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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...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Promoting%20child%20Growth%20and%20Health%...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 5 days ago 129 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin, week 50, 12th - 18th December, 2016

The proportion of health facilities that reported during week 50 was 80.4% reflecting a 18.2% increase in reporting rate in comparison to the same week in 2015. Only 16.4% (19/116) districts had 100% of their health facilities reporting and 53.4% (62/116) of the districts achieved the national targe...

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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 16 hours ago 143 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin Week 46: 11th Nov -18th Nov 2019

This weekly 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 responding to public health events in the country on a weekly basis. In this issue,...

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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 16 hours ago 176 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa Mpox Dashboard

The Mpox Dashboard on the Africa CDC Knowledge Hub provides a comprehensive overview of the Mpox outbreak in Africa and globally. Mpox, a viral zoonotic disease, primarily affects tropical rainforest regions in Central and West Africa, where it is transmitted from animals to humans, often through...

https://dashboards.africacdc.org/records/dashboard/1
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 3 days ago 350 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

World report on violence and health 2002

This, the firstWorld report on violence and health, is an important part of WHO��s response to Resolution WHA49.25. It is aimed mainly at researchers and practitioners. The latter include health care workers, social workers, those involved in developing and implementing prevention programmes and ser...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/World%20report%20on%20Violence%20and%20Hea...
Theme: Community Engagement
Sub Theme: Gender Based Violence
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 131 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Communicable disease control in emergencies A field manual

This manual is intended to help health professionals and public health coordinators working in emergency situations prevent, detect and control the major communicable diseases encountered by affected populations. Emergencies include complex emergencies and natural disasters (e.g. floods and earthqua...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Communicable%20disease%20control%20in%20Em...
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 5 hours ago 190 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa CDC Weekly Event Based Surveillance Report, June 2023

Response: The MoH continues to conduct active case search and risk communication in the affected region.

https://africacdc.org/download/africa-cdc-weekly-event-based-surveillance-report-june-2023/?ind=1692...
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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 126 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Living in a World with HIV/AIDS

Because it is committed to a fair, safe and compassionate workplace, the UN system wants us to be fully informed about issues that can affect the workplace, including HIV and AIDS. Our right to understand UN-system policies on HIV and AIDS extends to all employees, including those who are and are no...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 188 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Health sector ministerial policy statement FY 2012/ 2013.

This policy statement is about the vote functions of Ministry of health.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Ministerial%20Policy%20Statement%20For%20F...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 188 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Effective drug regulation A multi-country study

Problems related to the safety and quality of drugs exist in many places around the world today, in developing and developed countries alike. Some incidents have ended in tragedy, often with children as the victims. They are caused by the use of drugs containing toxic substances or impurities, drugs...

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Theme: Prevention
Sub Theme: Pharmaceuticals and Drugs
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 171 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (17 August 2022)

The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (17 August 2022) 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-update-17-august-2022/?i...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 days ago 144 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National Communication Strategy for Malaria Control in Uganda

Uganda ranks sixth among African countries with high malaria-related mortality rates, and has one of the highest reported malaria transmission rates in the world.� The World Health Organisation (WHO) reports that globally malaria is a major cause of ill health and deaths, with approximately 16 milli...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 137 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa CDC COVID-19 Response Update, 31 July 2020

The document titled Africa CDC COVID-19 Response Update, 31 July 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, Northern Africa, Souther...

https://africacdc.org/download/africa-cdc-covid-19-response-update-31-july-2020/?ind=1598976700880&f...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 9 hours ago 134 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Malaria Report - Epi Week 36

This document is a statistical report on malaria activities that occurred at the various administrative levels during the reporting period.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Malaria%20Bulletin%20-%20Epi%20week%2036_0...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 days ago 140 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Partnership to Accelerate COVID-19 Testing (PACT) in Africa Resources

The document titled Partnership to Accelerate COVID-19 Testing (PACT) in Africa – Resources 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, No...

https://africacdc.org/download/partnership-to-accelerate-covid-19-testing-pact-in-africa/?ind=159127...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 hours ago 182 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Ministry of Health Kenya Website

At the Ministry of Health, Kenya, our vision for our beloved country reflects a Healthy, Productive and globally-competitive nati...

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Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 9 hours ago 237 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National Strategic Plan For Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control 2020/21 - 2024/25

The National TB and Leprosy Strategic Plan (NSP) 2020/21 - 2024/25, is in line with Global and National commitments and represents a new approach to the elimination of TB and Leprosy.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/NATIONAL-STRATEGIC-PLAN-FOR-TB-and-LEPROSY...
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 160 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...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 140 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Curriculum for Advanced Diploma in Public Health Nursing 2018

This Competence-Based Education and Training (CBET) curriculum consists of three major parts, sequentially developed by combined panels of practitioners and tutors, guided by DACUM process and TVET Facilitators as follows: Part I: Occupational Profile Part II: Training Modules Part III: Sample Asses...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 7 hours ago 165 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Ministerial Policy Statement Financial Year 2009/2010

The Health Sector Ministerial Policy Statement (MPS) was prepared within the context of the Sector Wide Approach (SWAP). The Sector Working Group in consultation with respective Votes, programmes and projects identified the Sector outputs and planned activities under the Vote Functions for FY 2009/1...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 7 hours ago 131 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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Mpox Surveillance Reporting Protocol for African Union Member States

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