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Guidelines for Drinkingwater Quality Fourth Edition incorporating the First Addendum

The primary purpose of the Guidelines for drinking-water quality is the protection of public health. The Guidelines provide the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO) for managing the risk from hazards that may compromise the safety of drinking-water. The recommendations should be co...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Environmental Health and Sanitation
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High-Level Ministerial Side Event on Community Health Workforce, Systems and Programs in Africa

The World Health Assembly, convening together senior decision-makers on public health issues, was a crucial opportunity to step up the advocacy for investment in CHWs within the community health workforce needed to improve primary health care and epidemic/pandemic preparedness and response in Africa...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 156 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Integrated Quantification Report for Essential Medicines and Health Supplies, FY 2023/24 - 2025/26

The Ministry of Health (MoH) Department of Pharmaceuticals and Natural Medicines (DPNM) coordinated the first integrated quantification process for Essential Medicines and Health Supplies (EMHS) for the public and PNFP sector for Financial Years 2023/24 - 2025/26.�Quantification is a core component...

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Theme: Prevention
Sub Theme: Pharmaceuticals and Drugs
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 5 hours ago 168 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted Ugandan businesses? Results from a business climate survey

The Corona Virus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) has continued to spread across the world leaving death and economic devastation in its wake. Although the number of confirmed cases in Uganda remain very low in comparison to other countries, the containment adopted to curb the spread of the virus have affect...

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Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 11 hours ago 163 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin, week 50, 12th - 18th December, 2016

The proportion of health facilities that reported during week 50 was 80.4% reflecting a 18.2% increase in reporting rate in comparison to the same week in 2015. Only 16.4% (19/116) districts had 100% of their health facilities reporting and 53.4% (62/116) of the districts achieved the national targe...

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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 22 Minutes ago 150 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

State of the Environmental Report for Uganda 2010

The theme for this State of the Environment (SOE) Report is environment sustainability and health. The focus on health and environment underlines the growing recognition of the link between environmental sustainability and health outcomes. The focus is dual faced; first, several health management ac...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Environmental Health and Sanitation
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Immunization Essentials : A practical field Guide

While the impact of immunization on childhood morbidity and mortality has been great, its full potential has yet to be reached. Millions of children still die from vaccine-preventable diseases each year. It is our fervent hope that this manual will assist those responsible for immunization programs...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 188 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Guidelines on Hospital Boards management for Referral Hospitals

This guideline provides a strategic vision and direction of the hospital on behalf of Ministry of health within the framework of health policy. It will ensure maximum efficiency and enable quick decision making.

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 16 hours ago 207 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Comprehensive Nutrition Care and Support Facility-Level Job Aids

The Ministry of Health would like to very sincerely thank the University Research Co., LLC (URC) Nulife Program, with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for the technical and financial support which was so essential for the development, printing and dissemina...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Food and Nutrition
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 141 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin Week 47: 18th-24th Nov 2019

This weekly 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,...

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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 140 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 36: COVID-19 Pandemic 22 September 2020

As of 9am East African Time (EAT) 22 September 2020, a total of 1,412,310 COVID-19 cases and 34,072 deaths (CFR: 2.4%) have been reported in 55 African countries. This is 5% of all cases reported globally. Since the last brief, 52,586 new COVID-19 cases have been reported, which is a 2% decrease in...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 151 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Decarbonizing Development Three Steps to a Zero-Carbon Future

The Climate Change and Development Series was created in 2015 to showcase economic and scientific research that explores the interactions between climate change, climate policies, and development. The series aims to promote debate and broaden understanding of current and emerging questions about the...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Environmental Health and Sanitation
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 27 Minutes ago 174 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 47: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 47: 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: 16 hours ago 135 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africas Emergency Response Workforce: Rapid Response Team Directory

As part of this commitment, Africa CDC in collaboration with Public Health England’s IHR Strengthening Project, has embarked on an initiative to develop a secure online directory of rapid response personnel and teams. This will be a secured database with different levels of administrative privileges...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 178 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin, week 40, 30th September - 6th October, 2019

During week 40, a total of 52,261 cases were reported from 16 conditions of priority. This resulted into 34 deaths due to malaria. Malaria, Typhoid, Measles and Dysentery were the leading causes of morbidity during this epidemiological week. Sadly, 179 babies died within one week of life and 14 moth...

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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
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Global AIDS Monitoring 2020

The 2020 Global AIDS Monitoring is the fourth year towards the SDGs; it is also the fourth year of reporting on the HIV monitoring framework for 2016-2021.

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 22 hours ago 148 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Malaria Report - Epi Week 32

This Weekly Malaria report is a statistical representation of the different malaria activities across the various administrative levels of the health sector.

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 163 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Reproductive maternal, Newborn and Child Health Sharpened Plan for Uganda November 2013

Over the last twenty years, Uganda has experienced slow progress in reduction of child and maternal mortality rates (MDG 4 and 5). We have the tools and knowledge to change that trajectory to bring an end to preventable deaths; with greater participation of all partners and stakeholders, a change in...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Sexual and Reproductive Health
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On the road to a Malaria-free Uganda - Second Universal Coverage Mosquito Net distribution Campaign offers hope to Uganda

This issue of the National Malaria Control Program newsletter is spiced up with a number of stories showing the LLIN 2017/2018 journey. Key among the stories is Nalweyiso��s story who envisages opening up a retail shop in her house as a result of savings from Malaria treatment. Nalweyiso is grateful...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 8 hours ago 172 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

State of the World Children Report 2019

Globally, at least 1 in 3 children is not growing well due to malnutrition in its more visible forms: stunting, wasting and overweight. At least 1 in 2 suffers from hidden hunger due to deficiencies - often not visible - in essential nutrients

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 9 hours ago 148 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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