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COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (27 October 2021)

The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (27 October 2021) 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
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Report: Expert and stakeholder virtual consultation meeting to develop the Africa CDC Non-Communicable Diseases and Mental Health Strategy

The meeting was organized by Africa CDC to bring all stakeholders together to reflect and provide recommendations on the key functional areas of the strategy development framework. The functional areas in which partnership, collaboration and health systems strengthening are needed for NCDs and menta...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 13 hours ago 125 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Ministry of Health Guidelines for Eye care

The Eye Care Guidelines aim to provide easy to use, practical, complete and useful information on how to correctly diagnose and manage the seventeen common eye conditions in Uganda. These guidelines are to complement what is in the UCGs based on the fact that the eye is a very delicate organ and the...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Ministry%20of%20Health%20Guideline%20for%2...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 days ago 146 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Guidance for the Continuation of Essential Health

The document titled Guidance for the Continuation of Essential Health 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-for-the-continuation-of-essential-health/?ind=1594644323851&...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 hours ago 126 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Communicating the Economics of Social Determinants of Health and Health Inequalities

The strong links between socio-economic factors or public policies and health were documented in the World Health Organization (WHO) Commission on Social Determinants of Health report. Yet even when health and health equity are seen as important markers of development, expressing the benefits of soc...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Communicating%20the%20economics%20of%20soc...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 140 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: 2 days ago 132 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Trends in HIV incidence and prevalence: natural course of the epidemic or results of behavioural change?

Both donor agencies funding HIV control programmes, and government agencies trying to bring about changes need to know whether their efforts are having an impact.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Trends%20in%20HIV%20incidence%20and%20prev...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 hours ago 123 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

TB Surge Implementing Partners Performance

This publication is about the TB statistics in Uganda.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/PEPFAR%20TB%20Surge%20Partner%20Performanc...
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 11 Minutes ago 127 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa CDC Weekly Event Based Surveillance Report, January 2024

Geographic Focus: Reports could either focus on events affecting single country or multiple countries.Inclusion criteria: While Africa CDC continues to track all public health events on the continent, this report highlights only moderate to very high-risk events (with new updates in the reporting we...

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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
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Schemes of Service for the Nursing and Midwifery Cadre

The Uganda Nurses and Midwives Act (1996) section 2 defines a nurse and a midwife as ��persons trained and qualified in the promotion of health, prevention of disease and care of the sick and registered or enrolled under section 24 of the same Act��. A nurse or midwife therefore provides holistic ca...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Schemes%20of%20Service%20for%20the%20Nursi...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
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Experts discuss law and public health emergency preparedness and response in Africa

The principal aims of the Guidance are to identify key elements that underpin and support effective PHE risk management, serve as an assessment tool for those undertaking reviews of domestic laws, policies and plans relating to PHEs and provide guidance on how to implement relevant international obl...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 13 hours ago 173 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The Uganda National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey, 2014-2015 Survey Report

Uganda faces a high burden of tuberculosis (TB), but accurate estimates of the burden of TB in the country were unavailable. A national prevalence survey was therefore conducted from October 2014 to July 2015 to achieve the primary objective of estimating the prevalence of bacteriologically confirme...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Uganda%20National%20TB%20Prevalence%20Surv...
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 130 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Report on Dissemination of the New Malaria Treatment Policy

Since mid 1990��s, WHO and partners have provided technical support to a large number of African countries to promote rational use of antimalarial medicines, monitor medicine efficacy and update treatment policies. In Uganda, resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to Chlororoquine rose to unacceptable...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Dissemination%20of%20the%20New%20Malaria%2...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 hours ago 148 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

State of the Environmental Report for Uganda 2010

The theme for this State of the Environment (SOE) Report is environment sustainability and health. The focus on health and environment underlines the growing recognition of the link between environmental sustainability and health outcomes. The focus is dual faced; first, several health management ac...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/State%20of%20the%20Environment%20report%20...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Environmental Health and Sanitation
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 20 hours ago 131 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Mozambique

The document titled Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Mozambique 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, North...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 165 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

World Health Statistics 2020: Monitoring Health for the SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals

The World health statistics 2020 report is the latest annual compilation of health statistics for 194 Member States.1 It summarizes trends in life expectancy and causes of death and reports on progress towards the health and healthrelated Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and associated targets.T...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/World%20Health%20Statistics%202020.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 3 hours ago 149 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Newborn Component of the Child Survival Strategy in Uganda Implementation Framework

There is evidence that Uganda is making progress toward the MDG 4 &5 targets by 2015 but this progress needs to be accelerated. Under- fi ve mortality rate declined from 152 per 1000 live births in 2000 to 137 in 2006 while the infant mortality rate declined by 76 from 88 per 1000 live births during...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Uganda-National-Newborn-Implementation-Fra...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Sexual and Reproductive Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 10 hours ago 133 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Human Resources for Health BI-Annual Report Improving HRH Evidence for Decision Making April 2012 - September 2012

This is a Human Resources for Health Report which is an analysis of the data provided by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uganda with funding and technical support from the USAID funded Uganda Capacity program (UCP) covering the period April to September 2012. The Ministry of Health recogni...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Bi-annual%20Report%20%28%20Final%292012.pd...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
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The Kampala declaration and agenda for global action

This Agenda for Global Action will guide the initial steps in a coordinated global, regional and national response to the worldwide shortage and mal-distribution of health workers, moving towards universal access to quality health care and improved health outcomes. It is meant to unite and intensify...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 hours ago 143 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Public Health Emergency Operations Center (PHEOC) Legal Framework Guide

Laws are foundational to public health practice.*, Laws establish and delineate the missions of public health agencies, provide authority and scope of public health functions, and appropriate necessary funds. Law, along with epidemiology, is an essential tool in public health practice. Increasingly...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 119 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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