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Factors that Influence Decisions to Seek Medical Male Circumcision Services A Report of Qualitative Research in Kampala, Kayunga, Pallisa, Kasese and Mbale Districts - Uganda March, 2010

This report contains the findings of the study on ��Factors that Influence Decisions to Seek Medical Male Circumcision (MMC) Services�� commissioned by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg University - Health Communication Partnership (HCP) with funding from the United States Agency for International Develop...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
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A Brief Guide to iHRIS Qualify

iHRIS Qualify is the system that is used by the Health Professional Councils to capture and aggregate data on a cadre of health workers from the time they enter pre-service training through registration and licensure. It can also track deployments, issue licenses for private practices and out-migrat...

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Theme: Digital Health
Sub Theme: Health Information Systems
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 12 hours ago 196 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The selection and use of essential in vitro diagnostics 1022

The second meeting of the WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on In Vitro Diagnostics (SAGE IVD) was held on 18-22 March 2019 at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 144 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Quality Improvement Training Guide 2022

The 5S Quality Improvement (QI) Training Guide comes to address the current gap of inadequacy of the required materials for developing capacity towards improved implementation of 5S and QI in the country. There is increasing demand towards sharing knowledge to fulfil ability and one potential to per...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 14 hours ago 180 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Introduction to Ebola Virus Disease

It is believed that fruit bats are the natural hosts of the Ebola virus Introduced into the human population through close contact with infected animals. Introduction to Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) presentation is part of the EVD IPC training material for HC IIs and Pharmacies.

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 150 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Newborn Component of the Child Survival Strategy in Uganda Implementation Framework

There is evidence that Uganda is making progress toward the MDG 4 &5 targets by 2015 but this progress needs to be accelerated. Under- fi ve mortality rate declined from 152 per 1000 live births in 2000 to 137 in 2006 while the infant mortality rate declined by 76 from 88 per 1000 live births during...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Sexual and Reproductive Health
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Ministerial Policy Statement Financial Year 2015/2016

The Govemment of Uganda continues to facilitate the attainment of a good standard of health for all the people in Uganda. The goal of the Health Sector is therefore to reduce morbidity and mortality as a contribution to poverty reduction as well as economic and social development of the people of Ug...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 168 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa CDC Mastercard Foundation: Saving Lives and Livelihoods Newsletter, October 2022

Today, Rwanda has a 77 percent vaccination rate, surpassing the 70 percent target set by the WHO in 2021. Countries that have attained vaccination between 50 percent and 70 percent include Morocco at 61.9 percent, and Tunisia at 52.8 percent. Meanwhile, about 22.7 percent of the continent’s populati...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 139 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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

This circular is to teach, encourage and convince congregations to get their children immunised against Measles-Rubella and Polio

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
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Provider Initiated HIV Counselling and Testing in Clinical Settings : Trainers Manual

This training manual is designed to equip service providers with knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to provide quality RCT services in a hospital or any health care setting. The overall goal of the RCT training programme is to increase the production and provision of high quality HIV counseling...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 7 hours ago 176 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

PROTECTING YOUNG PEOPLE FROM HIV AND AIDS: THE ROLE OF HEALTH SERVICES

This document summarizes the evidence for effective action, and encourages policy makers and programmers to turn concern and commitment into effective and sustainable action. It is based on an understanding that HIV infects people when they are young, but AIDS affects and kills people at an age when...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 143 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 77: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 77: 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...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 152 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Prevention of deafness and hearing loss

Globally, 360 million people (about 5% of the world��s population) live with disabling hearing loss, of whom 32 million are children. The prevalence of hearing loss increases from 1.7% among children to 7% in adults (including 183 million males and 145 million females).1 Nearly 180 million people ag...

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Theme: Community Engagement
Sub Theme: Disability and Rehabilitation
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 139 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Health Management Information Systems Rapid Needs Assesment For the Teso Region Districts of Bukedea, Kumi, Soroti, Amuria, Katakwi, Kaberamaido

trengthened health systems form the bedrock for sustainable evidence based interventions against communicable diseases in Africa. Despite that, there is mounting evidence to show that several African nations are failing to maximize on the opportunities offered by the unprecedented amount of resource...

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Theme: Digital Health
Sub Theme: Health Information Systems
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 11 hours ago 167 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The Inter agency List of Essential Medicines For Reproductive Health

This list presents the minimum medicine needs for a basic health care system, listing the most efficacious, safe and cost-effective medicines for priority conditions. Priority conditions are selected on the basis of current and estimated future public health relevance, and potential for safe and cos...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Sexual and Reproductive Health
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Screening donated blood for transfusion-transmissible infections: recommendations

It is the responsibility of governments to assure a safe and sufficient supply of blood and blood products for all patients requiring transfusion (1). Each country�should formulate a national blood policy and plan, as part of the national health policy, to define how safe blood and blood products w...

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Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
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Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin week 11, 9th15th Mar 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 bring...

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Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
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Outbreak Brief 51: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

As of 9 am East African Time (EAT) 5 January 2021, a total of 2,852,491 COVID-19 cases and 67,943 deaths (CFR: 2.4%) have been reported in 55 African Union (AU) Member States. This is 3.4% of all cases reported globally. The majority (84%) of Member States continue to report community transmission....

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 167 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin Week 1: 30th Dec -5th Jan 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 brin...

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Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
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National Implementation Guidelines for HIV Counselling and Testing in Uganda

Uganda has a mature generalised HIV epidemic with prevalence exceeding 6% and an estimated one million people living with HIV1. Sub-national longitudinal studies2 and indirect estimates3 indicate a rising rate of new infections with HIV incidence ranging from 0.2-2.0% in different regions of the cou...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
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