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National Technical Guidelines for Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response

More than ten years ago, the Ministry of Health adapted a Generic Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response Technical Guidelines supported by World Health Organization-Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) in collaboration with the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atl...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
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Ministerial Policy Statement Financial Year 2014/2015

The Government of Uganda is committed to facilitating the attainment of a good standard of health for all the people in Uganda. The goal of the Health Sector is therefore to reduce morbidity and mortality as a contribution to poverty reduction as well as economic and social development of the people...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
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The Tunisian Women Doctors Leading the Struggle Against COVID-19: Hope for the Rise of a New Ethical Culture

Tunisia, like the other countries of the Arab Maghreb, is especially vulnerable to the impact of the novel coronavirus both to their healthcare systems and economies. Still transforming since the fall of Zinedine Ben Ali’s dictatorship in 2011, the Tunisian health sector is still strick...

Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Workforce
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 hours ago 192 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Drug and therapeutics committees A practical guide World Health

A drug and therapeutics committee (DTC) provides such a forum, allowing all the relevant people to work together to improve health care delivery, whether in hospitals or other health facilities. In many developed countries a well functioning DTC has been shown to be very effective in addressing drug...

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Theme: Prevention
Sub Theme: Pharmaceuticals and Drugs
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Strategic Plan for Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council 2016/17 - 2021/22 July

This Strategic Plan sets out UMDPC��s strategic direction for the next five years (2016/17-2021/22). It gives the priorities of the Council and how these will be achieved, as well as provides the basis for efficient and effective utilisation of the human, physical and financial resources. The Strat...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
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Mainstreaming HIV/ AIDS issues in to the poverty eradication action plan ( PEAP ) : Guidance for sector and PEAP revision teams

The objective of this paper is to demonstrate how and why HIV should be considered in each of the PEAP pillars. It provides a set of core questions, which need to be considered in developing Sector PEAP Review Papers (SPRP) and the construction of each pillar as well as suggestions to help guide the...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
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Cancer control, diagnosis and treatment

Treatment aims to cure disease, prolong life, and improve the quality of remaining life after the diagnosis of cancer is confirmed by the appropriate available procedures. The most effective and efficient treatment is linked to early detection programmes and follows evidence-based standards of care....

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Cancers
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Outbreak Brief 77: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 77: 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: 2 days ago 152 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update 2 June 2020

The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – 2 June 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...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
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Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin, week 38, 16th - 22nd September, 2019

We are pleased to share with you our 38th weekly epidemiological bulletin. This weekly epidemiological bulletin serves to inform all stakehold-ers at district, national, and global levels on disease trends, public health surveillance and interventions undertaken in detecting, pre-venting and respond...

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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
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National Strategic Plan For HIV&AIDS 2011/12-2014/15(revised)

The Government of Uganda through Uganda AIDS Commission and with support from the national HIV/AIDS Partnership revised the National Strategic Plan (2007/08-2011/12) for HIV/AIDS and aligned it to the National Development Plan (NSP). This four-year NSP for HIV/AIDS is a national multi-sector tool fo...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
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State of the World Population 2017

In today��s world, gaps in wealth have grown shockingly wide. Billions of people linger at the bottom, denied their human rights and prospects for a better life. At the top, resources and privileges accrue at explosive rates, pushing the world ever further from the vision of equality embodied in the...

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Theme: Data Analytics
Sub Theme: Demographics
Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 2 days ago 147 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Report of an Emergency Meeting of Africa Ministers of Health on the COVID-19 Outbreak

The document titled Report of an Emergency Meeting of Africa Ministers of Health on the COVID-19 Outbreak offers a comprehensive insight into Other, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Northern Africa, S...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
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Communique on the Sudden Increase in COVID-19 Cases driven by the Omicron BF.7 Variants

Situation Summary COVID-19 infections in Africa continue to be dominated by the SARS-COV-2 Omicron Variant. Since its emergence, Omicron has rapidly evolved into multiple subvariants. One subvariant, BF.7 also known as BA.5.2.1.7, has recently been identified as the main variant spreading in Beijing...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
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UBOS Statistical Abstract 2019

The Statistical Abstract is an annual publication compiled by Uganda Bureau of Statistics, which provides the statistical summary on various socio-economic indicators for Uganda. Some figures in this edition may vary from those in the earlier editions due to the updates. Note that some of the CY 201...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 6 hours ago 145 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Strategizing National health in the 21st century: a handbook

This handbook aims to make the case that strategizing - meaning designing plans and policies to achieve a particular goal related to the health of a nation - is absolutely critical in the 21st century. It is not only recommended by the Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO), but is als...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 22 hours ago 184 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National Plan of Action for Sexual and Gender Based Violence and Violence Against Children

Violence affects the lives of many Ugandans and when not fatal, can have long-lasting consequences. Deaths are only a fraction of the health and social burden arising from gender based violence and violence against children. Women and girls, children and the elderly bear a higher burden of non-fatal...

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Theme: Community Engagement
Sub Theme: Gender Based Violence
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 22 hours ago 179 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

World Development Report 2017, Governance and the law

This Report was prepared by a team led by Luis Felipe López-Calva and Yongmei Zhou. Lead chapter authors were Edouard Al-Dahdah, David Bulman, Deborah Isser, Marco Larizza, Ezequiel Molina, Abla Safir, and Siddharth Sharma. The extended core team was composed of Kimberly Bolch, Lidia Ceriani, Samant...

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Theme: Workforce Development
Sub Theme: Human Resource Development
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Guidelines for Regional Referral Hospital Management Boards 2018

Regional Referral Hospitals fall under the direct supervision of the Ministry of Health. They specialized clinical services such as medicine, surgery, paediatric, and obstetrics and gynaecology. In addition, they psychiatry; ear, nose, and throat; ophthalmology, and clinical support services (labor...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
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Chronic HIV Care with ARV Therapy and Prevention

IMAI/IMCI (Integrated Management of Adolescent and Adult Illness/Integrated Management of Childhood Illness) is a multi-departmental project in WHO producing guidelines and training materials for first-level facility health workers in low-resource settings. IMAI/IMCI are part of the WHO model essent...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
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