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Guidelines for the storage of essential medicines and other health commodities

Maintaining proper storage conditions for health commodities is vital to ensuring their quality. Product expiration dates are based on ideal storage conditions and protecting product quality until their expiration date is important for serving customers and conserving resources.Guidelines for the St...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
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The Official Government of Uganda Inter- Ministerial/Agencies Monthly National Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning Bulletin

As according to UNMA, rainfall has been average to above average throughout most regions for the past month which is ��favourable�� for crop growth in the fields. A good crop performance is expected to continue over Northern region due to enhanced rains expected in May which will likely improve on t...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/1.%20U-NIEWS_May_June%20%202018.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Food and Nutrition
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 13 hours ago 156 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

PERC Weekly Update: COVID-19 Epidemiology and Policy in Africa

While reported COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to decrease in most African Union (AU) Member States, the new variant first detected in South Africa (501Y.V2) has continued to spread. Across the continent and globally, countries have announced new restrictions limiting travel to/from South Africa...

https://africacdc.org/download/perc-weekly-update-covid-19-epidemiology-and-policy-in-africa/?ind=16...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 163 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Ministry of Health Guidelines for Eye care

The Eye Care Guidelines aim to provide easy to use, practical, complete and useful information on how to correctly diagnose and manage the seventeen common eye conditions in Uganda. These guidelines are to complement what is in the UCGs based on the fact that the eye is a very delicate organ and the...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 12 hours ago 165 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 82: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 82: 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-82-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=162...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 days ago 141 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 138: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 138: 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-138-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=16...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 132 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The Uganda Health Information and Digital Health Strategic Plan 2020/21-2024/25

The Health Information and Digital Health (HIDH) Strategic Plan 2020/21 - 2024/25 provides the strategic direction and priority interventions for health information management and digitization of the Health Information System (HIS) in the 5 years 2020/21 to 2024/25. It is�fully aligned with the Mini...

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Theme: Digital Health
Sub Theme: Health Information Systems
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 168 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 17: COVID-19 Pandemic 12 May 2020

As of 9 am EAT 12 May 2020, a total of 66,373 COVID-19 cases and 2,336 (CFR: 4%) deaths have been reported in 53 African countries. This is about 2% of all cases reported globally.

https://africacdc.org/download/outbreak-brief-17-covid-19-pandemic-12-may-2020/?ind=1589305572578&fi...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 168 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2014

Given its multifaceted and dynamic nature, the world drug problem is one of the most complex challenges� facing the contemporary world. It directly or indirectly affects everyone and poses a serious threat to health, both as a result of the illicit cultivation, production, manufacture, sale, demand,...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 5 days ago 127 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (15 December 2020)

A. Executive summary  Wajnberg et al. reported that robust neutralizing antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 infection persist for months. The vast majority of infected individuals with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 experience robust immunoglobulin G antibody responses against the viral spike protein. Authors also...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 161 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 78: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 78: 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-78-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=162...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 186 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Public health dimension of the world drug problem

Drug use, drug use disorders and related health conditions are major public health concerns. According to WHO��s latest estimates for 2015, psychoactive drug use is responsible for more than 450 000 deaths per year. The drug-attributable disease burden accounts for about 1.5% of the global burden of...

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Theme: Prevention
Sub Theme: Pharmaceuticals and Drugs
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 168 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Sustainable Development Goals 2030

Now these countries want to build on the many successes of the past 15 years, and go further. The new set of goals, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), aims to end poverty and hunger by 2030. World leaders, recognizing the connection between people and planet, have set goals for the land, the...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 159 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

WHO Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations no 1010

The World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations (ECSPP) met in Geneva from 16 to 20 October 2017.Dr Suzanne R. Hill, acting Assistant Director of the Health Systems and Innovation Cluster and Director of the Department of Essential Medicines and...

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Theme: Prevention
Sub Theme: Pharmaceuticals and Drugs
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 days ago 195 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Review of Implementation of The Ministry of Health Work plan Semi-annual (1st and 2nd QUARTERS) July to December 2018 - FY 2018/19

The workshop to review the implementation of the Ministry of Health (MoH) work plan for the first and second quarters for 2018/19 financial year will take take place from 2nd to 3rd April 2019 at Imperial Royale Hotel, Kampala. The main objective of the workshop is to conduct a performance review of...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/MoH%20Semi%20Annual%20report%20FY%202018_1...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health policy and planning
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 147 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Guidelines for Designation, Establishment and Upgrading of Health Units

This guideline is intended to provide the criteria for designation, upgrading, and establishment of health facilities to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of subsequent infrastructure investments toward improved service delivery. it should be adhered to whenever stakeholders wish to establish...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health Infrastructure
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 186 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Evaluation of Certain Food Additives Report 1014, 2019

The Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) met in Geneva from 12 to 21 June 2018. The meeting was opened by Dr Kazuaki Miyagishima, Director of the Department of Food Safety and Zoonoses of the World Health Organization (WHO), on behalf of WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghe...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Food and Nutrition
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Weekly epidemiological Bulletin week 29: 12th -19th July 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. This issue, we showcas...

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Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
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Implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005) : Annual report on the implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005)

The Regulations have provided a global framework that has contributed significantly to an increase in information sharing, risk assessment and coordination of response in relation to international public health risks and emergencies. These communications have been carried out through the unique glob...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health policy and planning
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Global Tuberculosis report 2017

The purpose of WHO��s Global Tuberculosis Report is to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic and of progress in care and prevention at global, regional and country levels.1 This is done in the context of recommended global TB strategies and associated targets, and broa...

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Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 186 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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