So far, seven African countries have already surpassed the target of vaccinating at least 70 of the population eligible for Covid-19 Vaccination according to the WHO Liberia and Rwanda have fully vaccinated their eligible populations, while Mauritius and Botswana have vaccinated 94 percent Over 90 o...
The incentive for developing this resource was to compile the legal and policy frameworks pertaining to gender equality and women empowerment initiatives at the international, regional, sub-regional, and national levels applicable in Uganda.
The Revealing the Toll of COVID-19 technical package contains step-by-step guidance on the collection, analysis and use of all-cause mortality data collected through facility- or community-based surveillance.The technical package has been developed by Vital Strategies, in partnership with the Africa...
A well functioning health information system is one that ensures the production, analysis, dissemination and use of reliable and timely health information by decision- makers at different levels of the health system, both on a regular basis and in emergencies. The Human Resource Information Systems...
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Biosafety and Biosecurity Initiative was launched by the Africa CDC in April 2019 with the aim of strengthening the African Union (AU) Member States’ biosafety and biosecurity systems and enabling them to comply with national and int...
Family planning (FP) is an essential component of health care provided during the antenatal period, immediately after delivery and during the first year postpartum (WHO 2009). Postpartum family planning (PPFP) is defined as the prevention of unintended pregnancy and closely spaced pregnancies throug...
The document titled What is the Africa CDC? 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 Africa, Western Africa,...
The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (28 September 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,...
The purpose of this policy document is to seek to ensure that Human Resources for Health, and their related functions are given the prominence, importance and resource allocations they require as the most crucial factor for health service delivery. It addresses a number of salient Human Resources fo...
The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – 31 March 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, North...
The document titled Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Democratic Republic of the Congo 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,...
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 responding to public health events in the country on a weekly basis. This issue, we showcas...
The document titled Outbreak Brief 38: 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...
Universal health coverage, with full access to high-quality services for health promotion, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, palliation and financial risk protection, cannot be achieved without evidence from research. Research has the power to address a wide range of questions about how we can...
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...
This document simplifies the WHO guidance on severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) treatment centres and is meant to be accessible to healthcare workers, policymakers and others who want a quick overview of the key requirements for a COVID-19 isolation centre either within an existing facility o...
In January 2017, the Executive Board at its 140th session adopted resolution EB140.R6, in which it recommended to the Seventieth World Health Assembly the adoption of the scale of assessments for the financial period 2018��2019 set out in that resolution.
The document titled Promoting mask-wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic: A policymaker’s guide 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,...
In Week 40 of 2016, the proportion of health facilities that submitted a report was 83.5% which represents a 49.1% increase in reporting rate in comparison to the same week in 2015. Only 19.8% (23/116) districts had 100% of their health facilities reporting and 64.7% (75/116) of the districts achiev...
The Framework for Action answers the call made by the African Union Commission and the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at a summit in April 2021 to develop a framework that will enable Africa to manufacture 60 percent of its vaccine needs locally by 2040. The bold programs it outl...