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Promoting mask-wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic: A policymakers guide

The document titled Promoting mask-wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic: A policymaker’s guide 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,...

https://africacdc.org/download/promoting-mask-wearing-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-a-policymakers-gu...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 150 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 140: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 140: 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-140-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=16...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 123 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Report on the State of Regional Referral Hospitals in Uganda Towards the Realisation of the Right to Health

Although General Hospitals, Regional and National Referral Hospitals have continued to make major contributions to essential clinical care in Uganda, numerous reports (including those of the MoH) are awash with the stark reality of lack of drugs, absence of the often inadequate health workers, delay...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Report_on_the_State_of_Regional_Refferal_H...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 15 hours ago 156 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (14 September 2021)

The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (14 September 2021) 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,...

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-scientific-and-public-health-policy-update-14-september-2021...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 126 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Synthesis, Consolidation and Building Consensus on Key and Priority Population Size Estimation Numbers in Uganda Final ReportINAL REPORT October 2019

Despite marked advancement in prevention, care and treatment, HIV in Uganda continues to exert severe constraints on the public health and economic well-being of a sizeable proportion of the population. The type of HIV epidemic in Uganda is described as severe, mature, and generalized but with sub-e...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/KPSE%20Final%20Draft%20Report_18%20Oct%202...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 136 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Sero-epidemiological assessment of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine responsiveness and associated factors in the vaccinated community of the Casablanca-Settat Region, Morocco

Sayeh Ezzikouri, Raji Tajudeen, Hind Majidi, Soad Redwane, Safaa Aqillouch, Mohammed Abdulaziz, Merawi Aragaw, Mosoka Papa Fallah, Senga Sembuche, Serge Batcho, Patrick Kabwe, Elizabeth Gonese, Oumaima Laazaazia, Mohcine Elmessaoudi-Idrissi, Nadia Meziane, Abdelhakim Ainahi, M’hammed Sarih, Ahmed E....

https://africacdc.org/download/sero-epidemiological-assessment-of-sars-cov-2-vaccine-responsiveness-...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 hours ago 135 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Malaria weekly Status report Uganda Week 7 11th to 17th Feb 2019

Reporting rate this week (78%) represents no change from the previous week, 2019W6 (77.8%) Generally, there marginal drop in malaria incidence continued from previous weeks. As was last week, Adjumani (12 cases) & Moyo (24 cases) Districts reported incidence rates >10 cas-es/1,000 population, with t...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Malaria%20Weekly%20Status%20Report%20Week%...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 20 hours ago 169 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (10 November 2021)

The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (10 November 2021) 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,...

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-scientific-and-public-health-policy-update-10-november-2021/...
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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 138 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National Anaemia policy 2002

Anemia is defined as a lower than acceptable level of hemoglobin or haematocrit blood with respect to the individual.Anemia is the most wide spread nutrition related public health problem.Asia and Africa are the most affected regions with prevalence rates reaching 50% in women and children

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/National%20Anaemia%20Policy%202002_0.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 hours ago 163 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National policy on Public Sector Monitoring and Evaluation

This policy has been designed to address gaps in existing legislation and administrative practices with respect to the tracking the performance and evaluation of public policies and investments. The planning, monitoring and evaluation of results is inadequate across the public sector.� Plans are not...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/National%20Policy%20on%20Public%20Sector%2...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 16 hours ago 128 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin, week 5, 30th January - 5th February, 2017

During Week 5 of 2017, the proportion of health facilities that reported was 82.4% indicating a 4.4% increase in comparison to the same week in 2015. Only 19% (22/116) districts had 100% of their health facilities reporting and 60.3% (70/116) of the districts achieved the national target of 80%. Onl...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Week%205%20%202017.pdf
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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting 1 Like
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 170 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Health Systems Performance Assessment Debates, Methods and Empiricism

High quality scientific evidence is increasingly available to help the providers of health care make decisions about what types of investigations to order for an individual patient, and how to treat any health problems that are identified. ��Evidence-based medicine�� has been facilitated by the avai...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Health%20systems%20performance%20assessmen...
Theme: Digital Health
Sub Theme: Health Information Systems
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 19 hours ago 136 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Essential Maternal and Newborn Clinical Care Guidelines for Uganda October 2021

Uganda��s maternal mortality ratio (MMR) though on a reducing trend, it remains unacceptably high at 336 per 100,000 live births (UDHS 2016). The under-5 mortality rate has reduced from 90 (2011) to 64 per 1,000 live births (UDHS 2016). However, despite the reduction in child Mortality, the Neonatal...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Essential%20Maternal%20and%20Newborn%20Cli...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 252 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Essential Medicines and Health Supplies List for Uganda (EMHSLU) 2023

The Essential Medicines and Health Supplies List for�Uganda (EMHSLU) 2023 reflects the policy of the�Ministry of Health, for the appropriate procurement�of safe and efficacious essential medicines, health and�laboratory supplies in public institutions.�The EMHSLU 2023 was compiled based on�recommend...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Uganda-EMHSLU-2023-Publication-Interractiv...
Theme: Prevention
Sub Theme: Pharmaceuticals and Drugs
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 24 hours ago 198 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Uganda Health Workforce Study: Satisfaction and Intent to Stay Among Current Health Workers

This report summarises the results of a study of health worker satisfaction, working conditions and intent to continue working in the health sector in Uganda. The findings point to the importance of a number of factors that contribute to satisfaction and intent to stay, including differences by cadr...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Uganda%20health%20Workforce%20study%20%20s...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 hours ago 179 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Report of the Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity: implementation plan

The prevalence of infant and young child obesity is increasing in all countries, with the most rapid rises occurring in low- and middle-income countries. The number of overweight or obese young children globally increased from 31 million in 1990 to 42 million in 2015. In the African Region alone ove...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Ending%20Childhood%20obesity%20implementat...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Food and Nutrition
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 162 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Management of linen in the context of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) cases

The job aide is a step-by-step procedure of�handling linen of suspected, confirmed or probable EVD cases at Ebola Treatment Units, healthcare facilities, or within the�community (household).� Contaminated linen poses a risk of infection and should only be handled in PPE.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/202210_Job%20Aide%2015_Management%20of%20L...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 143 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Test to Treat Guidelines for African Union Member States

As of early 2022, there are increasingly a broad array of therapeutics available to prevent the serious consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infections. Test to Treat is a concept of facilitating expedited access to treatment by allowing patients to easily receive both COVID-19 testing and rapid access to ava...

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-test-to-treat-guidelines-for-african-union-member-states/?in...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 hours ago 203 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control: Your Questions Answered

In the strategies for effective infection prevention and control (IPC), what does triage entail at hospitals? Triage includes screening at the entrance, identification of cases and isolation if necessary. There should be a triage (screening) area where visitors to the hospital are interviewed using...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 153 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Infant Mortality in Uganda 1995-2000

Infant mortality is an important indicator of the successful implementation of the Poverty Eradication Action Plan (PEAP). This is because the level of infant mortality is a consequence of a broad range of Government interventions.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Infant%20Mortality%20in%20Uganda%20%28fina...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 20 hours ago 167 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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