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Unsafe abortion Global and regional estimates of the incidence of unsafe abortion and associated mortality in 2000

Unsafe abortion is entirely preventable. Yet, it remains a significant cause of maternal morbidity and mortality in much of the developing world. Over the past decade, the World Health Organization has developed a systematic approach to estimating the regional and global incidence of unsafe abortion...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Unsafe%20abortion%202000.pdf
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 145 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Proposed Infrastructure Fund (consolidating the Real Estate Fund and IT Fund)

The Organization must regularly invest in longer-term capital projects, in order to provide an effective and secure working environment for its staff. A Real Estate Fund was established under resolution WHA23.14 (1970) in order to provide funds for, inter alia, major maintenance and repairs to WHO b...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Proposed%20WHO%20infrastructure%20and%20IT...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health Infrastructure
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 9 hours ago 146 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Policy for reduction of mother-to-child HIV transmission in Uganda.

Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission (MTCT) is the second major mode of spread of the virus in Uganda and is the main route by which children get infected. The relatively high prevalence of HIV among women of reproductive age in Uganda, coupled with a high fertility rate implies that without an interven...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Policy%20for%20Reduction%20of%20the%20Moth...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 24 hours ago 171 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 84: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 84: 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-84-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=162...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 132 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Inpatient surveillance in health facilities in the context of an Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak

This job aide is a detailed step-by-step procedure used�to implement daily monitoring of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) symptoms in hospitalised�patients.� It is a very important procedure because patients may have no symptoms of EVD on screening/triage and admission. However, these symptoms may develop�...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/202210_Job%20Aide%2008_Inpatient_Surveilla...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 hour ago 133 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Senegal

The document titled Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Senegal 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/finding-the-balance-public-health-and-social-measures-in-senegal/?ind...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 131 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (11 August 2020)

The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (11 August 2020) 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, Nor...

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-scientific-and-public-health-policy-update1-11-august-2020/?...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 16 Minutes ago 136 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Legal Status of Traditional Medicine and Complementary/Alternative Medicine

In this document, medical providers and practices are generally described as traditional, complementary/alternative, or allopathic. ��Provider�� and ��practitioner�� are used interchangeably. In a few cases, particularly in the European section, the cumbersome term ��non-allopathic physician�� is us...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Legal%20status%20of%20traditional%20medici...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 14 hours ago 209 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

WHO Guidelines on use of Ferritin Concentrations to Assess Iron Status in Individuals and Populations

Accurate determination of iron status is crucial for diagnostic and screening purposes in the clinical setting and to guide public health interventions at the population level. In an individual patient, diagnosis of iron deficiency or overload will help guide management, including further investigat...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/WHO%20Guidelines%20on%20use%20of%20Ferriti...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Food and Nutrition
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 6 hours ago 150 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly epidemiological Bulletin week 25: 15th-21st June 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
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 9 hours ago 153 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Guidelines for Health Centre III Health Unit Management Committees 2019

These guidelines outline the composition, roles, responsibilities, and management of the proceedings of the Health Unit Management Committees for Health Centre IIIs in Uganda.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/HUMC%20for%20HC%20III.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 13 hours ago 215 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa CDC Strategic Plan 2017-2021

The document titled Africa CDC Strategic Plan 2017-2021 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 Africa, providing valuable...

https://africacdc.org/download/africa-cdc-strategic-plan-2017-2021/?ind=1568028722266&filename=Afric...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 5 days ago 179 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.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/The%20Selection%20and%20use%20of%20essenti...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 147 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin, week 6, 6th - 12th February, 2017

During Week 6 of 2017, the proportion of health facilities that reported was 74.7% indicating a 5.3% decrease in comparison to the same week in 2016. Only 12.1% (16/116) districts had 100% of their health facilities reporting and 52.6% (61/116) of the districts achieved the national target of 80%. O...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Week%206%202017.pdf
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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 134 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 35: COVID-19 Pandemic 15 September 2020

As of 9am East African Time (EAT) 15 September 2020, a total of 1,359,724 COVID-19 cases and 32,795 deaths (CFR: 2.4%) have been reported in 55 African countries. This is 5% of all cases reported globally. Since the last brief, 53,567 new COVID-19 cases have been reported, which is no change from th...

https://africacdc.org/download/outbreak-brief-35-covid-19-pandemic-15-september-2020/?ind=1600773117...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 days ago 154 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

NDA Has a New Board

The Purpose of this bulletin is one of the ways of improving internal and external communication with Stakeholders and the public we serve

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/NDA%20Newsletter%20Jan%20March%202014.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 150 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 85: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 85: 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-85-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=163...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 9 hours ago 142 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Framework for One Health Practice in National Public Health Institutes

Importance of a One Health approach ……………………………………………………………………………………. 2 Role of Africa CDC and national public health institutes in improving public health …………. 5 Purpose of this One Health framework …………………………………………………………………………………….. 6 Section 1: Goals, objectives, and activities ………………………………………...

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Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 7 hours ago 169 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Global AIDS update 2019

Globally, new HIV infections among young women (aged 15-24 years) were reduced by 25% between 2010 and 2018. This is good news, but of course, it remains unacceptable that 6000 adolescent girls and young women become infected with HIV every week. The sexual and reproductive health and rights of wome...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/2019-global-AIDS-update_en.pdf
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 163 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 105: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 105: 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-105-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=16...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 173 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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