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Schemes of Service for the Nursing and Midwifery Cadre

The Uganda Nurses and Midwives Act (1996) section 2 defines a nurse and a midwife as ��persons trained and qualified in the promotion of health, prevention of disease and care of the sick and registered or enrolled under section 24 of the same Act��. A nurse or midwife therefore provides holistic ca...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
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Consultation on STD Interventions for Preventing HIV: What is the evidence?

The Consultation was called in response to recent resraech findings in sexually transmitted disease (STD) treatment and its effects on the tranmission of Immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 131 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly epidemiological Bulletin week 43: 19th -25thOct 2020

We are pleased to share our 43rd 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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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
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Africa CDC Weekly Event Based Surveillance Report, January 2023

The document titled Africa CDC Weekly Event Based Surveillance Report, January 2023 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...

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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
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Feasibility Analysis of Community-based Health Insurance Scheme Structures and their Integration in the National Health Insurance Scheme

Uganda has a draft National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Bill, 2019 that provides for the establishment of a NHIS. The proposed health insurance scheme will pool resources, where the rich will subsidize the treatment of the poor and the healthy will subsidize the treatment of the sick, young and e...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health Economics and Financing
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Programming strategies for Postpartum Family Planning

Family planning (FP) is an essential component of health care provided during the antenatal period, immediately after delivery and during the first year postpartum (WHO 2009). Postpartum family planning (PPFP) is defined as the prevention of unintended pregnancy and closely spaced pregnancies throug...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 14 hours ago 191 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin, week 39, 26th September - 2nd October, 2016

During Week 39 of 2016, the proportion of health facilities that reported this week was 84.8% which represents a 36.8% increase in reporting rate in comparison to the same week in 2015. Since week 1 of 2016, there has been a steady national reporting rate of 80% and above. Only 20.7% (24/116) distri...

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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
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Africa CDC Epidemic Intelligence Weekly Report, September 2024

Geographic Focus: Reports could either focus on events affecting single country or multiple countries.Inclusion criteria: While Africa CDC continues to track all public health events on the continent, this report highlights only moderate to very high-risk events (with new updates in the reporting we...

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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 21 hours ago 139 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...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 days ago 179 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Communiqu of Directors of Regional Institutions for the Africa Continental World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2020

The document titled Communiqué of Directors of Regional Institutions for the Africa Continental World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2020 offers a comprehensive insight into Antimicrobial Resistance Control, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges...

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Outbreak Brief 154: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 154: 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-154-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=16...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 hours ago 136 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly epidemiological Bulletin week 2: 11th Jan -17th Jan 2021

We are pleased to share our 2nd weekly epidemiological bulletin for the year 2021. 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 respondi...

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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
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Mental health atlas 2014

The 2014 version of mental health Atlas continues to provide up-to-date information on the availability of mental health services and resources across the world, including financial allocations, human resources and specialised facilities for mental health. This information was obtained via a questio...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 16 hours ago 146 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Improving the Quality of HIV-Related Point of Care Testing

HIV-related point-of-care testing technologies have become widely available in last the few years and can potentially play a major role in achieving the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets through increasing access to diagnostics in low- and middle-income countries. However, challenges remain regarding the appr...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 23 hours ago 168 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The WHO Application of ICD-10 to deaths during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium: ICD-MM

Reducing maternal mortality by 75% is the Millennium Development Goal 5a. To reach this goal, countries need an accurate picture of the causes and levels of maternal deaths. However, efforts to document the progress in decreasing maternal mortality must make adjustments for inconsistencies in countr...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Sexual and Reproductive Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 142 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Global Nutrition Report 2015

The Global Nutrition Report 2015 reminds us of the paramount importance of nutrition to human well-being and productivity. The underlying message of the report is that, unless governments, donors, and stakeholders commit to and make themselves accountable for improved nutrition in our societies, ach...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Food and Nutrition
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 131 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa Mask Week 23-30 November 2020

The document titled Africa Mask Week 23-30 November 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, Northern Africa, Southern Africa, Wes...

https://africacdc.org/download/africa-mask-week-23-30-nov-2020/?ind=1606320116363&filename=Africa Ma...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 21 hours ago 132 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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

Currently, 14 African Union member states have vaccinated at least 70 percent of their eligible populations with the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the WHO Tanzania and São Tomé and Príncipe have fully vaccinated their populations, while Botswana has immunized 94 percent of theirs Mauritius, Seychel...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 142 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Communication Style Guide: Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention

The Entitys and Institutions of the African Union play a key role in the implementation of the mandates of the AU and continental programmes and initiatives aimed at promoting Africa’s vision of sustainable and inclusive growth and development.Being constituent part of the larger body that makes up...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 160 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin, week 48, 28th November - 4th December, 2016

During Week 48 of 2016, the proportion of health facilities that reported this week was 83.3% indicating a 15.4% increase in reporting rate in comparison to the same week in 2015. Only 14.7% (17/116) districts had 100% of their health facilities reporting and 68.1% (79/116) of the districts achieved...

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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
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