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Outbreak Brief 95: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

As of 9 a.m. East African Time (EAT) 9 November 2021, a total of 8,548,064 COVID-19 cases and 219,787 deaths (CFR: 2.6%) have been reported in 55 African Union (AU) Member States. This represents 3.4% of all cases and 4.4% of all deaths reported globally. Twenty-seven (49%) AU Member States are repo...

https://africacdc.org/download/outbreak-brief-95-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=163...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 18 hours ago 145 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

MoH Epidemiological Bulletin - Week 36

This bulletin serves to inform all stakeholders at community, district and national levels on suspected disease trends, public health surveillance and interventions undertaken in detecting, preventing and responding to public health events in Uganda on a weekly basis.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Ug%20Epidemiological%20Bulletin%202023Wk36...
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 161 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (31 August 2022)

The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (31 August 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, Nor...

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-scientific-and-public-health-policy-update-31-august-2022/?i...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 24 hours ago 130 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin, week 23, 6th - 12th June, 2016

All the 112 districts reported in week 23, 2016 with an average reporting rate of 80.4% which was similar to that of 80.8%, for the previous week and a 17.5% increase as compared to the same week in 2015. 19.6% of the districts had 100% of all their health facilities reporting; 55% of the districts...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Week%2023%202016.pdf
Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 22 hours ago 158 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Monitoring and Evaluation Plan for Implementation of the Health Sector Development Plan 2015/16 - 2019/20

The M&E Plan for the HSDP 2015/2016 - 2019/20 has been developed to operationalize the strategic orientation provided for comprehensive M&E in HSDP 2015/2016 - 2019/20. It focuses on the main M&E activities and aligns them to the existing national and international structures and frameworks. This P...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/M%26E%20Plan%20for%20HSDP_Final%202016.pdf
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health Economics and Financing
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 9 hours ago 154 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Towards tuberculosis elimination: an action framework for low-incidence countries

This Framework offers a coherent approach for eliminating tuberculosis (TB) in low-incidence countries. It is designed to guide national policy-makers and those responsible for technical aspects of the national TB response in accelerating efforts towards elimination. The document will also be inform...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Towards%20TB%20elimination.pdf
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 164 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Report: Cross Country Learning on Community Health System Integration and Financing

The document titled Report: Cross Country Learning on Community Health System Integration and Financing offers a comprehensive insight into Community Health, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Northern...

https://africacdc.org/download/report-cross-country-learning-on-community-health-system-integration-...
Theme: Community Engagement
Sub Theme: Community Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 22 hours ago 158 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 97: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 97: 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...

https://africacdc.org/download/outbreak-brief-97-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=163...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 9 hours ago 138 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Rising cases of Pneumonia in Mainland-China

• Firstly, the lifting of COVID-19 social measures such as wearing masks, social distancing, handwashing, and restricted movements which allowed individuals with compromised immune systems or those without necessary vaccinations/boosters to interact freely. • And secondly, seasonal fluctuations, inc...

https://africacdc.org/download/rising-cases-of-pneumonia-in-mainland-china/?ind=1703064504180&filena...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 22 hours ago 130 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 152: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 152: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic 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, Norther...

https://africacdc.org/download/outbreak-brief-152-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=16...
Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 11 hours ago 128 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The Millennium Development Goals Report 2007

This report presents the most comprehensive global assessment of progress to date, based on a set of data prepared by a large number of international organizations within and outside the United Nations system.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Millennium%20Development%20Goals%20Report%...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health policy and planning
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 hours ago 158 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa CDC Weekly Event Based Surveillance Report, June 2023

Response: The MoH continues to conduct active case search and risk communication in the affected region.

https://africacdc.org/download/africa-cdc-weekly-event-based-surveillance-report-june-2023/?ind=1692...
Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 20 hours ago 124 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Annual Health Sector Performance Report Financial Year 2020/21

The AHSPR provides analysis of the health sector performance in respect to; i) the NDP III HCDP Key Results Areas (KRAs), ii) Diseases Burden, iii) Intermediate outcome indicators, and key inputs including medicines and health supplies, and financing. The report also provides an analysis of the Loca...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Annual%20Health%20Sector%20Performance%20R...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 21 hours ago 174 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The Guidebook Nutritional Anemia

Anemia is a widespread public health problem associated with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality, especially in pregnant women and young children. It is a disease with multiple causes, both nutritional (vitamin and mineral deficiencies) and non-nutritional (infection) that frequently co-occ...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/The%20Guidebook%20Nutritional%20Anemia.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Food and Nutrition
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 7 hours ago 185 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Safe Vaccination Administration in the Context of COVID-19 in Africa

Risk dimension Healthcare workers/vaccinators and vaccine recipients may be at risk of exposure to COVID-19, but adherence to infection prevention and control (IPC) measures can reduce the risk of transmission. Administrative controls, including universal screening and triage, and environmental cont...

https://africacdc.org/download/safe-vaccination-administration-in-the-context-of-covid-19-in-africa/...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 187 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Communiqu of the Video-Teleconference (vtc) Meeting of the Bureau of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government extended to African Vaccine Manufacturing countries held on 1

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Deputy Chairperson of the Commission H.E Dr. Monique Nsanzabaganwa and the Director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Dr John Nkengasong, also participated in the teleconference Meeting. M...

https://africacdc.org/download/communique-of-the-video-teleconference-vtc-meeting-of-the-bureau-of-t...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 59 Minutes ago 174 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Health Sector Strategic Plan for Statistics (2015/16-2019/20)

The Ministry of Health Uganda mission is ''To provide the highest possible level of health services to all people in Uganda through delivery of preventive, curative, palliative and rehabilitative health services at all levels''. � It��s set up with the mandate of policy formulation and policy dialo...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/MoH_SPS_July_12_2016.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 22 hours ago 169 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Guidance for conducting an early action review (EAR): rapid performance improvement for outbreak detection and response

This guidance for conducting early action reviews (EARs) results from a shared vision of the importance of collective learning during and following a public health event. That vision, and the close collaboration that led to the development of these resources, is shared among the World Health Organiz...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/WHO-WPE-HSP-CER-2023.1-eng.pdf
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 22 hours ago 144 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Gender, women and primary health care renewal a discussion paper

The goal of equality between women and men is a basic principle of the United Nations (UN), which is set out in the Preamble to the Charter of the United Nations. This commitment to promote gender equality and women��s empowerment was reaffi rmed in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Gender%20women%20and%20primary%20health%20...
Theme: Emergency Preparedness
Sub Theme: Primary Health Care
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 22 hours ago 136 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

WHO Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations 1019

The Fifty-third meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations (ECSPP) took place in Geneva, Switzerland, from 22 to 26 October 2018. Participants of the meeting were welcomed by Dr Mariângela Simão, Assistant Director-General, Acces...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Who%20expert%20comittee%20on%20specificati...
Theme: Prevention
Sub Theme: Pharmaceuticals and Drugs
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 5 hours ago 177 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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