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Poverty mapping in Uganda using socio-economic, environmental and satellite data.

In this analysis, we explained to what extent satellite data (as a proxy for environmental conditions) are correlated with household survey data. Whilst correlation abviously does not automatically imply causation, we suggest an evironmental approach is more likely to reveal causes than will the tra...

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Theme: Data Analytics
Sub Theme: Poverty
Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 16 hours ago 176 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Comprehensive Support Supervision Strategy For The Health Sector July 2020 - June 2025

This Comprehensive Support Supervision (CSS) Strategy 2020 has been designed to step up efforts and redefine support supervision at all levels of health care in Uganda for a more efficient and effective use of available resources. The Ministry of Health��s (MoH) previous approach to support supervis...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Comprehensive%20Support%20Supervision%20St...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health policy and planning
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 174 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Uganda National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme Revised Strategic Plan 2015/16 - 2019/20 Monitoring and Evaluation Plan

Tuberculosis (TB) and leprosy continue to threaten public health in Uganda. The Ugandan Ministry of Health addresses TB and leprosy response in its Health Sector Development Plan II 2015/2016 - 2019/20. TB is the fifth most common cause of death in Uganda, potentially resulting in adverse socioecono...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/M%26E%20Plan%20of%20the%20revised%20NSP_17...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 19 hours ago 171 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Effective Media Communication during Public Health Emergencies A WHO Handbook

Until the outbreak of an exotic communicable disease or other dramatic event, the elaborate infrastructures and mechanisms that protect public health on a daily basis often go unnoticed and attract little media1 interest. In the midst of a public health emergency2 the situation becomes very differen...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 hours ago 185 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The Africa Pathogen Genomics Initative (Africa PGI) Integrated Genomic Surveillance and Data Sharing Platform (IGS)

About the Project Approximately 700,000 deaths occur globally annually due to infections caused by antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) pathogens. In Africa, western sub-Saharan Africa, is disproportionately affected by AMR relative to other regions. The pervasiveness of AMR in this region threatens to rev...

https://africacdc.org/download/the-africa-pathogen-genomics-initative-africa-pgi-integrated-genomic-...
Theme: Detection
Sub Theme: Laboratory Systems and Network
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 137 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Report on the First Edition of the Uganda National Digital Health Conference 2023

This report is an account of all that happened during the First Edition of the National Digital Health Conference held on the 13th and 14th of November 2023 at Kampala Serena Hotel. The main objective of the conference was to discuss Uganda��s progress in implementing digital health initiatives and...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Final%20Report%20Uganda%20National%20Digit...
Theme: Digital Health
Sub Theme: Health Information Systems
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 5 days ago 155 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Mental%20health%20Atlas%202014.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 148 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Support Program to combat current and Future Public Health Threats (Labour Management Procedures Report)

The fast-changing COVID-19 landscape thrust the AU and Africa CDC into a pivotal leadership role at a time when global health governance failed to deliver equitably. The AU and Africa CDC acted out of necessity to mitigate the impact of leaving the most vulnerable populations and places in a cycle o...

https://africacdc.org/download/support-program-to-combat-current-and-future-public-health-threats-la...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 days ago 135 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The State of Uganda Population Report 2020

The year 2020, has been marked with the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic which has ravaged the world and set a new normal in the lives of people, the way we interact and the way we deliver and access services. The pandemic has taken a staggering toll on people, communities and economies everywhere. B...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/State%20of%20Uganda%20Population%20Report%...
Theme: Data Analytics
Sub Theme: Demographics
Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 17 hours ago 168 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The importance of sexual and reproductive health and rights to prevent HIV in adolescent girls and young women in eastern and southern Africa

The AIDS epidemic continues to disproportionately affect sub-Saharan Africa, especially eastern and southern Africa (ESA). The ESA region has only 6.2% of the world��s population, but is home to half of the world��s people living with HIV (1). In 2015, the region accounted for 46% of the world��s ne...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/The%20Importance%20of%20Sexual%20%26%20rep...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Sexual and Reproductive Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 16 hours ago 147 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Statute of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)

RECALLING decision Assembly/AU/Dec.499 (XXII) adopted at the 22nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in January 2014 that stressed the urgency of establishing the Africa CDC and requested the Commission to submit a report to the Assembly in January 2015 that will include...

https://africacdc.org/download/statute-of-the-africa-centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention-afri...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 7 hours ago 150 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin week 8, 17th - 23rd Feb 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 bri...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Epibulletin%202020%20Week%2008%20%283%29.p...
Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 16 hours ago 178 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Family Planning Performance Update- November 2021

Reporting rate for November declined compared to October, as well as Reporting rate on time. Reporting rate by level of care were above target at only HCIVs and RRHs.Stock-out of Injectable contraceptives was 13.6% (a modest increase of 0.6% (about 1019 facilities)) compared to October. We continue...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Monthly%20FP%20Performance_Nov%202021-1.pd...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 days ago 173 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The National Strategy for Male Involvement/Participation in Reproductive Health, Maternal, Child, Adolescent Health and RightsNutrition Including HIV/TB

Since the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD program of Action 1994), global recognition of the importance of men��s involvement in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) has increased. Issues such as the AIDS epidemic have reinforced the urgency of encoura...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Male%20Involvement%20Strategy%20-%20review...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Sexual and Reproductive Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 15 hours ago 167 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Stakeholder Engagement Plan - UCREPP

The overall objective of this SEP is to define a program for stakeholder engagement, including public information disclosure and consultation throughout the entire project cycle. The SEP outlines approached in which MoH will communicate with stakeholders and includes a mechanism by which people can...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/P174041%20-%20Stakeholder-Engagement-Plan-...
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: COVID-19
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 15 hours ago 159 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 148: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 148: 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-148-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=16...
Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 12 hours ago 143 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Intergrated Management of Malaria Training Facilitator's Manual Third Edition November, 2019

The purpose of this manual is to train all levels of health workers (e.g. clinical, dispensing, nursing, laboratory and records) on all aspects of malaria case management and the integrated management of malaria. Sessions which have job aids should be taught with the accompanying job aid (specifical...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Intergrated%20management%20of%20malaria%20...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 17 hours ago 137 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Global Tuberculosis report 2015.

The year 2015 is a watershed moment in the battle against tuberculosis (TB). It marks the deadline for global TB targets set in the context of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and is a year of transitions: from the MDGs to a new era of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and from the Stop...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Global%20Tuberculosis%20Report%202015.pdf
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 131 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Decontamination of ambulances - Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)

This job aide is a detailed step-by-step procedure, summarising the process for decontamination of ambulances used to transport patients with confirmed or suspected EVD to avoid�the contamination of health workers, other patients and caregivers. This procedure should be performed after each patient�...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/202210_Job%20Aide%20011_Ambulance%20decont...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 18 hours ago 148 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Alert Notification: New SARS-CoV-2 variant with multiple spike protein mutations

As of 21 December 2020, more than 300 genomes of the 501Y.V2 variant have been identified, all in South Africa. Preliminary analysis in South Africa (501Y.V2) and the UK (501Y) suggests that this variant is significantly more transmissible than previously circulating variants and potentially higher...

https://africacdc.org/download/alert-notification-new-sars-cov-2-variant-with-multiple-spike-protein...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 11 hours ago 125 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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