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Malaria Status report Week 5, 2019

Reporting rate this week (75.7%) is a drop from the previous week, 2019W4 (83.9%). There was a 9% drop in reported malaria cases (105,566 this week vs. 116,330 in W4) There was marginal drop in confirmed malaria incidence. Only Adjumani & Moyo Districts reported incidence rates >10 cases/1,000 popul...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Malaria%20Weekly%20Status%20Report%20Week%...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 148 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa CDC Mastercard Foundation: Saving Lives and Livelihoods Newsletter, November 2022

Currently, Mauritius and Seychelles have 85 and 82 percent vaccination rates, respectively, surpassing the 70 percent target set by the WHO in 2021. Countries that have attained vaccination rates of between 50 and 70 percent include Liberia at 67 percent, Rwanda at 66 percent, Morocco at 62 percent,...

https://africacdc.org/download/africa-cdc-mastercard-foundation-saving-lives-and-livelihoods-newslet...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 146 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa CDC Statement on Anti-Corruption and Zero Tolerance to Fraud

The document titled Africa CDC Statement on Anti-Corruption and Zero Tolerance to Fraud offers a comprehensive insight into Administration, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Northern Africa, Southern A...

https://africacdc.org/download/africa-cdc-statement-on-anti-corruption-and-zero-tolerance-to-fraud/?...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 13 hours ago 171 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Guidance on pooled testing for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

The document titled Guidance on pooled testing for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) 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...

https://africacdc.org/download/guidance-on-pooled-testing-for-severe-acute-respiratory-syndrome-coro...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 19 hours ago 160 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Nutrition Service Quality Assessment Tool for Health Facilities (NSQA)

The Nutrition Service Quality Assessment (NSQA 2021) Tool for health facilities is a result of the revision and expansion of the Nutrition Service Delivery Assessment tool (NSDA 2015) into a systems quality assessment tool for nutrition services at all health facility levels. The NSQA tool is specif...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Uganda-NSQA-Tool%202021%20.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Food and Nutrition
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 151 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Curriculum for Certificate in Medical Theatre Techniques

The modular format of the curriculum allows learners to acquire job specific skills and knowledge (competences) module by module. In principle, and following the philosophy of Competence-Based Education and Training (CBET), the modules can be used as a guide for learning in a training centre or at t...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Curriculum%20For%20Medical%20Theatre%20Tec...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 174 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

MoH, Weekly Malaria Report - Epi Week 23

Key highlights on the malaria statistics from across the country for the week of 5th to 11th June 2023.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Malaria%20Bulletin%20-%20Epi%20week%2023.p...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 145 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Morocco

The document titled Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Morocco 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...

https://africacdc.org/download/finding-the-balance-public-health-and-social-measures-in-morocco/?ind...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 114 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 27: COVID-19 Pandemic 21 July 2020

As of 9 am EAT 21 July 2020, a total of 736,288 COVID-19 cases and 15,418 deaths (CFR: 2.1%) have been reported in 54 African countries. This is 5% of all cases reported globally. Since the last brief, 125,481 new COVID-19 cases have been reported, which is an increase of 21% compared to the 14 July...

https://africacdc.org/download/outbreak-brief-27-covid-19-pandemic-21-july-2020/?ind=1595354342005&f...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 10 Minutes ago 162 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Guidelines to the Local Government Planning Process Health Sector Supplement

The republic of Uganda is an East African state currently under multiparty dispensation. Service delivery is decentralized to local governments as per the 1997 local Government Act. The Central government, however, retains the role of setting standards and providing guidelines to local governments....

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Guidelines%20to%20the%20Local%20Government...
Theme: Health Policy and Governance
Sub Theme: Leadership, Governance, and Management
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 11 hours ago 168 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Teacher's Guide for Advanced Diploma in Public Health 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 covered in the semester. You should ensure that learners are well-versed with practical work. The teaching methodolo...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Teachers%20guide%20for%20Higher%20Diploma%...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 171 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Disabled Village Children A guide for community health workers, rehabilitation workers, and families

This book has been a cooperative effort. Many persons have contributed in different ways. Some have helped to write or rewrite different sections; some have criticized early drafts; some have used it in their programs and sent us feedback; some have sent original ideas or technologies that we have t...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Disabled%20Village%20Children%202003.pdf
Theme: Community Engagement
Sub Theme: Disability and Rehabilitation
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 165 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...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Week%2035%202016.pdf
Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 144 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

United Nations Development Assistance Framework for Uganda, 2016 - 2020

This United Nations Development Assistance Framework for 2016-2020 is a result of a highly consultative process under the high-level modality for engagement between the Government of Uganda and the United Nations Country Team which deliberated and approved the Results Framework that underpins the UN...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Uganda%20UNDAF%202016-2020.pdf
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health Economics and Financing
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 177 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Prevention and Control of Cholera: Operational Guidelines for the National and District Health Workers & Planners.

Cholera is preventable and treatable acute diarrhoeal disease caused by infection of the intestine with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, either serogroup O1 or O139. Cholera is usually transmitted through consumption of water or food contaminated by faeces bearing the cholera organism.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Final%20Cholera%20Guidelines%202017.pdf
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 hours ago 162 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Statement of guidance and recommendations to African Union Member States on the epidemic modelling of the COVID-19 pandemic

What models got right in the African context: Many African countries were amongst the most rapid to respond to the emerging threat of COVID-19, implementing large-scale interventions at very early stages of their epidemic. As demonstrated in this document using very simple models, this rapid mobiliz...

https://africacdc.org/download/statement-of-guidance-and-recommendations-to-african-union-member-sta...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 167 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Human Resources for Health Policy April 2006

The purpose of this policy document is to seek to ensure that Human Resources for Health, and their related functions are given the prominence, importance and resource allocations they require as the most crucial factor for health service delivery. It addresses a number of salient Human Resources fo...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Human%20Resources%20for%20Health%20Policy....
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 140 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Statement on COVID-19 and the training of healthcare professionals in Africa

Healthcare workforce development is critical to meeting Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG3) and other health-related SDGs and to achieve universal healthcare coverage (UHC)2(p3) in Africa. The COVID-19 pandemic further compounds the already ill equipped, under-staffed strained, and over-stretched...

https://africacdc.org/download/statement-on-covid-19-and-the-training-of-healthcare-professionals-in...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 145 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

IPC Scorecard

IPC Scorecard presentation is an EVD IPC training material to help health facilities collect information about the health facility assessment. The Scorecard is not for EVD treatment centres (separate assessment).

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/IPC%20Scorecard.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 126 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The Millennium Development Goals and Tobacco Control

This study demonstrates the relevance of tobacco control in achieving each of the eight United Nations Millennium Development Goals. It outlines the occurrence of the high yet increasing prevalence of tobacco use in the developing world, and documents the negative impact that tobacco cultivation and...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 20 Minutes ago 170 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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