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Guidance on Contact Tracing for COVID-19 Pandemic

The document titled Guidance on Contact Tracing for 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 Africa, Souther...

https://africacdc.org/download/guidance-on-contact-tracing-for-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=1586465282271&...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 161 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 31: COVID-19 Pandemic 18 August 2020

As of 9am East African Time (EAT) 18 August 2020, a total of 1,128,245 COVID-19 cases and 25,884 deaths (CFR: 2%) have been reported in 55 African countries. This is 5% of all cases reported globally. Since the last brief, 72,281 new COVID-19 cases have been reported, which is an increase of 7% comp...

https://africacdc.org/download/outbreak-brief-31-covid-19-pandemic-18-august-2020/?ind=1597762213813...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 200 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Policy Brief on Dismantling Silo Mentality in the Uganda Civil Service

This policy brief highlights the silo mentality, practices, causes and its negative impact in the Uganda Civil Service and makes recommendations to its dismantling in the Service. It is hoped to contribute to change of mind-set towards building strong partnerships, collaborations, cooperation and sy...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Dismantling%20Silo%20Mentality.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 174 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National Medicines policy

The development of this National Medicines Policy (NMP) 2015 has been informed by the second National Health Policy (NHP) 2010, the Health Sector Development Plan (HSDP) 2015- 2020, the current state of the pharmaceutical sector and global health

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/National%20Medicines%20Policy%202015%20%28...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 11 hours ago 143 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Screening donated blood for transfusion-transmissible infections: recommendations

It is the responsibility of governments to assure a safe and sufficient supply of blood and blood products for all patients requiring transfusion (1). Each country�should formulate a national blood policy and plan, as part of the national health policy, to define how safe blood and blood products w...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Screening%20Donated%20blood%20for%20transf...
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 156 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Bottleneck Analysis Implementation Manual 2019

The Ministry of Health has developed the 2019 supplement to include the Bottle Neck Analysis Manual which will help in guiding the development of both central and local government health work-plans. The main aim of the Bottle Neck analysis manual is to aid evidence-based planning to increase effecti...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Bottle%20Neck%20Analysis%20Implementation%...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 9 hours ago 184 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Support Program to combat current and Future Public Health Threats (Labour Management Procedures Report)

The fast-changing COVID-19 landscape thrust the AU and Africa CDC into a pivotal leadership role at a time when global health governance failed to deliver equitably. The AU and Africa CDC acted out of necessity to mitigate the impact of leaving the most vulnerable populations and places in a cycle o...

https://africacdc.org/download/support-program-to-combat-current-and-future-public-health-threats-la...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 134 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Facts on HIV and AIDS in Uganda 2021 (Based on Data ending 31st December 2020)

Uganda, for the period 2010-2020, recorded a tremendous improvement in the fight against the HIV and AIDS epidemic. It is among the (08) countries in the world that had fully achieved the 90-90-90 targets by the end of 2020, the others being Eswatin, Switzerland, Rwanda, Qatar, Botswana, Slovenia an...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/2020-uganda-hiv-aids-fact-sheet-6th-sept-2...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 190 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National policy on Public Sector Monitoring and Evaluation

This policy has been designed to address gaps in existing legislation and administrative practices with respect to the tracking the performance and evaluation of public policies and investments. The planning, monitoring and evaluation of results is inadequate across the public sector.� Plans are not...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/National%20Policy%20on%20Public%20Sector%2...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 14 hours ago 135 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Test to Treat Guidelines for African Union Member States

As of early 2022, there are increasingly a broad array of therapeutics available to prevent the serious consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infections. Test to Treat is a concept of facilitating expedited access to treatment by allowing patients to easily receive both COVID-19 testing and rapid access to ava...

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-test-to-treat-guidelines-for-african-union-member-states/?in...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 21 hours ago 213 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

African Union AMR Landmark Report: Voicing African Priorities on the Active Pandemic

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has emerged as a leading cause of death in the African region, surpassing fatalities from malaria, HIV, and TB. In response to this critical threat, the region has adopted the AMR Global Action Plan and the African Union Framework for Antimicrobial Resistance Control 2...

https://africacdc.org/download/african-union-amr-landmark-report-voicing-african-priorities-on-the-a...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 hour ago 192 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Cancer prevention and control in the context of an integrated approach : Report

Progress in cancer control has been uneven. In spite of known effective interventions, the burden of cervical cancer, for example, remains greatest in low- and middle-income countries, where progress has been the slowest. While there have been moderate improvements in age-standardized cancer mortali...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Information%20Technology%20Policy%20for%20...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Cancers
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 138 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Core Values of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)

The document titled Core Values of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) 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, South...

https://africacdc.org/download/core-values-of-the-africa-centres-for-disease-control-and-prevention-...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 22 hours 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...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Nutrition%20and%20HIV%20AIDS.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Food and Nutrition
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 138 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Global Nutrition Report 2018

This report underlines two priorities that I see as key: breaking down silos and investing in new data. We are not going to make progress on nutrition or indeed wider sustainable development goals unless we address these two issues. I hope that those of us involved in the SUN Movement, especially th...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Global%20Nutrition%20Report%202018.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Food and Nutrition
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 11 hours ago 140 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Malaria bulletin : National Malaria Control Program

This issue also shows you how the National Malaria Control Program has also been energized with the hiring of new staff.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Malaria%20Control%20Program%20Bulletin%20V...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 11 hours ago 175 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Guidelines for the inpatient treatment of severely malnourished children

Every year some 10.6 million children die before they reach their fifth birthday. Seven out of every 10 of these deaths are due to diarrhoea, pneumonia, measles, malaria or malnutrition. The WHO manual Management of Severe Malnutrition: a manual for physicians and other senior health workers and the...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Guidelines%20for%20the%20inpatient%20Treat...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Food and Nutrition
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 16 hours ago 167 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly epidemiological Bulletin week 51: 14th -20th Dec 2020

We are pleased to share our 51st weekly epidemiological bulletin for the year 2020. This epidemiological bulletin serves to inform all stakeholders at district, national, and global levels on disease trends, public health surveillance and interventions undertaken in detecting, preventing and respond...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Weekly%20Epidemiological%20Bulletin%20Week...
Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 170 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin, week 24, 13th - 19th June, 2016

In week 24 of 2016, all 112 districts reported with an average reporting rate of 82.3% which is a more than 20% increase in reporting rate compared to the same week in 2015. An overall of 19.6% of the districts had 100% of all their health facilities reporting; 23 districts (21%) had all their healt...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Week%2024%202016.pdf
Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 17 hours ago 143 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The Global Fund New Funding Model: Lessons from Uganda on Integrating the Integrated Community Case Management Model (iCCM)

Although Uganda has reported a reduction in the mortality rates of children under five years of age (under-five)��from 175 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1990 to 90 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2011��child mortality and morbidity rates remain unacceptably high.1 Pneumonia, diarrhea, and malaria...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/The%20Global%20Fund%20New%20Funding%20Mode...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 148 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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