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First 100 Days: Delivering the New Deal

H.E. Dr. Jean Kaseya was appointed as the first Director General of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) in February 2023 by the 36th Africa Union (AU) Assembly of Heads of State and Government. Upon assuming office on the 20th April 2023, he committed to three fundamental...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 hours ago 148 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Integrating Nutrition Assessment, Counselling and Support to Health Service Delivery - Facilitators Manual

The Ministry of Health and development partners have provided targeted nutrition interventions to selected�districts and health facilities using the Nutrition Assessment, Counselling, and Support (NACS) approach in�services for people living with HIV (PLHIV).�The approach strengthens�the capacity of...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/MYCAN%20FACILITATORS%20MANUAL%202021.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Food and Nutrition
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 days ago 98 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly epidemiological Bulletin week 16: 13th -19th Apr 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. � In this issue, we br...

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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 79 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Ministry of Health Kenya Website

At the Ministry of Health, Kenya, our vision for our beloved country reflects a Healthy, Productive and globally-competitive nati...

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Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 3 hours ago 168 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 59: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 59: 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-59-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=161...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 days ago 87 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Policy Guidelines 2017

The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Policy Guidelines are designed to promote Mental Health and prevent Mental, Neurological and Substance use disorders among children and adolescents. These guidelines are a statement by the Government of Uganda to set a clear direction in development of Mental,...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Child%20and%20Adolescent%20Mental%20Health...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 hours ago 118 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Levels & Trends in Child Mortality 2018 Report

Over the last two decades, the world made substantial progress in reducing mortality among children and young adolescents (including children under age 5, children aged 5��9 and young adolescents aged 10��14). Still, in 2017 alone, an estimated 6.3 million children and young adolescents died, mostly...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Child-Mortality-Report-2018.pdf
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 days ago 90 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Quality Improvement Manual For TB Care Services

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a disease of great public health concern in Uganda. The country is one of the 30 high TB/HIV burden countries in the world. The prevalence of TB estimated in the recently concluded National TB prevalence survey is almost two times higher than had previously been estimated (...

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Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases 1 Like
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Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2015.

The present report of the Board for 2015 contains a thematic chapter on the health and welfare ofmankind and the international drug control system. It shows that concern for health and welfare is at the core of the international drug control system. INCB emphasizes that the system in place,when full...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health policy and planning
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 94 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

HIV/AIDS in Uganda: The epidemic and the response

Two decades of HIV/AIDS in Uganda, the epidemic has entered the mature stage that presents enormous challenges of coping with the devastating social and economic impact in addition to the high HIV prevalence rates. The sickness and deaths of productive Ugandans has created a dent in all development...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/HIV%20AIDS%20in%20Uganda%20The%20epidemic%...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 94 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Health Sector Ministerial Policy Statement for Financial Year 2020/2021

The Health Sector Ministerial Policy Statement� (MPS) for FY 2020/21) has been developed through a consultative process involving the Central Government Ministries Health Sector Development Partners and the Sector Budget Working Group. The Ministry has aligned the sector outcomes for FY 2020/21 to t...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 days ago 96 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Routine Management of Third Stage of labor

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 days ago 103 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Planning Guide to Reduce Missed Opportunities for Vaccination

National immunization programmes across the globe continue to seek alternative strategies to explore the reasons for stagnating vaccination coverage and to design tailored strategies to address them. This suite of documents provides an additional strategy in the toolbox of a programme manager at the...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Planning%20Guide%20to%20reduce%20missed%20...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
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Home-based HIV Counseling and Testing for Resource-constrained Settings Participants Manual

By the end of the training, participants will be able to:�Educate households and communities about the benefits of home-based HCT.�Conduct pre-test counseling sessions with individuals, couples and children in the home.�Conduct a rapid HIV test using the finger-stick method.�Provide HIV test results...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 91 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa CDC Weekly Event Based Surveillance Report, November 2023

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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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
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Second National Development PLAN (NDPII) 2015/16 - 2019/20

This National Development Plan (NDPII) is the second in a series of six five-year Plans aimed at achieving the Uganda Vision 2040. The goal of this Plan is to propel the country towards middle income status by 2020 through strengthening the country��s competitiveness for sustainable wealth creation,...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health Economics and Financing
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 98 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa CDC Strategic Plan 2023 2027

Africa stands at a critical juncture, where the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic as well as Ebola and Monkeypox outbreaks underlined the need for increased self-reliance in our continent’s health systems. There is a shared recognition that Africa can and must do more to safeguard its healt...

https://africacdc.org/download/africa-cdc-strategic-plan-2023-2027/?ind=1693660521057&filename=Afric...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 98 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National Records And Archives Act,2001

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Theme: Health Policy and Governance
Sub Theme: Leadership, Governance, and Management
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 5 hours ago 107 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Communiqu: Orientations sur le Processus Acclr dautorisation Rglementaire dutilisation durgence des Vaccins Contre la COVID-19 en Afrique

RAPPELANT EN OUTRE que, les 24 et 25 juin 2020, Africa CDC a convoqué plus de 3000 dirigeants politiques et experts techniques pour discuter des besoins en matière de vaccins contre la COVID-19 sur le continent et des possibilités régionales de développement, de fabrication, de distribution et d’uti...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 hours ago 88 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Malaria Status Report - Week 34 August 2021 23RD 29TH AUG 2021

The reporting rate remained almost the same 75% in this week from 75.1% in last week. A total of 129,829 malaria confirmed cases were reported, a decrease by 2% from 132,430 last week. In Test positivity rate this week was 50.2% compared to 49.9% last week. The highest Test positivity rates were rep...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
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