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Atlas of headache disorders and resources in the world 2011

Headache disorders are among the most common disorders of the nervous system, causing substantial ill-health and disability in populations throughout the world. Despite this, they are underestimated in scope and scale, and there is little recognition of their public-health impact. It is not known ho...

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Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Non-communicable diseases and risk factors
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 153 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

African Antibiotic Treatment Guidelines for Common Bacterial Infections and Syndromes Final Report

The document titled African Antibiotic Treatment Guidelines for Common Bacterial Infections and Syndromes – Final Report offers a comprehensive insight into Antimicrobial Resistance Control, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central...

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Operational Guide for Establishing and Implementing Mortality Surveillance in Africa, July 2024

In response to the growing necessity for accurate and timely information regarding deaths categorized by age, sex, and cause of death, underscored by the profound impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) developed the Continental Framework d...

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Theme: Detection
Sub Theme: Mortality Surveillance
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 15 hours ago 175 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Uganda HIV Counselling and testing Policy 3rd Edition December, 2010

In Uganda HCT began in 1990 with VCT as the main model of implementation. In 2002 the MoH planned to place high-quality VCT services within the reach of every Ugandan by developing the 1st VCT policy. This worked well but only a small percentage of the population accessed the services. With the adve...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/HCT%20Policy%202010.pdf
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 146 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Spot Report, 24 July 2024: Landslides in Ethiopia

As of 24 July 2024, over 200 deaths, unidentified number of displaced persons and 14,000 affected persons have been reported.The reported deaths include an unidentified number of health professionals who were providing emergency support.The South Ethiopian region has continued to experience heavy ra...

https://africacdc.org/download/spot-report-landslides-in-ethiopia/?ind=1721843012590&filename=Landsl...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 184 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africas Leadership Role in the Development and Access to Potential COVID-19 Vaccine: Rapporteurs Report for Day Two

The document titled Africa’s Leadership Role in the Development and Access to Potential COVID-19 Vaccine: Rapporteur’s Report for Day Two offers a comprehensive insight into Emergency Response and Preparedness, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challe...

https://africacdc.org/download/africas-leadership-role-in-the-development-and-access-to-potential-co...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 days ago 151 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Pregnancy, Childbirth, Postpartum and Newborn Care: A guide for essential practice

This Guide is a tool for clinical decision-making. The content is presented in a frame work of coloured flow charts supported by information and treatment charts which give further details of care. The framework is based on a syndromic approach whereby the skilled attendant identifies a limited num...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 147 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 178 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Human Resources for Health Policy April 2006

The purpose of this policy document is to seek to ensure that Human Resources for Health, and their related functions are given the prominence, importance and resource allocations they require as the most crucial factor for health service delivery. It addresses a number of salient Human Resources fo...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 21 hours ago 141 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The public procurement and disposal of public assets Act,2003

This document is about the legal� procedures for public asset procurements and disposition.

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 days ago 139 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

STRENGTHENING UGANDAS HEALTH SYSTEM THROUGH STANDARDIZING DIGITAL HEALTH

This handbook provides a set of requirements for the digital health standards and enterprise�architecture framework for Uganda��s Health System. To derive these requirements, an exploratory�study on the landscape for digital health in Uganda��s Health System was conducted to understand�the challenge...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Mak-Health-Report_0.pdf
Theme: Digital Health
Sub Theme: Health Information Systems
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 6 hours ago 168 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The Adolescent Girls Vulnerability Index Guiding Strategic Investment in Uganda

The Adolescent Girls Multilevel Vulnerability Index (AGI) was developed based on a growing recognition of the need to channel resources to vital��yet highly vulnerable and vastly underserved��populations of adolescent girls in Uganda specifically, and the East and Southern Africa region in general....

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Adolescent Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 189 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: 2 days ago 178 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (8 June 2022)

The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (8 June 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, Northe...

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-scientific-and-public-health-policy-update-8-june-2022/?ind=...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 135 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

World Development Report 2019, the changing nature of work

From their beginning, robots were intended to replace humans in the workplace. In fact, Karel Cˇapek, the Czech writer who invented the word robot in 1920, used the Slavic-language word for work, robota, to make it clear what these machines would be used for. Over the last century, machines have rep...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/World%20Development%20Report%202019.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 8 hours ago 161 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

A model Quality Assurance System for Procurement Agencies

The World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children��s Fund (UNICEF) and many other organizations are involved in the procurement of pharmaceutical products. In particular, the supply of pharmaceutical products used in the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficie...

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Theme: Prevention
Sub Theme: Pharmaceuticals and Drugs
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 hours ago 156 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Zimbabwe

The document titled Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Zimbabwe 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, Norther...

https://africacdc.org/download/finding-the-balance-public-health-and-social-measures-in-zimbabwe-2/?...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 52 Minutes ago 201 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Eliminating Female genital mutilation An inter agency statement

In 1997, the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children��s Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) issued a Joint Statement on Female Genital Mutilation (WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, 1997) which described the implications of the practice for public health and human righ...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Sexual and Reproductive Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 7 hours ago 149 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa CDC Mastercard Foundation: Saving Lives and Livelihoods Newsletter, April 2023

Currently, 14 African nations have vaccinated 70 percent of their eligible population with the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the WHO Tanzania and Sao Tome and Principe have fully vaccinated their populations, while Botswana has vaccinated 94 percent Over 90 percent of the eligible population have a...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 128 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

27th National Health Sector Joint Review Mission Aide Memoire

The 27th Health Sector JRM was organized by the MoH in collaboration with Health Development Partners (HDPs), Civil Society (CSOs) and the Private sector. The theme of the JRM was ��Strengthening Emergency and Critical Care Services as a Catalyst to Improving Quality of Care Uganda��. The key note...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 180 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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