During Week 6 of 2017, the proportion of health facilities that reported was 74.7% indicating a 5.3% decrease in comparison to the same week in 2016. Only 12.1% (16/116) districts had 100% of their health facilities reporting and 52.6% (61/116) of the districts achieved the national target of 80%. O...
This Report explores the integral links between environmental sustainability and equity and shows that these are critical to expanding human freedoms for people today and in generations to come. The point of departure is that the remarkable progress in human development over recent decades that the...
The document titled Report: Cross Country Learning on Community Health System Integration and Financing offers a comprehensive insight into Community Health, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Northern...
The document titled Outbreak Brief 52: 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...
As of 9 am EAT 7 July 2020, a total of 492,624 COVID-19 cases and 11,622 (CFR: 2.4%) deaths have been reported in 54 African countries. This is 4.3% of all cases reported globally. Since the last brief (30 June 2020), 99,319 new COVID-19 cases have been reported, which is a 25% increase compared to...
Uganda COVID-19 Response and Public Health Emergencies Systems Strengthening Project (herein the ��Project��) aims to prevent, detect and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and strengthen national systems for public health. The USD 12.5 million Project to be financed by World Bank (herein the ��Bank��...
The document titled Medical PPE production in Africa: Promoting Local Manufacturers to support the COVID-19 Response (Workshop report) offers a comprehensive insight into Emergency Response and Preparedness, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenge...
In order to properly guide Member States, the Africa Regulatory Taskforce has developed a framework (https://africacdc.org/download/guidance-on-emergency-expedited-regulatory-authorisation-and-access-to-covid-19-vaccines-in-africa/) for market authorisation of COVID-19 vaccines, which include three...
The functions of the committee shall be to monitor the general administration of the health Sub-district on behalf of the district local council and the Ministry of Health. this shall be done within the guidelines and policies of the Ministry of Health
In Week 40 of 2016, the proportion of health facilities that submitted a report was 83.5% which represents a 49.1% increase in reporting rate in comparison to the same week in 2015. Only 19.8% (23/116) districts had 100% of their health facilities reporting and 64.7% (75/116) of the districts achiev...
This weekly 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,...
The Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) is a State Corporation established in Kenya in 1979 through the Science and Technology (Repealed) Act, Cap 250 of the Laws of Kenya operated under the Scie...
The WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization met in Geneva from 17 to 20 October 2017. The meeting was opened on behalf of the Director- General of WHO by Dr Suzanne Hill, Director of Essential Medicines and Health Products (EMP) and currently Acting Assistant Director-General for the Heal...
We are pleased to share our 48th weekly epidemiological bulletin for the year 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 respond...
The Africa CDC is working to establish a new Public Health Order for Africa, in which Member States are empowered to strengthen and protect the public health of their peoples. NPHIs provide the platform to help countries achieve their public health goals.
Child injuries have been neglected for many years, and are largely absent from child survival initiatives presently on the global agenda. Th rough this World report on child injury prevention, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children��s Fund and many partners have set out to elevat...
Essential environmental health standards in health care contains guidelines for setting standards of safety conditions to provide adequate health care. This document also recommends measures for minimizing the risk of health care-associated diseases for patients, staff and carers.3 These guidelines...
The Office views risk as the possibility of an event occurring that will influence the achievement of objectives. It assesses risk in terms of degree of impact and likelihood of occurrence. Methodical consideration of risk guides the Office��s prioritization of activities and provides a basis for wo...
When injected with the vaccine, the body responds to the germ proteins in the vaccine by producing specific antibodies that attach to the proteins and prepare the body to fight infection by the germ. When the real germ then infects the body, the antibodies attach to proteins on the surface of the ge...
The data collection for the 2016 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS) was implemented between June 15 and December 18 2016 by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health. The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program is a global programme coordinated...
