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Strategic Framework: Strengthening Cross-Border Surveillance and Information Sharing in Africa

The African Union Member States (AU MS) face significant health threats, particularly infectious diseases, due to its overstretched public health systems and infrastructure. Despite Its remarkable improvements and growth in health sector service delivery in recent times, the African continent remain...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 29 Minutes ago 182 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

State of the World Population 2017

In today��s world, gaps in wealth have grown shockingly wide. Billions of people linger at the bottom, denied their human rights and prospects for a better life. At the top, resources and privileges accrue at explosive rates, pushing the world ever further from the vision of equality embodied in the...

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Theme: Data Analytics
Sub Theme: Demographics
Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 24 hours ago 144 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Finding the Balance: Public health and social measures in Tunisia

This report describes findings from a telephone survey with 1,197 people conducted in September 2021, alongside local epidemiological and secondary data. The survey was approved by the Tunisian Ministry of Health, Primary Healthcare Administration to examine experiences and responses to public...

Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Workforce
Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 15 hours ago 32 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 94: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 94: 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-94-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=163...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 143 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for the Partnership to Accelerate COVID-19 Testing

This document provides a framework for monitoring and evaluating PACT implementation and decision-making at the continental level.Africa CDC will use all possible mechanisms through its Regional Collaborating Centres (RCCs), the Regional Economic Communities (RECs), other partners such as the World...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 15 hours ago 162 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization 1016

The WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization met in Geneva from 29 October to 2 November 2018. The meeting was opened on behalf of the Director-General of WHO by Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Deputy Director- General for Programmes. Dr Swaminathan welcomed the Committee, meeting participants and...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/WHO%20expert%20Committee%20on%20Biological...
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 157 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

WHO model formulary for children 2010.

In 2007, the World Health Assembly passed a Resolution titled ��Better Medicines for Children��. This resolution recognized the need for research and development into medicines for children, including better dosage forms, better evidence and better information about how to ensure that medicines or t...

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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

Water and Sanitation Sector Gender Statistics Profile

Development of the Gender Statistics Gender Statistics Profiles is anchored in the Beijing Platform for Action, which underscores the need for gender analysis as one of the critical starting points for Gender Mainstreaming. The main objectives of compiling the Gender Statistics Gender Statistics Pro...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 24 hours ago 153 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Ministry of Health 2008/09 Statistical Abstract

The Ministry of Health hereby presents the Statistical Abstract for the financial year 2008/09. It is a comprehensive summary of statistics generated from routine health management information system and health surveys in the sector. It gives highlights on morbidity and mortality status, health infr...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 24 hours ago 139 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Caring for Newborns and Children in the Community

It explains about what will take place during the entire training. It indicates which activities are to be done, who to do them, and when to be done

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/ICCM%20facilitator%27s%20Guide.pdf
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 5 hours ago 164 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Mid-Term Review report for the Health Sector Development Plan 2015/16 - 2019/20

The Ministry of Health in collaboration with all key stakeholders and health development partners have conducted a Mid Term Review (MTR) of the progress in implementation of the Health Sector Development Plan (HSDP). The HSDP was developed and approved as the Health Sector planning framework within...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health policy and planning
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 142 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa CDC Epidemic Intelligence Weekly Report, May 2024

Geographic Focus: Reports could either focus on events affecting single country or multiple countries.Inclusion criteria: While Africa CDC continues to track all public health events on the continent, this report highlights only moderate to very high-risk events (with new updates in the reporting we...

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Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 215 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Mpox Technical Factsheet

Distribution in Africa Since the beginning of this year and as of 26 August 2024, a total of 22,863 cases (19,222 suspected; 3,641 Confirmed) and 622 deaths, Average CFR 2.06% (95%CI: 0-4.26%) of mpox have been reported from 13 Africa Union (AU) Member States (MS): Burundi, Cameroon, Central African...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 hours ago 286 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Optimizing Strategies for COVID-19 Vaccine Roll-out in Benin and Ghana

The document titled Optimizing Strategies for COVID-19 Vaccine Roll-out in Benin and Ghana offers a comprehensive insight into Vaccine Manufacturing, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Northern Africa,...

https://africacdc.org/download/optimizing-strategies-for-covid-19-vaccine-roll-out-in-benin-and-ghan...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Vaccine Manufacturing
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 137 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Egypt

The document titled Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Egypt 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/perc-finding-the-balance-public-health-and-social-measures-in-egypt/?...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 119 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

PERC Weekly Update: COVID-19 Epidemiology and Policy in Africa

While reported COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to decrease in most African Union (AU) Member States, the new variant first detected in South Africa (501Y.V2) has continued to spread. Across the continent and globally, countries have announced new restrictions limiting travel to/from South Africa...

https://africacdc.org/download/perc-weekly-update-covid-19-epidemiology-and-policy-in-africa/?ind=16...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 157 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Policy Brief on Revitalising Civil Servants Perforformance for Sustainable Development

Globally, concerns about declining public service delivery have put Governments at a critical point of the national sustainable development agendas. There has been rediscovery of the role of public institutions in the drive for sustainable development and democracy. There is no doubt that public ser...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 5 days ago 132 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin, week 35, 29th August - 4th September, 2016

All districts submitted at least one weekly surveillance report in week 35 of 2016. The proportion of health facilities that reported was 83.5% which represents a 33.3% increase in reporting rate in comparison to the same week in 2015. Since week 1 of 2016, there has been a steady national reporting...

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Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 142 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The IPC Ring Approach Checklist

The IPC Ring Approach Checklist presentation is an EVD IPC training material for HC II and pharmacies on how to rapidly mobilize teams to assist affected health facilities and the community in implementing IPC measures to�reduce Ebola transmission in a predetermined risk� area whenever a case is ide...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
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Malaria weekly Status report Uganda Week 8 18th to24th Feb 2019

Reporting rate this week (87.8%) represents an about 10 percentage point increase from the previous week, 2019W7 (78%) There was a 6% increase reported malaria cases (100,336 in W6 vs. 106,503 this week. Key to note in this regard are net increases in Gomba, Butambala and Kyotera Districts which had...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 152 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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