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Prevention and control of HIV/AIDS ethical aspects : A report of an international symposium.

Throughout the symposium, global trends and perspectives concerning ethical aspects on HIV/AIDS� were reviewed by National and International experts including a researcher, health practitioner, a legal specialist, and a representative of suportive groups who made presentations and participated in a...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 119 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Healthcare waste management in the context of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)

This job aide is a detailed step-by-step procedure to guide on healthcare waste management in the context of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).�In an emergency situation (epidemic), it is strongly recommended that all waste be considered as�hazardous waste and stored in suitable containers. All waste in an...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 16 hours ago 129 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Collaboration for Evidence-Based HealthCare and Public Health in Africa Newsletter issue 1 May 2018

This newsletter will interest you if you use Ugandan roads! Which is just about everyone in the country! How did you get to work today? How will you get back? What about your school going kids? Our concern for road safety is behind our rather strange name, RT4. We are part of CEBHA+, a research netw...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 16 Minutes ago 132 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Health Sector Annual Monitoring Report Financial Year 2013/14

The health sector comprises a number of votes responsible for different aspects of service delivery. The Ministry of Health (Vote 014) is the central agency in charge of policy analysis and formulation, strategic planning, provision of nationally coordinated services such as emergency preparedness,...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 11 hours ago 113 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin week 12, 16th22nd Mar 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: 2 days ago 119 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The World Health Report 2002, Reducing risks, Promoting healthy life

The report describes the amount of disease, disability and death in the world today that can be attributed to a selected number of the most important risks to human health. This is of great interest in itself but, more importantly, the report also calculates how much of this present burden could be...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/The%20world%20health%20report%202002.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 hours ago 116 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Obsteric and contraceptive surgery at the district hospital : A practical guide.

This document is intended to provide guidance to non-specialist doctors providing obstetric and contraceptive surgery and the necessary anaesthetic services in small hospitals that are subject to constraints on personnel, equipment and drugs and where access to specialist services is limited.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Obstetric%20and%20Contraceptive.pdf
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 16 hours ago 125 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National Policy on Public Private Partnership in Health

The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to mainstreaming, establishing, implementing, coordinating, monitoring and evaluating partnerships between the Government of Uganda and the private health sector within existing laws, policies and plans. This document is a means to achieving the br...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 hours ago 143 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly epidemiological Bulletin week 51: 14th -20th Dec 2020

We are pleased to share our 51st 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
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 6 hours ago 117 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa CDC Weekly Event Based Surveillance Report, October 2023

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...

https://africacdc.org/download/africa-cdc-weekly-event-based-surveillance-report-october-2023/?ind=1...
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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 117 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Service Standards and service Delivery Standards for the Health Sector

In accordance with the Constitution of Uganda, all citizens are entitled to access high quality and cost effective public services. Efficiency, effectiveness, transparency and accountability in service delivery require that sectors and institutions develop, document, disseminate and apply standards....

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health policy and planning
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 16 hours ago 153 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Manual for the laboratory diagnosis and virological surveillance of influenza : WHO Global Influenza Surveillance Network.

WHO has developed this manual in order to strengthen the laboratory diagnosis and virological surveillance of influenza infection by providing standard methods for the collection, detection, isolation and characterization of viruses.

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Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 8 hours ago 116 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Regional Strategic Plan for Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis (2004-2007)

Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) is one of the most debilitating and disfiguring scourges among all diseases. Worldwide 1.1 billion people are at risk of infection and some 120 million people are infected in 80 countries. It is one of the major public health problems in South-East Asia

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Lymphatic%20filariasis%202004.pdf
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Non-communicable diseases and risk factors
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 23 hours ago 140 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Chronic Diseases in Canada Volume 30 Number 2 March 2010

Chronic Diseases in Canada (CDIC) is a quarterly scientific journal focussing on current evidence relevant to the control and prevention of chronic (i.e. non-communicable) diseases and injuries in Canada. Since 1980 the journal has published a unique blend of peer-reviewed feature articles by autho...

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Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Non-communicable diseases and risk factors
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 7 hours ago 148 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Guidance on Setting Up an Isolation Ward for COVID-19 Cases

This document simplifies the WHO guidance on severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) treatment centres and is meant to be accessible to healthcare workers, policymakers and others who want a quick overview of the key requirements for a COVID-19 isolation centre either within an existing facility o...

https://africacdc.org/download/guidance-on-setting-up-an-isolation-ward-for-covid-19-cases/?ind=1597...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 17 hours ago 113 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Poverty Eradication Action Plan (2004/5-2007/8)

The PEAP provides an over-arching framework to guide public action to eradicate poverty. It has been prepared through a consultative process involving central and local Government, Parliament, Donors and Civil Society. In order to achieve middle-income status, Uganda needs to industrialise by enhanc...

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Theme: Data Analytics
Sub Theme: Poverty
Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 3 hours ago 153 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Scaling up Antiretroviral Therapy: Experience in Uganda

Uganda was one of the first African countries to respond aggressively to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, moving rapidly to institute measures aimed at preventing HIV transmission. HIV prevalence rates once described as being among the highest in Africa and tending toward 30% have declined to under 10 % withi...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 34 Minutes ago 122 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: 17 hours ago 122 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

PERC: Biweekly Report (24 November 07 December 2020)

The document titled PERC: Biweekly Report (24 November – 07 December 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, So...

https://africacdc.org/download/perc-biweekly-report-24-november-07-december-2020/?ind=1608459057259&...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 17 hours ago 120 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Health Systems Reforms in Uganda: Processes and Outputs

During the 1970s and 1980s, Uganda went through a period of political and economic upheaval, resulting in the breakdown of many services. In the health sector this was characterized by general system failure. Funding was grossly insufficient, leading to problems of meagre and late salaries for healt...

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Theme: Digital Health
Sub Theme: Health Information Systems
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 hours ago 143 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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