_0.pdf
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: COVID-19
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 10 hours ago 162 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

African Antibiotic Treatment Guidelines for Common Bacterial Infections and Syndromes Recommended Antibiotic Treatments in Adult Patients

The document titled African Antibiotic Treatment Guidelines for Common Bacterial Infections and Syndromes – Recommended Antibiotic Treatments in Adult Patients offers a comprehensive insight into Antimicrobial Resistance Control, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses cri...

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Psychoactive drugs : Improving prescribing practices.

The schedue provides for control of 98 psychotropical substances which are assigned to one of the four schedues.

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Theme: Prevention
Sub Theme: Pharmaceuticals and Drugs
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 12 hours ago 120 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Health Planning Guidelines : Supplement To the Local Government Planning Process

The multiple challenges facing the health sector in Uganda, as in many other developing countries, need a well defined course of action to address them at the different levels of the National Health System. The plans that evolve to address these health problems should have clearly set objectives tha...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Planning%20guidelines%202007.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
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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: 14 hours ago 147 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Promoting Child Growth and Health in Uganda : Training Handbook for Community Child Health Promoters

This handbook is written to help growth promoters in the community do their work well in their communities. It will guide you, the growth promoter, to help caregivers keep their children healthy. You will use it during your training to be a child growth promoter, and afterward have it to refer to as...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 129 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: 2 days ago 148 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Cancer Control Policy and Advocacy

Cancer is a leading cause of death globally. The World Health Organization estimates that 7.6 million people died of cancer in 2005 and 84 million people will die in the next 10 years if action is not taken. More than 70% of all cancer deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, where resource...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Cancers
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 137 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Feasibility Analysis of Community-based Health Insurance Scheme Structures and their Integration in the National Health Insurance Scheme

Uganda has a draft National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Bill, 2019 that provides for the establishment of a NHIS. The proposed health insurance scheme will pool resources, where the rich will subsidize the treatment of the poor and the healthy will subsidize the treatment of the sick, young and e...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health Economics and Financing
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 198 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The Impacts of Decentralization on Health Behaviors in Uganda

This paper examines the impacts of a public sector decentralization program on the demand for health care in Uganda in the 1990s. This work is an extension of a previous paper, which provided evidence of a shifting of priorities by local governments in Uganda��s decentralized health system away from...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 156 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Revised COVID-19 Testing Strategy, Second Edition, August, 2022

During the initial emergency response phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, testing efforts concentrated on identifying individuals infected with SARS-COV-2 for timely isolation, contact tracing and clinical care to break the chain of transmission and minimize morbidity and mortality.The purpose of this r...

https://africacdc.org/download/revised-covid-19-testing-strategy-second-edition-june-2022/?ind=16612...
Theme: Detection
Sub Theme: Laboratory Systems and Network
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 188 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 125: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 125: 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-125-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=16...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
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