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Second National Health Policy 2010

The development of this second National Health Policy (NHP II) has been informed by the National Development Plan (NDP) for the period 2010/11-2014/15, the 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Uganda and the new global dynamics. The NDP places emphasis on investing in the promotion of people��s heal...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
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Report: Expert and stakeholder virtual consultation meeting to develop the Africa CDC Non-Communicable Diseases and Mental Health Strategy

The meeting was organized by Africa CDC to bring all stakeholders together to reflect and provide recommendations on the key functional areas of the strategy development framework. The functional areas in which partnership, collaboration and health systems strengthening are needed for NCDs and menta...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 19 hours ago 119 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

World Malaria Report 2015

The World malaria report 2015 assesses global malaria disease trends and changes in the coverage and fi nancing of malaria control programmes between 2000 and 2015. It also summarizes progress towards international targets, and provides regional and country profi les that summarize trends in each WH...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 117 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin, week 45, 7th - 13th November, 2016

The proportion of health facilities that reported this week was 75.5% which signifies a 19.1% increase in reporting rate in comparison to the same week in 2015. Only 12.1% (14/116) districts had 100% of their health facilities reporting and 44% (51/116) of the districts achieved the national target...

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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 7 hours ago 114 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Effective drug regulation A multi-country study

Problems related to the safety and quality of drugs exist in many places around the world today, in developing and developed countries alike. Some incidents have ended in tragedy, often with children as the victims. They are caused by the use of drugs containing toxic substances or impurities, drugs...

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Theme: Prevention
Sub Theme: Pharmaceuticals and Drugs
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 7 hours ago 125 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 127: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 127: 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...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 13 hours ago 117 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Call for Review of the African Antibiotic Treatment Guidelines for Common Bacterial Infections and Syndromes

This is a call for relevant experts to serve as members of the External Review Group. The purpose of the external review is to ensure that the proposed guidance is appropriate, feasible, and accessible to healthcare workers and other relevant guideline users in Africa.The External Review Group will...

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Teacher's Guide for Certificate in Nursing 2018

The Guide emphasises practical teaching, projects and acquisition of skills by the learner. The competences that learners are expected to acquire are clearly spelt out in each Module Unit covered in the Semester. ��You�� should ensure that learners are well versed with practical work. The teaching m...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 15 hours ago 126 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Guidelines for Governance and Management structures

Good governance and management of health services is a key element in ensuring effectiveness and efficiency in the health sector. The governance and managemnet structures described in the health Sector Strategic and Investment Plan intends to establish a substantive sector wide governance mechanism.

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 135 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Experts discuss law and public health emergency preparedness and response in Africa

The principal aims of the Guidance are to identify key elements that underpin and support effective PHE risk management, serve as an assessment tool for those undertaking reviews of domestic laws, policies and plans relating to PHEs and provide guidance on how to implement relevant international obl...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
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Weekly epidemiological Bulletin week 36: 31st AUG-6th SEP 2020

This epidemiological bulletin serves to inform all stakeholders at district, national, and global levels on disease trends, public health surveillance and interventions undertaken in detecting, preventing and responding to public health events in the country on a weekly basis. This issue, we showcas...

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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
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Monthly Executive Brief June 2022

This report provides a�monthly update on key�program indicators in the�health sector.

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 24 hours ago 113 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...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 20 hours ago 139 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Assessment and management of health workers with Sudan Ebola Virus Disease occupational exposures

This protocol is intended for use when there has been a potential occupational exposure to Ebola virus, but infection is �not confirmed. It is intended for use in health care settings for exposures related to the workplace. Specifically, this�document is applicable for the Ebola virus (EBOV) belongi...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 13 hours ago 118 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.

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 18 hours ago 156 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Living in a World with HIV/AIDS

Because it is committed to a fair, safe and compassionate workplace, the UN system wants us to be fully informed about issues that can affect the workplace, including HIV and AIDS. Our right to understand UN-system policies on HIV and AIDS extends to all employees, including those who are and are no...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 139 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Malaria Weekly Status report Week 13, 2019

Reporting rate this week (85,4%) represents an almost 20% improvement in reporting rate from the pre-vious week, 2019W12 (65.9%) There were almost 20,000 malaria cases more this week (117,040) ) compared to 97,077 reported the previous week. While there may be a real increase in the number of malari...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 14 hours ago 119 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Lab success story; No more guesswork: Lab staff and patients benefit from Lab SPARS

The Apapai Health Centre IV laboratory in Serere district, Eastern Uganda, is busy today with ten patients waiting to have their lab tests taken. The laboratory technician, Samuel Oule, is confident that he has enough of the right laboratory supplies to run tests for all the patients he will see tod...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 116 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Climate Change and Human Health

There is international scientific agreement that the world is getting warmer. By examining climate records, scientists have determined that the temperature of the air at the Earth��s surface has warmed by approximately 0.6�C since the late 19th century (see Figure 1-1). Evidence from tree rings, tro...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Environmental Health and Sanitation
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 5 hours ago 116 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Report on the First Edition of the Uganda National Digital Health Conference 2023

This report is an account of all that happened during the First Edition of the National Digital Health Conference held on the 13th and 14th of November 2023 at Kampala Serena Hotel. The main objective of the conference was to discuss Uganda��s progress in implementing digital health initiatives and...

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Theme: Digital Health
Sub Theme: Health Information Systems
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