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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: 2 days ago 141 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National Oral Health policy

The policy provides a simple set of guidelines to enable local level health care managers and providers to make the best decisions they can on what oral health strategies to implement.� It is a flexible decision-making framework that enables health managers to adapt the most effective oral health in...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/National%20Oral%20Health%20Policy.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 157 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The Role of Cultural Leaders in Promoting Measles-Rubella and Polio Immunisation Campaign

This circular is aimed at providing religious leaders with basic facts about Measles-Rubella Immunisation. It's benefita ans key messages to deliver to congregations and parents so that they can take their children for immunisation during this mass immunisation campaign.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/MR%20-%20Circular%20for%20Cultural%20Leade...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 197 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Lab staff and patients benefit from Lab SPARS

The Apapai Health Centre IV laboratory in Serere district, Eastern Uganda, is busy today with ten patients waiting to have their lab tests taken. The laboratory technician, Samuel Oule, is confident that he has enough of the right laboratory supplies to run tests for all the patients he will see tod...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Lab%20spars%20success%20story%20%281%29_0....
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 5 days ago 148 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Food Security and Nutrition Assessment Karamoja Region

Nearly half of the households are currently food insecure with either Borderline or Poor Food Consumption Score, mainly due to the lean season that has seen a decline in food stocks at household level and contributed to food price rises (therefore reducing economic ability to purchase food).

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Food%20security%20and%20Nutrition%20Assess...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Food and Nutrition
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 217 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Higher Diploma in Anaesthesia Field Placement Logbook August 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/practic...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Logbook%20for%20Higher%20Diploma%20in%20An...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 204 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

New threats to Human Security in the Anthropocene Demanding greater solidarity, 2022 Special Report

As the Covid-19 pandemic got under way, the world�had been reaching unprecedented heights on the�Human Development Index (HDI). People were, on�average, living healthier, wealthier and better lives�for longer than ever. But under the surface a growing�sense of insecurity had been taking root. An est...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/New%20threats%20to%20Human%20security%20re...
Theme: Community Engagement
Sub Theme: Human Rights
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 20 hours ago 145 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Health Sector Newsletter

Greetings and a warm welcome to our very first issue of the Health Sector Newsletter! We couldn��t be more excited to have made it to this point. In this issue, we bring you updates on the infrastructural development, public health policies and programs, a closer insight into the Internationally acc...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Health%20sector%20newsletter1.pdf
Theme: Community Engagement
Sub Theme: Community Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 days ago 176 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly epidemiological Bulletin week 40: 28th SEP-4th Oct 2020

We are pleased to share our 40th weekly epidemiological bulletin for the year 2020. 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 respond...

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Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 7 days ago 195 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Guidelines for Malaria Vector Control

Vector control is a vital component of malaria prevention, control and elimination strategies because it can be highly effective in providing personal protection and/or reducing disease transmission. This 1st edition of the World Health Organization (WHO) Guidelines for malaria vector control has be...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 5 days ago 146 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The treatment of Diarrhoea, A manual for physicians and other senior health workers

Diarrhoeal diseases are a leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality in developing countries, and an important cause of malnutrition. In 2001 an estimated 1.5 million below 5 years died from diarrhoea. On average, children below 3 years of age in developing countries experience three episode...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/The%20treatment%20of%20diarrhoea%20a%20man...
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 19 hours ago 146 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Uganda Bureau of Statistics 2017 Statistical Abstract

The Statistical Abstract is an annual publication compiled by Uganda Bureau of Statistics, which provides the statistical summary on various socio-economic indicators for Uganda. Some figures in this edition may vary from those in the earlier editions due to the updates. Note that some of the CY 201...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/UBOS%20Statistical%20Abstract%202017.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 3 days ago 141 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Call to action: Safe Reopening of Borders to Save Lives, Economies and Livelihoods in Africa

1. Acknowledging the recently launched Africa Against COVID-19: Saving Lives, Economies and Livelihoods campaign and its further endorsement on 20 August 2020 during the teleconference of the Bureau of the Assembly of the African Union Heads of State and Government with chairpersons of the Regional...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 210 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National Pediatric Emergency Triage and Treatment

This assessment report is the result of a combined effort of staff from the Uganda Ministry of Health, Maternal Child Health Technical Working Group-ETAT Steering Committee, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), USAID Maternal Child Health and Nutrition (MCHN) Activity, World H...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/2023-03-20-National%20ETAT%20Assessment%20...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 172 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa CDC Mastercard Foundation: Saving Lives and Livelihoods Newsletter, June 2023

Currently, 14 African nations have vaccinated 70 percent of their eligible population with the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the WHO Tanzania and São Tomé and Príncipe have fully vaccinated their populations, while Botswana has immunised 94 percent of theirs. Mauritius, Seychelles, and Somalia hav...

https://africacdc.org/download/africa-cdc-mastercard-foundation-saving-lives-and-livelihoods-newslet...
Theme: Community Engagement
Sub Theme: Community Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 157 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Users Manual for Human Resource Information System Manage 2015

Integrated Human Resources Information System (iHRIS) is a management tool that enables an organization to design and manage a comprehensive human resources strategy. iHRIS has five core modules: iHRIS Qualify for health workforce registration and licensing, iHRIS Manage for human resource managemen...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/HRIS_Manage_user_Manual_2016.pdf
Theme: Digital Health
Sub Theme: Health Information Systems
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 156 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

World Health Statistics 2015

World Health Statistics 2015 has been compiled using publications and databases produced and maintained by WHO technical programmes and regional offices. A number of demographic and socioeconomic statistics have also been derived from data produced and maintained by a range of national and internati...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 2 days ago 157 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Strengthening Health management in the Districts and Provinces

This book is for the facilitators in strengthening Health Management in the districts and Provinces and it consists of three major parts.

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 5 days ago 132 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Curbing the Epidemic Governments and the Economics of Tobacco Control

SMOKING already kills one in 10 adults worldwide. By 2030, perhaps a little sooner, the proportion will be one in six, or 10 million deaths per year��more than any other single cause. Whereas until recently this epidemic of chronic disease and premature death mainly affected the rich countries, it i...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 138 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The 2015 Quality of Death Index Ranking palliative care across the world

Everyone hopes for a good death, or rather, ��a good life to the very end��1, but until recently there was little dedicated effort and investment to provide the resources and education that would make that possible. Public engagement and policy interventions to improve the quality of death through...

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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 169 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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