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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
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 24 hours ago 143 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

TB/HIV A Clinical Manual

Untreated HIV infection leads to progressive immunodeficiency and increased susceptibility to infections, including TB. HIV is driving the TB epidemic in many countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa and, increasingly, in Asia and South America.TB in populations with high HIV prevalence is a lead...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/TB%20HIV%20a%20clinical%20manual.pdf
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 10 hours ago 148 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Ugandas Proposed National Health Insurance Scheme 2015

Globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) has been pushing for universal health coverage. According to WHO, the goal of universal health coverage is to ensure that all people obtain the health services they need without suffering financial hardship by having to incur out of pocket expenses to pa...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Uganda%27s%20Proposed%20National%20health%...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health Economics and Financing
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 159 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Pandemic Response Initiatives

The document titled COVID-19 Pandemic Response Initiatives 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, W...

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-pandemic-response-initiatives/?ind=1602157582966&filename=Af...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 8 hours ago 128 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Basic epidemiology 2nd edition

The essential role of epidemiology is to improve the health of populations. This textbook provides an introduction to the basic principles and methods of epidemiology. It is intended for a wide audience, and to be used as training material for professionals in the health and environment fields.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Basic%20Epidemiology.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 13 hours ago 165 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Levels and Trends in Child Mortality Report 2019

Tremendous progress in child survival has been made over the past two decades. The total number of deaths among children and young adolescents under 15 years of age dropped by 56 per cent from 14.2 (14.0, 14.5)1 million in 1990 to 6.2 (6.0, 6.7) million in 2018. Still, one child or young adolescent...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Levels%20and%20Trends%20in%20Child%20Morta...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 137 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Safe Male Circumcision For HIV Prevention

The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with key stakeholders, has developed this communication strategy to promote Safe Male Circumcision (SMC) in Uganda. The goal of the communication strategy is to contribute to the reduction in HIV and other Sexually Transmitted Infections incidences through in...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 hour ago 169 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Systems Thinking for Health Systems Strengthening

Despite strong global consensus on the need to strengthen health systems, there is no established framework for doing so in developing countries, and no formula to apply or package of interventions to implement. Many health systems simply lack the capacity to measure or understand their own weakness...

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Theme: Digital Health
Sub Theme: Health Information Systems
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 12 hours ago 141 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Helping Health Workers Learn A book of methods

Such a world-wide goal is very worthy. But in some ways it is dangerous. For there is a risk of trying to reach that goal in ways that become so standardized, so impersonal, so controlled by those in power, that many of the human qualities essential to health��and to health care�� are lost. There is...

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Theme: Emergency Preparedness
Sub Theme: Primary Health Care
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 10 hours ago 124 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

African Union AMR Landmark Report: Voicing African Priorities on the Active Pandemic

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has emerged as a leading cause of death in the African region, surpassing fatalities from malaria, HIV, and TB. In response to this critical threat, the region has adopted the AMR Global Action Plan and the African Union Framework for Antimicrobial Resistance Control 2...

https://africacdc.org/download/african-union-amr-landmark-report-voicing-african-priorities-on-the-a...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 17 hours ago 179 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The Presidents Malaria Initiative Fifth Annual Report to Congress April 2011

Over the past five years, substantial reductions have been recorded in mortality in children under five years of age, buttressed by improvements in malaria-specific indicators in all President��s Malaria Initiative (PMI)-supported countries where baseline and follow-up nationwide household surveys w...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/The%20Presidents%20malaria%20Initiative%20...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 11 hours ago 151 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Ministerial Policy Statement Financial Year 2016/2017

The Government of Uganda regards Health as a fundamental human right. Good health of citizens is an indispensable prerequisite for socio-economic stability and sustainable development of a country. The Ministry of Health recognizes that good health is not a product of the health sector alone, but a...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Ministerial%20Policy%20Statement%20For%20F...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 14 hours ago 109 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Certificate in Medical Theatre Techniques Filed Placement Logbook April 2017

The content of this logbook predominantly includes practical areas and exposure experiences that cannot be acquired within the training institution��s environment. This logbook will, therefore, be used to record practical experiences, exposures and the assessment there of, while at placement/practi...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Logbook%20for%20Medical%20Theatre%201.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 14 hours ago 215 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Working with men for HIV prevention and care

This document has been produced in order to help those working with men, specifically in the field of HIV prevention as well as more broadly in the areas of improved sexual and reproductive health.

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 175 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Nutrition And Health Assessment In Internally Displaced People's Camps

This assessment was conducted to assess the health and nutrition status in all the 53 IDP camps in former Gulu District. It covered all the 5 counties of former Gulu district which include; Omoro, Kilak, Nwoya, Aswa and Gulu Municipality.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Nutrition%20and%20health%20assessment%20in...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Food and Nutrition
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 164 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 92: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 92: 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-92-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=163...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 131 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Ministry of Health, The Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin, Week 22: 29 May - 04 June 2023

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.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Week%2029%20ESD%20Bulletine.pdf
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 132 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Vaccination Advocacy Infographics

As part of the “Strategy to Achieve Global Covid-19 Vaccination by mid-2022”, a global goal of 70% COVID-19 vaccination coverage has been set by the WHO and Africa CDC, to be achieved in collaboratively through COVAX, African Vaccine Acquisition Trust and other partners.On a continental level it has...

https://africacdc.org/download/vaccination-advocacy-infographics/?ind=1639395502168&filename=COVID-1...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 11 hours ago 160 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 47: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 47: 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-47-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=160...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 12 hours ago 131 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Integrated Management of Childhood Illness

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/IMNCI%20Chart%20Booklet%202018.pdf
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 151 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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