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Establishing Regional Centers of Excellence: Capacity Assessment of Fully-Established National Public Health Institutes in Africa

Haftom Taame Desta*, Nicaise Ndembi, Fai Karl, Howard Nyika, Grace Merekaje, Emmanuel Idigbe, Killian Songwe, Joshua Obasanya, Placido Cardoso, Ngashi Ngongo, Raji Tajudeen, Jean KaseyaAfrica Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), African UnionIntroduction: By linking key component...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
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Africa CDC Newsletter September 2019

The document titled Africa CDC Newsletter – September 2019 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 Africa, Western Africa, providing valua...

https://africacdc.org/download/africa-cdc-newsletter-september-2019/?ind=1583833198416&filename=Afri...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
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Malaria Bulletin - week 31

The malaria weekly bulletin�for Epi week�31�(1st August - 7th August 2022).

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 16 hours ago 73 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly malaria status - Uganda week 16, 2018.

This publication is about the malaria case statistics of Uganda in the 16th week of 2018.

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 7 hours ago 87 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly epidemiological Bulletin week 40: 28th SEP-4th Oct 2020

We are pleased to share our 40th 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...

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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
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Access to Information Act

An Act to provide for the right of access to information pursuant to article 41 of the Constitution; to prescribe the classes of information referred to in that article; the procedure for obtaining access to that information, and for related matters

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
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Electronic Human Resource Information System Access for Implementating Partners and all other Stakeholders

The Ministry of Health (MoH) with support from Implementing Partners (IPs) across the country has been able to train key personnel from 112 districts in iHRIS - a web based electronic system. The trainees included people from the Ministry of Health Headquarters, District CAOs, HR officers, Biostatis...

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Theme: Digital Health
Sub Theme: Health Information Systems 1 Like
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Cancer control, Planning

Cancer is a leading cause of death globally. The World Health Organization estimates that 7.6 million people died of cancer in 2005 and 84 million people will die in the next 10 years if action is not taken. More than 70% of all cancer deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, where resource...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Cancers
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The Data Protection and Privacy Act, 2019.

An Act to protect the privacy of the individual and of personal data by regulating the collection and processing of personal information; to provide for the rights of the persons whose data is collected and the obligations of data collectors, data processers and data controllers; to regulate the use...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
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National Implementation Guidelines for HIV Counselling and Testing in Uganda

Uganda has a mature generalised HIV epidemic with prevalence exceeding 6% and an estimated one million people living with HIV1. Sub-national longitudinal studies2 and indirect estimates3 indicate a rising rate of new infections with HIV incidence ranging from 0.2-2.0% in different regions of the cou...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
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Guidelines on Hospital Boards management for Referral Hospitals

This guideline provides a strategic vision and direction of the hospital on behalf of Ministry of health within the framework of health policy. It will ensure maximum efficiency and enable quick decision making.

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
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COVID-19 Oral Antivirals in Africa: Unlocking Value and Potential

This Policy Brief builds on a growing body of evidence generated through the Africa CDC’s Health Economics and Financing Programme (HEP) to support and accelerate informed decision-making and policy responses across the African continent. This brief summarizes the latest evidence on the potential ro...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health Economics and Financing
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Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin, week 6, 6th - 12th February, 2017

During Week 6 of 2017, the proportion of health facilities that reported was 74.7% indicating a 5.3% decrease in comparison to the same week in 2016. Only 12.1% (16/116) districts had 100% of their health facilities reporting and 52.6% (61/116) of the districts achieved the national target of 80%. O...

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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
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COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (20 October 2020)

A. Executive summary  Phylogenetic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genomes from samples collected during the early phase of the pandemic in Kenya identified 8 global lineages and at least 76 independent SARS-CoV-2 introductions into the Kenyan coast. The dominant B.1 lineage (European origin) accounted for...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 49 Minutes ago 81 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

MOH Pharmacy Division Stock Status Report As at 1st December 2018

The purpose of this report is to inform the Ministry of Health and all stakeholders of the stock levels in the country as a tool that enables appropriate logistics decisions making . This report highlights stock status, real challenges, bottlenecks but also recommends potential solutions to mitigate...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
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Review of the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework

The PIP Framework aims to balance virus sharing with benefit sharing on an equal footing. Advances in vaccine, antiviral and diagnostic technology alone are not enough to protect a world against a pandemic. Whereas access to health services and products remains unequal around the world, the influenz...

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Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
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Mpox Surveillance Reporting Protocol for African Union Member States

Mpox is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus (MPXV). The disease presents symptoms similar to smallpox but with lesser severity. The first human case of mpox was recorded in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and has subsequently been recognized as an endemic d...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
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Policy Brief on Revitalising Civil Servants Perforformance for Sustainable Development

Globally, concerns about declining public service delivery have put Governments at a critical point of the national sustainable development agendas. There has been rediscovery of the role of public institutions in the drive for sustainable development and democracy. There is no doubt that public ser...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
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Ministry of Health Weekly Malaria Report Week 17, 25 April- 1 May 2022

A total of 196,070 malaria confirmed cases were reported, up by 10% cases reported last week Reporting decreased to 70% from 77% last week 68 Districts reported malaria upsurge Malaria incidence increased to 4.6/1000 this week from 4.2/1000 last week. This week, malaria incidence was highest in Mara...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
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Grievance Redress Mechanism for Uganda COVID-19 Response and Emergency Preparedness Project -Additional Financing April 2022

A Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) is one of the key social safeguards and risk management instruments required to help the Ministry of Health (MoH) to reduce projects risk and provide communities with an avenue for expressing their concerns and obtaining due redress, A GRM will also promote a mutu...

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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
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