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Millennium Development Goals Report for Uganda 2010

The facts and figures on maternal health contained in this report highlight the challenges that our country still faces in improving the lives of women, especially during pregnancy and at childbirth. The government will continue to put in place the necessary programs and measures to ensure that mat...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 116 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa CDC COVID-19 Response Update, 31 May 2020

The document titled Africa CDC COVID-19 Response Update, 31 May 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, Southern...

https://africacdc.org/download/africa-cdc-covid-19-response-update/?ind=1594842370050&filename=15948...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 119 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin-Week 22

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.

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Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 107 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin, week 42, 14th - 20th October, 2019

During week 42, a total of 39,657 cases were reported from 16 conditions of priority. This resulted into 41 deaths due to malaria. Typhoid, Measles, Malaria, Dysentery, SARI and Animal bites were the leading causes of morbidity during this epidemiological week. Sadly, 132 babies died within one week...

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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 117 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Childrens Health Status in Uganda

This paper studies trends and determinants of children's standardized heights, a good overall measure of children's health status, in Uganda over the 1990s. During this period, Uganda made impressive strides in economic growth and poverty reduction (Appleton, 2001). However, there is concern that im...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 days ago 136 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2020

– Using antimicrobials without prescription can cause antimicrobial resistance, always seek the advice of a health care professional before using antimicrobials against any infection.– Using antimicrobials without prescription can cause antimicrobial resistance, always seek the advice of a health ca...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 125 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease : Pocket Guidelines for Assessment and Management of Cardiovascular Risk

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major cause of disability and premature death throughout the world. The underlying pathology is atherosclerosis, which develops over many years and is usually advanced by the time symptoms occur, generally in middle age. Acute coronary events (heart attacks) and cer...

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Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Non-communicable diseases and risk factors
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 164 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The Second National Family Planning Costed Implementation Plan 2020/21- 2024/25 (FP-CIP II)

The FP-CIP II has been developed to provide�a strategic direction for family planning�programming and elaborates how the multisectoral�approach will play�a role in not only�addressing�fertility concerns but also ensuring quality�family planning services and information�for�women and men of reproduct...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 52 Minutes ago 134 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) Investment Case Brief

Nationally, about 5 million cases of malaria,�diarrhoea, and pneumonia annually are brought to�care late or go untreated; hence, integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) addresses�an unmet need.� The iCCM strategy accelerates the reduction in childhood�mortality, which is still soaring high in Ug...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/iCCM%20Investment%20Case%20Briefer_final.p...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 140 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National Health Care Waste Management Plan 2009/10- 2011/12

Healthcare waste management (HCWM) in Uganda is well below minimum hygiene standards and as a result, healthcare workers, patients, and communities are exposed to nosocomial infections both within Healthcare Facilities (HCFs) and the surrounding communities. Furthermore, negative impacts on Uganda��...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/National%20Health%20care%20waste%20managem...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Environmental Health and Sanitation
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 142 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Global AIDS Monitoring 2017

The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to national AIDS programmes and partners on the use of indicators to measure and report on the country response.The 2016 United Nations Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: On the Fast-Track to Accelerate the Fight against HIV and to End the AIDS...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 134 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Emergency Numbers

The document titled COVID-19 Emergency Numbers 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 valuable guidance...

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-emergency-numbers/?ind=1585321942432&filename=COVID-19-Emerg...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 116 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Cte dIvoire

The document titled Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Côte d’Ivoire 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...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 109 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The Uganda Health Information and Digital Health Strategic Plan 2020/21-2024/25

The Health Information and Digital Health (HIDH) Strategic Plan 2020/21 - 2024/25 provides the strategic direction and priority interventions for health information management and digitization of the Health Information System (HIS) in the 5 years 2020/21 to 2024/25. It is�fully aligned with the Mini...

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Theme: Digital Health
Sub Theme: Health Information Systems
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 138 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 46: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 46: 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-46-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=160...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 6 hours ago 109 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa CDC Weekly Event Based Surveillance Report, July 2023

Cameroon: Since last update (21 July 2023), the Ministry of Health (MoH) reported 103 new cases (3 confirmed;100 suspected) and no new deaths of cholera. Cumulatively 19,489 cases (1,890 confirmed; 17,599 suspected) and463 deaths (CFR: 2.4%) of cholera have been reported from Cameroon. The outbreak...

https://africacdc.org/download/africa-cdc-weekly-event-based-surveillance-report-july-2023/?ind=1693...
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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 6 hours ago 139 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Monitoring and Evaluation of COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Diagnostic Test Rollout in Africa

Africa CDC, African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) and partners have developed a training curriculum to facilitate the implementation of Ag-RDT for detection of SARS-CoV-2 (https://aslm.org/courses/covid-19-antigen-training-materials/). These training materials are being used by Member State...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 135 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National Annual Quantification for Public Health Facilities in Uganda for FY 2018/19

National quantification of EMHLS is an annual exercise conducted by NMS under the direct supervision of MoH, and the exercise is intended to provide all public sector players/stakeholder in the health sector with feedback about facility needs in accordance with the NMS Act Cap 207 that states in par...

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Theme: Prevention
Sub Theme: Pharmaceuticals and Drugs
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 hours ago 130 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Protocol for Enhanced Severe Acute Respiratory Illness and Influenza-Like Illness Surveillance for COVID-19 in Africa

To support the process of moving towards increased testing of SARI cases, and to better understand the presence of undetected cases among SARI/ILI patients, Africa CDC is supporting Member States to integrate testing for SARS-CoV2 virus into existing national SARI/ILI sentinel surveillance system.

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 12 hours ago 120 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Guidelines for Enhanced Surveillance of Sudan Virus Disease

Transmission SUDV spreads through direct contact with blood, tissues, and body fluids (e.g., saliva, sweat, tears, mucus, vomit, faeces, breast milk, urine, and semen) of infected humans or animals. The virus can persist in certain areas of the body (e.g., eyes and placenta) and within fluids (e.g.,...

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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 15 hours ago 115 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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