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Climate change and malaria, dengue and cholera outbreaks in Africa: a call for concerted actions

With its population expected to double to 2.5 billion people by 2050, Africa has been disproportionally affected by the impacts of climate change. Africa contributes only 4% of the global carbon emissions; however, 7 out of the 10 countries most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change globally a...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
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Outbreak Brief 10: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

As of 24 March 2020, 1,988 total COVID-19 cases and 58 (CFR 3%) deaths have been reported in 43 African countries. Africa CDC is working with all affected countries and is mobilizing laboratory, surveillance, and other response support where requested. See Table 1 for the full list of countries in...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 144 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Health environment , managing the linkages for sustainable development, a toolkit for decision-makers : synthesis report.

The initiative supports environment and health actors working together to address issues of common concern. Traditionally, health and environment sectors have acted independently of one another, each in defined domains. While much can and has been achieved, HELI aims to add a further dimension by fo...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Environmental Health and Sanitation
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The Report of the 21st meeting of the Policy Analyst Cadre held on February 13, 2020

This Report is a presentation of proceedings of the 21st meeting of the Policy Analyst Cadre, which brought together Policy Analysts from all Government Ministries and Departments for enhancing capacity of the members of the Policy Analyst cadre in: Analyzing Public Policies; monitoring and Evaluati...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 143 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Performance Management Implementation Guidelines for Health Sector 2015

Uganda has over the last three decades undertaken several administrative reforms in the public sector, designed mainly to improve efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery. In the area of performance management, a number of initiatives have been undertaken to establish an effective performanc...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
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Consolidated Guidelines on use of Antiretroviral Drugs for Treating and Preventing HIV Infection.

WHO guidelines on the use of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection provide a public health approach for scaling up HIV care and treatment programmes and focus on simplified, harmonized and effective antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimens for use in resource-limited sett...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 154 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Essential Surgery

Essential Surgery reflects an increased emphasis on health systems relative to previous editions of Disease Control Priorities. This volume identifies 44 surgical procedures as essential on the basis that they address substantial needs, are cost-effective, and can feasibly be implemented. This chapt...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 7 hours ago 152 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Community Health Extension Workers National Policy 2018

In 2001, Ministry of Health established the Village Health Teams (VHT) strategy as an innovative approach to empower communities to participate in improving their own health as well as strengthen the delivery of health services at both the community and house hold levels. Despite implementing this s...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
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Outbreak Brief 22: COVID-19 Pandemic 16 June 2020

As of 9 am EAT 16 June 2020, a total of 251,866 COVID-19 cases and 6,769 (CFR: 2.7%) deaths have been reported in 54 African countries. This is about 3.2% of all cases reported globally. Since the last brief (9 June 2020), 55,612 new COVID-19 cases have been reported, which is a 27% increase in new...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
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MOH Pharmacy Division Stock Status Report As at 1st December 2018

The purpose of this report is to inform the Ministry of Health and all stakeholders of the stock levels in the country as a tool that enables appropriate logistics decisions making . This report highlights stock status, real challenges, bottlenecks but also recommends potential solutions to mitigate...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
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Uganda School Health Policy

Fifty percent of Uganda's population is under 15 years of age. The Universal Primary Education Programme has enabled 7 million children, which is over 30% of the entire population, to be in school. When Universal Secondary Education is introduced,the number of children in school could rise to 9 mill...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 8 hours ago 271 Views 1 Comments Add to Favourites

Africas Leadership Role in the Development and Access to Potential COVID-19 Vaccine: Highlights for Day One

H.E. President Cyril Ramaphosa, Chairperson of the African Union and President of the Republic of South Africa opened the conference. He noted the need for strong partnerships, cooperation and a sense of urgency among Africans in finding a suitable vaccine against the COVID-19. He emphasized the nee...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
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Weekly Malaria Report - Epi Week 36

This document is a statistical report on malaria activities that occurred at the various administrative levels during the reporting period.

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 143 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Cardiovascular disease prevention and control Translating evidence into action

Every year, an estimated 17 million people die of cardiovascular disease (CVD) (1). Three fourths of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. In addition, at least one third of the world population is currently at high risk of developing major cardiovascular events; an estimated 1.3 b...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
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Curriculum Diploma in Pharmacy 2018

Uganda��s Business, Technical, Vocational, Education and Training (BTVET) sub-sector has undergone many reforms in effort to meet the National Development Plan��s objectives for skilling Uganda��s human resources and for Uganda Vision 2040. The reforms include, among others, the review of curricula...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 20 hours ago 217 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Public health emergencies in war and armed conflicts in Africa: What is expected from the global health community?

The document titled Public health emergencies in war and armed conflicts in Africa: What is expected from the global health community? offers a comprehensive insight into Emergency Response and Preparedness, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenge...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 185 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Mainstreaming HIV/ AIDS issues in to the poverty eradication action plan ( PEAP ) : Guidance for sector and PEAP revision teams

The objective of this paper is to demonstrate how and why HIV should be considered in each of the PEAP pillars. It provides a set of core questions, which need to be considered in developing Sector PEAP Review Papers (SPRP) and the construction of each pillar as well as suggestions to help guide the...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
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Sero-epidemiological assessment of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine responsiveness and associated factors in the vaccinated community of the Casablanca-Settat Region, Morocco

Sayeh Ezzikouri, Raji Tajudeen, Hind Majidi, Soad Redwane, Safaa Aqillouch, Mohammed Abdulaziz, Merawi Aragaw, Mosoka Papa Fallah, Senga Sembuche, Serge Batcho, Patrick Kabwe, Elizabeth Gonese, Oumaima Laazaazia, Mohcine Elmessaoudi-Idrissi, Nadia Meziane, Abdelhakim Ainahi, M’hammed Sarih, Ahmed E....

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
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PUBLIC INVESTMENT PLAN [PIP] FY 2016/17- 2018/19

The Public Investment Plan (PIP) sets out planned investment decisions that the Government of Uganda plans to realise over the medium term (FY2016/17 - FY2018/19). The PIP provides an overview of all investment profiles for Central Government Votes with development funding (either GoU and or Externa...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health Economics and Financing
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World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2020

– Using antimicrobials without prescription can cause antimicrobial resistance, always seek the advice of a health care professional before using antimicrobials against any infection.– Using antimicrobials without prescription can cause antimicrobial resistance, always seek the advice of a health ca...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
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