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Baby-Friendly Health Facility Initiative - BFHFI

The revised BFHI Guidance for Operationalising of the MIYCAN Guidelines is aligned to�the global BFHI Implementation Guidance published in 2018 and contributes towards the attainment of the national and global nutrition targets. �It is intended to provide the basis for�the different stakeholders at...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/BFHI%20Implementation%20Guide_Final_Versio...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Food and Nutrition
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 43 Minutes ago 32 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Interim guidance on the use of rapid antibody tests for COVID-19 response

The document titled Interim guidance on the use of rapid antibody tests for COVID-19 response 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,...

https://africacdc.org/download/interim-guidance-on-the-use-of-rapid-antibody-tests-for-covid-19-resp...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 7 hours ago 38 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Country implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes: Status report 2011

Globally, breastfeeding has the potential to prevent about 800 000 deaths among children under five each year if all children 0-23 months were optimally breastfed. Early initiation of breastfeeding could prevent about one fifth of neonatal deaths, but less than half of infants are put to the breast...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Country%20Implementation%20of%20the%20Inte...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 10 hours ago 37 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Baseline Assessment of District Health Systems Capacity: Use of the DHSS Progression Model 2020

UNICEF is making significant investments in health system strengthening at all levels of the health care system. The strategy targets national, sub-national, and community levels of the health system with inter-related systems strengthening interventions. To be able to link health system strengtheni...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/DHSS%20Baseline%20report%20January%202020....
Theme: Digital Health
Sub Theme: Health Information Systems
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 9 hours ago 37 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: 10 hours ago 29 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: 10 hours ago 28 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National Development Plan 2015

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/National%20Development%20Plan_0.pdf
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health Economics and Financing
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 7 hours ago 29 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Malaria Quarterly Bulletin Issue 30: 1 July 2019- 30 September 2019

This issue focuses on the first quarter of 2019/2020 financial year. The aim of this bulletin is to inform district, national, and global stake-holders on progress achieved and challenges encountered in malaria control and reduction in Uganda. Most importantly, it is to encourage use of this informa...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Jul-Sep%20Malaria%202019%20Bulletin%5B2862...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 10 hours ago 30 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 MANAGMENT: Curriculum for Community Health Workers

In view of the infrastructural and resource gaps, technology should be considered for remote management of healthcare deliver to patients during this period. As it is abundantly clear, even countries with more advanced healthcare infrastructure and resources have struggled to treat COVID-19 and non-...

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-managment-curriculum-for-community-health-workers/?ind=16056...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 10 hours ago 31 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin, week 36, 2nd - 8th September, 2019

This weekly epidemiological bulletin serves to inform all stakeholders at district, national, and global level on disease trends, public health surveillance and interventions undertaken in detecting, preventing and responding to public health events in the country on a weekly basis.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Weekly%20Epidemiologicl%20Bulletin%20week%...
Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 11 hours ago 32 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 131: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 131: 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-131-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=16...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 Minute ago 36 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Global Tuberculosis report 2018

WHO has published a global TB report every year since 1997. The main aim of the report is to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic, and of progress in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease at global, regional and country levels. This is done in the context...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Global%20Tuberculosis%20Report%202018.pdf
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 10 hours ago 32 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Energy Sector Gender Statistics Profile

The management of the Uganda Bureau of Statistics is pleased to present a maiden Gender Statistics Profile for the Energy Sector. This report attempts to highlight the existing gender differentials and presents a contemporary overview of gender development issues and concerns in the sector. Gender P...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Energy%20Sector%20Gender%20Statistics%20Pr...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 9 hours ago 31 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Planning Guide to Reduce Missed Opportunities for Vaccination

Global vaccination coverage has stagnated at about 80% since 2006. This means that one-fifth of the global annual birth cohort remains unvaccinated with DTP3. Recent calls to ��reach the 5th child�� through outreach services are based on the assumption that the 5th child has no access to health serv...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Planning%20Guide%20to%20reduce%20missed%20...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 11 hours ago 33 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly epidemiological Bulletin week 50: 7th-13th Dec 2020

We are pleased to share our 50th 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: 8 hours ago 37 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Promising pathways

This document offers snapshots of the Madagascar GSF experience in CLTS to a wider audience. Madagascar had all usual national level challenges that generally block or slow down the pace of scaling up of CLTS. How these challenges have been� addressed and transformed into an apparently snowballing s...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Promising%20Pathways%20Innovations%20and%2...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Environmental Health and Sanitation
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 10 hours ago 41 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 78: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 78: 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 A...

https://africacdc.org/download/outbreak-brief-78-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=162...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 10 hours ago 24 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Malaria weekly Status report Week 6, 2019

Reporting rate this week (77.8%) is a marginal rise from 75.7% in the previous week, 2019W5.There was a further 9% drop in reported malaria cases (96,488 this week vs. 105,566 in W5)�There was marginal drop in malaria incidence. As was last week, Adjumani (13 cases) & Moyo (18 cases) Districts repor...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Malaria%20Weekly%20status%20Report%202019%...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 hours ago 36 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Uganda Demographic and Health Survey 2011

The 2011 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS) is a nationally representative survey of 10,086 households with 9,247 women age 15-49 and 2,573 men age 15-54. The 2011 UDHS is the fifth comprehensive survey conducted in Uganda as part of the worldwide Demographic and Health Surveys project. Th...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Uganada%20Demographic%20and%20Health%20Sur...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 9 hours ago 35 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Primary Screening tool

Primary Screening is to assess potential EVD symptoms before entering a health facility.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/EVD%20Primary%20Screening%20tool_0.pdf
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 hours ago 35 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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