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First 100 Days: Delivering the New Deal

H.E. Dr. Jean Kaseya was appointed as the first Director General of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) in February 2023 by the 36th Africa Union (AU) Assembly of Heads of State and Government. Upon assuming office on the 20th April 2023, he committed to three fundamental...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 9 hours ago 241 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa CDC Weekly Event Based Surveillance Report, February 2024

Geographic Focus: Reports could either focus on events affecting single country or multiple countries.Inclusion criteria: While Africa CDC continues to track all public health events on the continent, this report highlights only moderate to very high-risk events (with new updates in the reporting we...

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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
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The Uganda Tuberculosis Communication Strategy

Ministry of Health emphasizes the need to promote health services with the aim of increasing access and utilization of the services. Prevention and control of Tuberculosis is one of the priority services of the health sector that has had inadequate promotion as a result of lack of communication stra...

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Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 158 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 145 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Semi-Annual (First and Second Quarters) Performance Review Report, FY 2011/12

The review for the health sector performance for the first and second quarters (July to December 2011/12 Financial Year) was conducted from 6th to 8th January 2012 in a workshop held at Imperial Royal Hotel, Kampala

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health policy and planning
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 6 hours ago 158 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Compendium on gender equality and Women's Empowerment in Uganda's Health Sector 2018

The incentive for developing this resource was to compile the legal and policy frameworks pertaining to gender equality and women empowerment initiatives at the international, regional, sub-regional, and national levels applicable in Uganda.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Compendium%20on%20Gender%20and%20HR%20Laws...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 162 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Report on Dissemination of the New Malaria Treatment Policy

Since mid 1990��s, WHO and partners have provided technical support to a large number of African countries to promote rational use of antimalarial medicines, monitor medicine efficacy and update treatment policies. In Uganda, resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to Chlororoquine rose to unacceptable...

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

Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Egypt

The document titled Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Egypt 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...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 8 hours ago 121 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The Use of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests

Malaria rapid diagnostic tests, sometimes called ��dipsticks�� or ��malaria rapid diagnostic devices�� (MRDDs), detect specific antigens (proteins) produced by malaria parasites. These antigens are present in the blood of infected or recently infected people. The RDT signifies their presence by a co...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 9 hours ago 148 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Critical Staffing needs for Support by Partners

As the lead institution on the continent in the fight against COVID-19, Africa CDC had anticipated that COVID-19 outbreak would inevitably impact Africa and has been working actively with African Union Member States and partners on preparedness and response to the disease in the continent.As part of...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 24 Minutes ago 163 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Nutrition and HIV/AIDS

The coexistence of high rates of malnutrition and HIV/AIDS in East and Southern Africa creates an additional challenge for nutritionists. Providing adequate nutrition at community and individual levels, even in the absence of HIV/AIDS, remains a problem. The new challenge calls for the acceleration...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Food and Nutrition
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 7 hours ago 135 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The World health report : 2003 : shaping the future.

A key message of this report is that real progress in health depends vitally on stronger health systems based on primary health care. In most countries, there will be only limited advances towards the United Nations Millennium Development Goals and other national health priorities without the develo...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/The%20world%20health%20report%202003.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 6 hours ago 171 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...

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-scientific-and-public-health-policy-update-20-july-2021/?ind...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 11 hours ago 138 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 51: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

As of 9 am East African Time (EAT) 5 January 2021, a total of 2,852,491 COVID-19 cases and 67,943 deaths (CFR: 2.4%) have been reported in 55 African Union (AU) Member States. This is 3.4% of all cases reported globally. The majority (84%) of Member States continue to report community transmission....

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 hours ago 169 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The World health report : 2001 : Mental health : new understanding, new hope.

The World Health Report 2001 provides a new understanding of mental disorders that offers new hope to the mentally ill and their families in all countries and all�societies. It is a comprehensive review of what is known about the current and future burden of disorders, and the principal contributing...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 10 hours ago 132 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

African Union Handbook 2018

The book has at its heart information about the principal organs established by the AU Constitutive Act and subsequent protocols: the Assembly; Executive Council; Permanent Representatives Committee; Specialised Technical Committees; Peace and Security Council; AUC; Pan-African Parliament; Economic,...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 10 hours ago 166 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin Week 45: 4th Oct -10th Nov 2019

During week 45, the reporting rates were as follows,�National rate was 78.0% less than 78.2% in week 44,�Central regional had 68.2% more than 67.9% in week 44 Eastern region had 76.3% less than 77.7% in week 44,�Western was 85.5%) less than 86.2% in week 44,�Northern was (82.1%) less than 86.9% in W...

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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 7 hours ago 136 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease Outbreak: What Health Care Workers Should Know

The document titled 2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease Outbreak: What Health Care Workers Should Know offers a comprehensive insight into Other, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Northern Africa, Southern...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 173 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Epidemiological and Economic Impact of COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Scenarios in Africa

OBJECTIVES This policy brief draws from the latest evidence on the impact of vaccination program start date and vaccine rollout rates on health benefits. The objective is to support policymakers on decisions to procure COVID-19 vaccines and roll out vaccination programmes in countries, especially th...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
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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
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