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Management of tuberculosis in children : A health worker guide.

The purpose of this flip chart is to guide front line health workers in providing quality and standardized screening, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of TB in children according to the new recommendations. This flip chart should be used at all health facility care points to identify and manage c...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Management%20of%20TB%20in%20Children_%20A%...
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 35 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

CHAPTER 281 : THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT.

This document is about different laws governing the health sector.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Public%20Health%20Act.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 34 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (8 June 2022)

The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (8 June 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, Northe...

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-scientific-and-public-health-policy-update-8-june-2022/?ind=...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 33 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Guidelines to Implement the Policy on Prevention and Response to Sexual Harassment

These guidelines provide guidance on definition of sexual harassment; applicable legal and policy frameworks; and outline strategies for prevention and response services and implementation mechanism for addressing sexual harassment in the health sector. The guidelines also provide detailed response...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Guidelines%20to%20implement%20the%20policy...
Theme: Community Engagement
Sub Theme: Gender Based Violence
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 36 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Sant-OGOOUE_IVINDO dans la Rpublique Gabonnaise

C'est dans une ambiance de fête que les populations du District de Mvadi, Département de l'Ivindo, ont pris part à l'inauguration du Centre de santé, des Soins maternels et infantiles.

https://www.sante.gouv.ga/
Theme: Workforce Development
Sub Theme: Human Resource Planning
Category: Determinants of Health Indicators Last updated: 1 day ago 106 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Fluorescent light-emitting diode (LED) microscopy for diagnosis of tuberculosis Policy statement

Conventional light microscopy of Ziehl-Neelsen-stained smears prepared directly from sputum specimens is the most widely available test for diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) in resource-limited settings. Ziehl-Neelsen microscopy is highly specific, but its sensitivity is variable (20-80%) and is signif...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Fluorescent%20light%20emitting%20diode%20m...
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 30 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 118: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 118: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic 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, Weste...

https://africacdc.org/download/outbreak-brief-118-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=16...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 34 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Uganda Human Development Report 2015

The Uganda Human Development Report 2015 (2015 UHDR) focuses on development in Northern Uganda, broadly defined as the region covered by the Peace, Recovery and Development Plan (PRDP). The report applies one dominant notion of postconflict research - that is, restarting the engines of growth. This...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Uganda%20Human%20Development%20%20Report%2...
Theme: Workforce Development
Sub Theme: Human Resource Development
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 41 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Consolidated Guidelines for Prevention and Treatment of HIV in Uganda

These guidelines provide guidance on the diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, the care of people living with HIV and the use of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection. The guidelines are structured along the continuum of HIV testing, prevention, tr...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Consolidated%20Guidelines%20for%20Preventi...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 36 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (2 March 2022)

The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (2 March 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, North...

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-scientific-and-public-health-policy-update-2-march-2022/?ind...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 30 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National Antiretroviral Treatment Guidelines for Adults, Adolescents, and Children

In 1982 Dr. Anthony Lwegaba, then working as a Medical Officer in Kalisizo Health Center, Rakai District, described the first cases of HIV disease in Uganda.� Now, twenty seven years later, HIV is the commonest cause of death among the young adults aged 2045 years.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/National%20Antiretroviral%20treatment%20Gu...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 34 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief Number 11: COVID-19 Pandemic 31 March 2020

The document titled Outbreak Brief Number 11: COVID-19 Pandemic – 31 March 2020 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 Af...

https://africacdc.org/download/outbreak-brief-11-covid-19-pandemic-31-march-2020/?ind=1586273331493&...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 32 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Integrated Community Case Management of Childhood Malaria, Pneumonia and Diarrhoea : Implementation guidelines

This document is to guide policy makers, managers, districts, health workers, communities, NGOs and all other stakeholders on how to implement integrated community case management (ICCM) of childhood malaria, pneumonia and diarrhea to reduce under mortality and take actions to introduce, implement,...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/ICCM%20Implementation%20Guidelines.pdf
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 33 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Statement to African Union Member States on the deployment of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine to the continent and concerns about adverse event reports coming from Europe

ContextOn 15 February 2021, the World Health Organization listed the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine for both emergency use and distribution via the COVAX facility. The African Regulatory Taskforce subsequently endorsed the WHO emergency use listing for this vaccine and the first shipments to Af...

https://africacdc.org/download/statement-to-african-union-member-states-on-the-deployment-of-the-ast...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 35 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The Use of Pulse Oximeter by Public & Healthcare Providers in the Community for Suspected and Confirmed COVID-19 Cases

The document titled The Use of Pulse Oximeter by Public & Healthcare Providers in the Community for Suspected and Confirmed COVID-19 Cases offers a comprehensive insight into Emergency Response and Preparedness, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health chall...

https://africacdc.org/download/the-use-of-pulse-oximeter-by-public-healthcare-providers-in-the-commu...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 39 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Interim guidance on the use of rapid antibody tests for COVID-19 response

The document titled Interim guidance on the use of rapid antibody tests for COVID-19 response 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,...

https://africacdc.org/download/interim-guidance-on-the-use-of-rapid-antibody-tests-for-covid-19-resp...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 40 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Integrated Human Resources Information System (iHRIS) Uganda Experience and Lessons

The implementation of HRIS in countries with no approved policies geared towards supporting its use and management has several challenges, but that should not over rid and prevent its implementation due to its advantages. In this paper we present the HRIS implementation process (strategies, approach...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/HRIS_Uganda_Experience_Lessons_2016.pdf
Theme: Digital Health
Sub Theme: Health Information Systems
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 36 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Screening, Holding, Notification at a Healthcare Facility during an EVD outbreak

Screening, Holding, Notification at a�Healthcare Facility�during an EVD outbreak presentation is an EVD IPC training material describing how to observe all persons entering the�facility by taking non- contact temperature, and asking relevant questions. The key outcome is to�determine if patient is�...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Screening_Holding_Notification%20.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 38 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The Lighthouse A centre for comprehensive HIV/AIDS treatment and care in Malawi

The Lighthouse Trust was established in 2001 to provide a continuum of quality care and counselling as well as to improve the quality of life of people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS, including the terminally ill, in Lilongwe.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/The%20lighthouse%20a%20centre%20for%20comp...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 31 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

WHO Policy brief 2014

In recent years, visibility and political support for malaria has continued to increase dramatically. This policy brief is a summary of WHO��s recommended technical strategies to combat the disease. Its purpose is to present, in one concise document, a summary of WHO guidance that will assist countr...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/who-policy-brief-mar2014.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 35 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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