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The Uganda National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey, 2014-2015 Survey Report

Uganda faces a high burden of tuberculosis (TB), but accurate estimates of the burden of TB in the country were unavailable. A national prevalence survey was therefore conducted from October 2014 to July 2015 to achieve the primary objective of estimating the prevalence of bacteriologically confirme...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Uganda%20National%20TB%20Prevalence%20Surv...
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 9 hours ago 162 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 guidance for educational settings

This guidance complements the Africa CDC Guidance for Community Physical Distancing, which includes further details on how to engage communities, implement physical distancing, and support organisations, and the Africa CDC Guidance for Community Use of Face Masks.

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-guidance-for-educational-settings/?ind=1591803042874&filenam...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 7 hours ago 150 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

WHO Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations 986

The WHO Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations met in Geneva from 14 to 18 October 2013. Dr M.-P. Kieny, Assistant Director-General of Health Systems and Innovation at the World Health Organization (WHO), welcomed participants on behalf of the Director-General. Dr Kieny t...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Who%20expert%20comittee%20for%20pharmaceut...
Theme: Prevention
Sub Theme: Pharmaceuticals and Drugs
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 166 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National Integrated Comprehensive Cholera Prevention And Control Plan, Fiscal Years (2017/18-2021/22)

Uganda is faced with frequent outbreaks of emerging diseases and high burden of other endemic conditions, including cholera, all of which require dedicated resources for their prevention and control. However, like many developing countries, Uganda is resource constrained, has an inadequate health de...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Cholera%20Strategic%20Plan%202017.pdf
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 8 hours ago 140 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Handbook for Public Health Emergency Operations Center Operations and Management

The document titled Handbook for Public Health Emergency Operations Center Operations and Management 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 A...

https://africacdc.org/download/handbook-for-public-health-emergency-operations-center-operations-and...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 9 hours ago 151 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Report: Virtual Meeting on The African COVID-19 Vaccine Financing and Deployment Strategy

• Since the beginning of the pandemic, the African Union’s response has been anchored in solidarity and collaboration and followed the “whole of Africa” approach. It has created institutions, such as the African Medical Supplies Platform (AMSP), which are critical to the pandemic response and will a...

https://africacdc.org/download/report-virtual-meeting-on-the-african-covid-19-vaccine-financing-and-...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 7 hours ago 119 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

MoH Epidemiological Bulletin - Week 36

This bulletin serves to inform all stakeholders at community, district and national levels on suspected disease trends, public health surveillance and interventions undertaken in detecting, preventing and responding to public health events in Uganda on a weekly basis.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Ug%20Epidemiological%20Bulletin%202023Wk36...
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 165 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Ministry of Health magazine

This Magazine summarises the news events that shaped the Health sector in the previous financial year (2018/19) and part of the current FY 2019/20). In addition, this publication details some of the major achievements posted by Ministry of Health that are in line with its Vision of ��Having a health...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Health%20Sector%20Magazine-%20First%20Edit...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 18 hours ago 143 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Second National Health Policy 2010

The development of this second National Health Policy (NHP II) has been informed by the National Development Plan (NDP) for the period 2010/11-2014/15, the 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Uganda and the new global dynamics. The NDP places emphasis on investing in the promotion of people��s heal...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 hours ago 197 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Integrating Nutrition Assessment, Counselling and Support to Health Service Delivery - Facilitators Manual

The Ministry of Health and development partners have provided targeted nutrition interventions to selected�districts and health facilities using the Nutrition Assessment, Counselling, and Support (NACS) approach in�services for people living with HIV (PLHIV).�The approach strengthens�the capacity of...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/MYCAN%20FACILITATORS%20MANUAL%202021.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Food and Nutrition
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 143 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Mental health policy, plans and programmes

This module is part of the WHO Mental Health Policy and Service guidance package, which provides practical information to assist countries to improve the mental health of their populations.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Mental%20health%20policy%20Plans%20and%20p...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 161 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Report of the Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity: implementation plan

The prevalence of infant and young child obesity is increasing in all countries, with the most rapid rises occurring in low- and middle-income countries. The number of overweight or obese young children globally increased from 31 million in 1990 to 42 million in 2015. In the African Region alone ove...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Ending%20Childhood%20obesity%20implementat...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Food and Nutrition
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 165 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Uganda Services Availability and Readiness Assessment 2013

SARA Identifies at the percentage of facilities that offer a particular health intervention (service availability) as well as whether facilities offering the service have the minimum set of items (equipment, trained staff and guidelines, diagnostic capacity, and medicines) in order to provide an ade...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Uganda%20Service%20Availability%20Readines...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health policy and planning
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 hours ago 158 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Challenges and Opportunities for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in the COVID-19 Response in Africa: A Mixed-Methods Study

The document titled Challenges and Opportunities for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in the COVID-19 Response in Africa: A Mixed-Methods Study offers a comprehensive insight into Disease Control and Prevention, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health...

https://africacdc.org/download/challenges-and-opportunities-for-mental-health-and-psychosocial-suppo...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Disease Control and Prevention
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 21 hours ago 129 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

A Guide to Policy Development & Management in Uganda

The Guide is designed as a reference document to help officials in Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies who are often called upon to develop public policies. It is aimed mainly at civil servants at all levels who are involved in policy development, implementation or review, but can also b...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/A%20Guide%20to%20Policy%20Development%20an...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 hours ago 167 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Youth Pre-Conference 2023: 250 Young Professionals to Chart the Future of Healthcare in Africa

In December 2022, Africa CDC convened the inaugural Youth Pre-Conference (YPC) on the margins of the 2nd Annual International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA), kicking off long-term strategic engagement with Africa’s young professionals in various domains of healthcare, technology, poli...

https://africacdc.org/download/youth-pre-conference-2023-250-young-professionals-to-chart-the-future...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 174 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Nutrition And Health Assessment In Internally Displaced People's Camps

This assessment was conducted to assess the health and nutrition status in all the 53 IDP camps in former Gulu District. It covered all the 5 counties of former Gulu district which include; Omoro, Kilak, Nwoya, Aswa and Gulu Municipality.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Nutrition%20and%20health%20assessment%20in...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Food and Nutrition
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 6 hours ago 169 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Sexual and Reproductive Health of Women and Adolescent Girls Living With HIV

The number of cases of HIV and AIDS among women and adolescent girls in Brazil has been gradually increasing since the epidemic began. In the period from 1980 to June 2007, were identified 314,000 cases of AIDS among males and 160,000 among females1.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Sexual%20and%20Reproductive%20Health%20of%...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Sexual and Reproductive Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 9 hours ago 139 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: 2 days ago 191 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Human resources for Health Audit Report September, 2014

This audit report provides information on staffing levels and skill mix in the public health sector as of December 2013. It is aimed at providing human resource information regarding the current gap in staffing within GoU established structure in order to inform future HRH planning (recruitment and...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Human%20Resources%20for%20Health%20Audit%2...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 hours ago 159 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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