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Ministry of Health Weekly Malaria Report, Week 19, 9 May - 15 May 2022

There has generally been a gradual increase in the number of confirmed cases, incidence, and the number of upsurge districts. This explains the increasing number of districts with an inadequate stock of ACTs and RDTs.The reporting rate has also generally been low It is important to note that since t...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
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USING DATA TO FIND A BALANCE: Disruption to essential health services in Africa during COVID-19

This brief builds on the September 2020 “Responding to COVID-19 in Africa: Using Data to Find a Balance” report from the Partnership for Evidence-Based Response to COVID-19 (PERC). It delves deeper into findings from PERC’s 24,000-person survey conducted in 18 African Union (AU) Member States betwee...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 13 hours ago 150 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Establishing the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention: the upside of a crisis

The document titled Establishing the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention: the upside of a crisis offers a comprehensive insight into Other, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Northern Afri...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 19 hours ago 125 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Decontamination of ambulances - Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)

This job aide is a detailed step-by-step procedure, summarising the process for decontamination of ambulances used to transport patients with confirmed or suspected EVD to avoid�the contamination of health workers, other patients and caregivers. This procedure should be performed after each patient�...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 21 hours ago 145 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa Region Subject Matter Expert (Af-RSME) under the Regional Training and Certification Program for Biosafety and Biosecurity Professionals in the Africa Region

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Biosafety and Biosecurity Initiative was launched by the Africa CDC in April 2019 with the aim of strengthening the African Union (AU) Member States’ biosafety and biosecurity systems and enabling them to comply with national and int...

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Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin, week 40, 30th September - 6th October, 2019

During week 40, a total of 52,261 cases were reported from 16 conditions of priority. This resulted into 34 deaths due to malaria. Malaria, Typhoid, Measles and Dysentery were the leading causes of morbidity during this epidemiological week. Sadly, 179 babies died within one week of life and 14 moth...

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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 17 hours ago 156 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Question and Answer Booklet on the Planned National Health Insurance Scheme

Health Insurance is the way of financing health care where individuals or households contribute money to a common pool and when they fall sick they access a defined package of health services withouthaving to pay from their pockets.

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health Economics and Financing
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 19 hours ago 132 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National HIV and AIDS Strategic Plan

This five-year National Strategic Plan (NSP) for HIV and AIDS is a coordination tool for the national response developed from the efforts and experiences of the national HIV/AIDS Partnership.� The Plan sets priorities for the three thematic service areas of Prevention, Care and Treatment and Social...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 19 hours ago 197 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Guidance on easing lockdown

The document titled Guidance on easing lockdown 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 Africa, Southern Africa, Western Afri...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 19 hours ago 135 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Performance Management Resource Package 2018

The guidelines provide for the context, definition of key terms, how to conduct performance planning, monitoring, appraisal, improvement, managing under performance, rewarding excellent performance while at the same time sanctioning poor performance.

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 20 hours ago 148 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Health Sector Development Plan 2015/16 - 2019/20

The second National Development Plan 2015/16 - 2019/20 was launched and sets Uganda��s medium term strategic direction, development priorities and implementation strategies. The NDP��s theme is "Strengthening Uganda��s Competitiveness for Sustainable Wealth Creation, Employment and Inclusive Growth"...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health Economics and Financing
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 21 hours ago 167 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Uganda Health Workforce Study: Satisfaction and Intent to Stay Among Current Health Workers

This report summarises the results of a study of health worker satisfaction, working conditions and intent to continue working in the health sector in Uganda. The findings point to the importance of a number of factors that contribute to satisfaction and intent to stay, including differences by cadr...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 13 hours ago 183 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Uganda National Drug policy 2002

The publication of this first comprehensive and detailed Uganda National Drug Policy marks a significant step forward in the overall development of national health services in general and national pharmaceutical services in particular. Now for the first time we have available a vital reference point...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 21 hours ago 152 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Resettlement Policy Framework For Uganda Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health Improvement Project

Government of Uganda (GoU) with financing support from of World Bank (The Bank) plans to improve reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child health from implementation of the Uganda Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health Improvement Project (RMNCAH Project). The Project Development Object...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Sexual and Reproductive Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 21 hours ago 188 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Ministerial policy statement for FY 2010/ 2011

This ministerial statement is about the vote functions of ministry of health.

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 22 hours ago 135 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Village Health Team Facilitators Guide for Training Village Health Teams

The guide offers a training methodology that will facilitate your work in preparing VHT members for the work they will do. This methodology will help them develop the skills required for their very important mission. The training should be carefully planned, and well organized. Handling adult learne...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health system resilience
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 15 hours ago 188 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Treatment of tuberculosis Guidelines Fourth edition

Major progress in global tuberculosis (TB) control followed the widespread implementation of the DOTS strategy. The Stop TB Strategy, launched in 2006, builds upon and enhances the achievements of DOTS. New objectives include universal access to patient-centred treatment and protection of population...

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Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 41 Minutes ago 177 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Atlas of headache disorders and resources in the world 2011

Headache disorders are among the most common disorders of the nervous system, causing substantial ill-health and disability in populations throughout the world. Despite this, they are underestimated in scope and scale, and there is little recognition of their public-health impact. It is not known ho...

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Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Non-communicable diseases and risk factors
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 22 hours ago 148 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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: 1 hour ago 264 Views 1 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 76: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 76: 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...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 21 hours ago 129 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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