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COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (16 February 2022)

The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (16 February 2022) 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, N...

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-scientific-and-public-health-policy-update-16-february-2022/...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 134 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National Child-Focused Policy Research Agenda

With more than 56% of the population below 18 years of age, and over 78% under the age of 35, Uganda��s vision of becoming a middle-income country by 2040 remains highly contingent on the Government��s ability to safeguard its children��s right to contribute to national development.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/National_Child-Focused_Policy_Research_Age...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 149 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Public health dimension of the world drug problem

Drug use, drug use disorders and related health conditions are major public health concerns. According to WHO��s latest estimates for 2015, psychoactive drug use is responsible for more than 450 000 deaths per year. The drug-attributable disease burden accounts for about 1.5% of the global burden of...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Public%20Health%20dimension%20of%20the%20g...
Theme: Prevention
Sub Theme: Pharmaceuticals and Drugs
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 6 hours ago 162 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Ministerial Policy Statement Financial Year 2011/2012

This Ministerial Policy Statement (MPS) was prepared within the context of the Sector Wide Approach (SWAP). In a participatory framework, the Health Sector Budget Working Group worked with respective votes to compile the sector performance for FY 2010/11 and identified the Sector priorities for FY 2...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Ministerial%20policy%20statement%20FY%2020...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 hours ago 163 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19

In this issue, we shift our focus from the�tangible bricks-and-mortar aspects of our work�to the vital, yet often unseen, ��soft activities ��that form the backbone of our project and are�essential for ensuring a resilient and responsive�healthcare system.�These activities encompass a wide range of�...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/UCREPP%20NEWSLETTER%20ISSUE%205-10_0.pdf
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: COVID-19
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 hours ago 163 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Human Resource Information System Train Users Manual

The integrated Human Resource Information System (iHRIS) is a computerized Human Resources (HR) management tool consisting of electronic databases for storing, reporting, and analyzing that enables to design and manage a comprehensive HR strategy. It links all HR data from the time professionals ent...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/HRIS%20Train%20User%E2%80%99s%20Manual.pdf
Theme: Digital Health
Sub Theme: Health Information Systems
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 153 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (28 July 2020)

The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (28 July 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, North...

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-scientific-and-public-health-policy-update-28-july-2020/?ind...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 7 hours ago 147 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Eliminating MothertoChild Transmission of HIV in Uganda by 2015: What will it take?

We are living in a decade of renewed global commitments to ending the vertical transmission of HIV. The world is now more than ever united in the drive to ��welcome an HIV free generation��. Evidence demonstrates that with concerted efforts and strategic investment, there is the opportunity to see a...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Eliminating%20mother%20to%20child%20transm...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 5 hours ago 157 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

WHO child growth standards and the identification of severe acute malnutrition in infants and children

Using weight-for-height: WHO and UNICEF recommend the use of a cut-off for weight-forheight of below -3 standard deviations (SD) of the WHO standards to identify infants and children as having SAM. The commonly used cut-off is the same cut-off for both the new 2006 WHO child growth standards (WHO st...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/WHO%20Child%20growth%20Standards%20and%20t...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 136 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Health master plan 2006 - 2015 : Quality health care Bridging the gaps

The purpose of this plan, HMP 1006-2015 is to inform the principles and objectives of the health policy and provide guidance to development of strategic and development plans within the sector and other sectors.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Master%20plan%20for%20health%20service%20d...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health policy and planning
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 159 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Health Facilities Inventory July 2012

This Health Facilities Inventory has been compiled from information provided by districts through the offices of the District Health Officers, verified by the Resident District Commissioners and/or the Chief Administrative Officers. It covers all the 112 districts of the country. The report has bee...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Health%20Facility%20Inventory%20update%20j...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health system resilience
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 5 hours ago 189 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa CDC Weekly Event Based Surveillance Report, December 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-december-2023/?ind=...
Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 9 hours ago 137 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa CDC Weekly Event Based Surveillance Report, March 2024

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-march-2024/?ind=171...
Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 189 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Round 1 Supplementary Immunization Activity (SIAs) Polio Campaign Report, June 2022

The 2022 Ugandan polio SIA was conceived with the notion that the number of unimmunized children over the years through routine immunization and the additional impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on routine immunization in the region led to the accumulation of susceptibility overtime leading to cVDPV2 o...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Uganda%20Round%201%20Polio%20%28nOPV2%29%2...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 hours ago 148 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

HPV Vaccine Communication Special considerations for a unique vaccine 2016 update

This guide presents communication guidance for countries introducing human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine at the national or sub-national levels. HPV vaccination is a key strategy for comprehensive cervical cancer control and prevention. By the end of 2015, more than 65 countries introduced HPV vaccin...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/HPV%20Vaccine%20Communication%202016.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 5 hours ago 174 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The Millennium Development Goals Report 2014

This report examines the latest progress towards achieving the MDGs. It reaffirms that the MDGs have made a profound difference in people��s lives. Global poverty has been halved five years ahead of the 2015 timeframe.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Millenium%20Development%20Goals%20Report%2...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health policy and planning
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 166 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Comprehensive Health Service Standards Manual , July 2021

The Comprehensive Health Service standards Manual aims to ensure that patients and service users receive comprehensive health care that meets their individual needs, and considers the impact of their health issues on their life and wellbeing. It furthermore aims to ensure that risks of harm for pati...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Final%20MoH%20Comprehensive%20Service%20St...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health policy and planning
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 hours ago 188 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Report of the 1st Symposium on Teenage Pregnancy in Uganda

Every year, the ministry of Health (MoH) commemorates the Safe Motherhood week in October. The national commemoration this year (October 2013) was held in Apac district in Northern Uganda. As part of the events for the week, MoH and its partners held a symposium on the theme: ��Teenage pregnancy an...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Report%20of%20the%201st%20Symposium%20on%2...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Sexual and Reproductive Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 133 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Ministry of Health, Weekly Executive Brief - Week 25

This brief provides an overview of; OPD attendance, notifiable diseases, other diseases of public health interest and causes of death.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Weekly_Executive_Brief_wk25.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 12 hours ago 177 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Ministry of Health Guidelines for Eye care

The Eye Care Guidelines aim to provide easy to use, practical, complete and useful information on how to correctly diagnose and manage the seventeen common eye conditions in Uganda. These guidelines are to complement what is in the UCGs based on the fact that the eye is a very delicate organ and the...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Ministry%20of%20Health%20Guideline%20for%2...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 155 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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