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Monitoring and Evaluation of COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Diagnostic Test Rollout in Africa

Africa CDC, African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) and partners have developed a training curriculum to facilitate the implementation of Ag-RDT for detection of SARS-CoV-2 (https://aslm.org/courses/covid-19-antigen-training-materials/). These training materials are being used by Member State...

https://africacdc.org/download/monitoring-and-evaluation-of-covid-19-rapid-antigen-diagnostic-test-r...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 8 hours ago 208 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Antiretroviral Treatment Policy for Uganda June 2003

Uganda was one of the first sub-Saharan countries to be affected by the Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic. The first Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) case reported in the country was recognized in 1982. Following this report, efforts were mounted to deal with the epidemic. The ef...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Antiretroviral%20Treatment%20Policy%20for%...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 11 hours ago 186 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Uganda Essential Medicines and Health Supplies Management Manual 2018

This manual describes how to manage supplies based on revised and harmonized tools. It will act as a reference guide for health workers and focus on basic principles of supply chain management. If properly followed, it will promote efficient stock control and ordering of all EMHS. Health workers at...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/EMHS%20Manual_MASTER_COPY_14-Mar-2019.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 16 hours ago 156 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Your Path to success in safety and quality, A Trainers Guidebook on 5S Principles and Practices

This guidebook was formulated for trainers and leaders in management, in order to enhance 5S activities at health facilities under Ugandan government sector health services. By using this book, facilitators and leaders in health facilities will be able to train their trainees and frontline staff to...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Your%20PATH%20to%20success%20in%20Safety%2...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health policy and planning
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 162 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (22 December 2021)

The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (22 December 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, N...

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-scientific-and-public-health-policy-update-22-december-2021/...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 138 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Review of Implementation of The Ministry of Health Work plan Semi-annual (1st and 2nd QUARTERS) July to December 2018 - FY 2018/19

The workshop to review the implementation of the Ministry of Health (MoH) work plan for the first and second quarters for 2018/19 financial year will take take place from 2nd to 3rd April 2019 at Imperial Royale Hotel, Kampala. The main objective of the workshop is to conduct a performance review of...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/MoH%20Semi%20Annual%20report%20FY%202018_1...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health policy and planning
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 144 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Alert Notification: New SARS-CoV-2 variant with multiple spike protein mutations

As of 21 December 2020, more than 300 genomes of the 501Y.V2 variant have been identified, all in South Africa. Preliminary analysis in South Africa (501Y.V2) and the UK (501Y) suggests that this variant is significantly more transmissible than previously circulating variants and potentially higher...

https://africacdc.org/download/alert-notification-new-sars-cov-2-variant-with-multiple-spike-protein...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 120 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Risk Characterization of Microbiological Hazards in Food

Risk assessment of microbiological hazards in foods (Microbiological Risk Assessment - MRA) has been identified as a priority area of work by the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC). Following the work of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH), CAC adopted Principles and Guidelines for the Condu...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Risk%20charaterization%20of%20microbiologi...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Food and Nutrition
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 150 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children 2009

The core list presents a list of minimum medicine needs for a basic health care system, listing the most efficacious, safe and cost-effective medicines for priority conditions. Priority conditions are selected on the basis of current and estimated future public health relevance, and potential for sa...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/WHO%20Model%20list%20of%20Essential%20Medi...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 19 hours ago 141 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

AU Heads of State and Government endorse African common position on controlling Antimicrobial Resistance

The document titled AU Heads of State and Government endorse African common position on controlling Antimicrobial Resistance offers a comprehensive insight into Emergency Response and Preparedness, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within C...

https://africacdc.org/download/african-union-heads-of-state-and-government-endorse-african-common-po...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 150 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Building a Strong and Interoperable Digital Health Information System for Uganda

Uganda launched its National eHealth Policy and Strategy in May 2018.1 Leadership and governance, workforce development, enterprise architecture, health information systems integration, and interoperability are the strategy��s key areas of implementation. Most important, the strategy calls for ��har...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Ineroperability%20report%202018.pdf
Theme: Digital Health
Sub Theme: Health Information Systems
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 10 hours ago 152 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Uganda Service Provision Assessment Survey 2007

The 2007 Uganda Service Provision Assessment (USPA) survey collected data from a representative sample of 491 health facilities throughout Uganda. The survey covered all levels of facilities, from HC-IIs to hospitals, and sampled facilities operated by different managing authorities, including gover...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Uganda%20service%20provision%20assessment%...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health Infrastructure
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 8 hours ago 144 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The Revised National Strategic Framework for HIV/AIDS Activities in Uganda: 2003/04 - 2005/06

The National Strategic Framework (NSF) for HIV/AIDS Activities in Uganda was developed to cover the period 2000/01-2005/05. Late in 2003, a forward looking Mid Term Review (MTR) of the NSF was undertaken to assess progress and to identify gaps and emerging issues in implementation of the NSF. This c...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/The%20Revised%20National%20Strategic%20Fra...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 10 hours ago 142 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Monthly Malaria Surveillance Status Report - JULY 2023

This document is�a Malaria�Surveillance Status�Report for the month of July 2023.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/July%202023_Malaria%20Surveillance%20Statu...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 135 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Pr-confrence des Jeunes du CDC Afrique 2023: 250 jeunes professionnels pour explorer lavenir des soins de sant en Afrique

En décembre 2022, le CDC Afrique a organisé la première Pré-conférence des Jeunes (YPC) en marge de la deuxième Conférence Internationale annuelle sur la Santé Publique en Afrique (CPHIA), donnant le coup d’envoi d’un engagement stratégique à long terme avec les jeunes professionnels africains dans...

https://africacdc.org/download/pe-conference-des-jeunes-du-cdc-afrique-2023-250-jeunes-professionnel...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 155 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.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Manual%20for%20the%20Laboratory%20diagnosi...
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 131 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.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Malaria%20Bulletin%20-%20Epi%20week%2032_0...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 162 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

An AIDS Free Uganda, My Responsibility: Documents For the National HIV and AIDS Response, 2015/2016 - 2019/2020,M and E plan.

The M&E Plan will be a key performance management tool for the NSP; it details how data will be aggregated from M&E systems of key sectors and provided to enable reporting against the NDP as well as global targets. Performance monitoring of the NSP is an on-going process that allows decision-makers...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/National%20HIV%20and%20AIDS%20Monitoring%2...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 14 hours ago 137 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Nutrition Annual Health Sector Performance Report 2021/22

The Ministry of Health through the nutrition division is responsible for fast-tracking efforts to reduce the burden of malnutrition in the country and contribute to the wellbeing and national development of the country. This report provides a summary of the status and progress on key nutrition indic...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/NUTRITION%20PERFORMANCE%20REPORT-6.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Food and Nutrition
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 11 hours ago 144 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

6th National Quality Improvement Conference Report (3rd to 5th December 2019)

The Annual Health Care Quality Improvement Conference promotes the sharing of best practices, successes, and challenges across Uganda. The event is organized by the Ministry of Health -Standard Compliance Accreditation and Patient Protection (SCAPP) Department. The conference was held at Speke Resor...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/6th%20National%20QI%20Conference%20Report%...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health policy and planning
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 13 hours ago 197 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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