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Laboratory Equipment Management, A Guidance to African Union Member States

In recent years, African countries have made great advances in capacity for laboratory testing for clinical use, surveillance and public health emergency management, and for research and development through substantial investments in infrastructure, including the deployment of large numbers of labor...

https://africacdc.org/download/laboratory-equipment-management-a-guidance-to-african-union-member-st...
Theme: Detection
Sub Theme: Laboratory Systems and Network
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 9 hours ago 145 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 124: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 124: 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...

https://africacdc.org/download/outbreak-brief-124-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=16...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 22 hours ago 131 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly epidemiological Bulletin week 51: 14th -20th Dec 2020

We are pleased to share our 51st 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...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Weekly%20Epidemiological%20Bulletin%20Week...
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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 172 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Presidential Initiative On Healthy Eating & Healthy Lifestyle

In Uganda, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are a public health problem. Although once considered the diseases of the affluent, it is noticeable that NCDs affect even those with low social economic status. The major shift in individuals�� health behaviours and lifestyles especially due to the rapid u...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Presidential%20Initiative.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Food and Nutrition
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 9 hours ago 189 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Diagnosis and management of severe falciparum malaria Learners Guide Communicable

This Learner's Guide, Part I of the module on the Diagnosis and Management of Severe Falciparum Malaria, is made up of teaching materials, problems and a picture quiz covering all the activities involved in diagnosing and managing severe falciparum malaria at the hospital level. This guide is based...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 156 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 151: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 151: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic offers a comprehensive insight into Surveillance and Disease Intelligence, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Norther...

https://africacdc.org/download/outbreak-brief-151-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=16...
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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 21 hours ago 156 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Biosafety and Biosecurity Initiative 2021 2025 Strategic Plan

The document titled Biosafety and Biosecurity Initiative 2021 – 2025 Strategic Plan offers a comprehensive insight into Biosafety and Biosecurity, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Northern Africa, Sou...

https://africacdc.org/download/biosafety-and-biosecurity-initiative-2021-2025-strategic-plan/?ind=16...
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Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 166 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Guidelines for General Hospital Management Boards 2019

Hospital Management Boards are the governance structures. The Boards promote participation and ownership of health services by the community, advocate for improved quality of service delivery, and promote transparency in the management of the Boards in pursuit of one of the policy objectives of the...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/HB%20for%20GHs.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 25 Minutes ago 202 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

A practical handbook on the pharmacovigilance of antimalarial medicines

This is a detailed manual giving a step by step approach to undertaking the pharmacovigilance of antimalarials. It is intended to be a source of practical advice for Pharmacovigilance Centres. A number of WHO publications are available that provide a background to pharmacovigilance and, as far as po...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Practical%20handbook%20on%20the%20Pharmaco...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 195 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Village Health Team Strategy and Operational Guidelines

Village Health Teams (VHTs) were established by the Ministry of Health to empower communities to take part in the decisions that affect their health; mobilize communities for health programs, and strengthen the delivery of health services at house-hold level.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/VHT-strategy-and-operational-guidelines.pd...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health system resilience
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 7 hours ago 188 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly epidemiological Bulletin week 16: 13th -19th Apr 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 responding to public health events in the country on a weekly basis. � In this issue, we br...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Week%2016%20Epibulletin.pdf
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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 126 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Patients Rights and Responsibilities Charter 2019

The Patient Rights and Responsibilities Charter is a result of joint effort by Ministry of Health in partnership with key stakeholders. The patient rights and responsibilities charter and its constant review processes will enable health users�� to contribute to the development and contribution of th...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Final%20copy%20of%20the%20PATIENT%20RIGHTS...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health policy and planning
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 9 hours ago 254 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Conference Report: 2nd International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA2022)

As highlighted in the conference discussions, the future of health in Africa will be a story of hope and obstacles. The continent has come a long way toward realising the African Union’s New Public Health Order since 2020 but disease outbreaks are on the rise; climate change, food insecurity, popula...

https://africacdc.org/download/conference-report-2nd-international-conference-on-public-health-in-af...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 19 hours ago 137 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National Fertilizer Policy

Agriculture is and will, in the medium term, remain central to Uganda��s economic growth and poverty reduction. It employs nearly 80% of the population1, contributes approximately 25% to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and generates 40% of the country��s exports.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/National%20Fertilizer%20Policy%20for%20Uga...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Cancers
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 6 days ago 149 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly epidemiological Bulletin week 49: 30th Nov- 6th Dec 2020

We are pleased to share our 49th 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...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Weekly%20Epidemiological%20Bulletin%20Week...
Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 192 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Questions and answers on COVID-19 vaccine

When injected with the vaccine, the body responds to the germ proteins in the vaccine by producing specific antibodies that attach to the proteins and prepare the body to fight infection by the germ. When the real germ then infects the body, the antibodies attach to proteins on the surface of the ge...

https://africacdc.org/download/questions-and-answers-on-covid-19-vaccine/?ind=1607082781400&filename...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 180 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Uganda in Figures 2019

This booklet provides summary statistics from various statistical publications compiled by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS). The statistics give indication of current social and economic trends in the country. Reference should be made to more detailed published

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Uganda%20in%20Figures%202019.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 6 hours ago 213 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National Family Planning Advocacy Strategy Costed Implementation Plan 2020 - 2025

According to the Health Sector Development Plan 2015/16-2019/20, the trend of family planning services in Uganda is improving. However, although the adolescent fertility rate, the unmet need for family planning, and the contraceptive prevalence rate are all rising, the rate at which these improvemen...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/National%20Family%20Planning%20Advocacy%20...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 150 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Electronic Community Health Information (eCHIS) Bulletin

This�Electronic Community Health Information (eCHIS) Bulletin, is a documentation of the progress made in the implementation of a Ministry of Health, digital job aid for community health workers with�reporting as a passive process

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Theme: Digital Health
Sub Theme: Health Information Systems
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 195 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Policy Brief on Dismantling Silo Mentality in the Uganda Civil Service

This policy brief highlights the silo mentality, practices, causes and its negative impact in the Uganda Civil Service and makes recommendations to its dismantling in the Service. It is hoped to contribute to change of mind-set towards building strong partnerships, collaborations, cooperation and sy...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Dismantling%20Silo%20Mentality.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 10 hours ago 180 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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