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Africa CDC Weekly Event Based Surveillance Report, June 2023

Response: The MoH continues to conduct active case search and risk communication in the affected region.

https://africacdc.org/download/africa-cdc-weekly-event-based-surveillance-report-june-2023/?ind=1692...
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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 22 hours ago 112 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Digital Health Enterprise Architecture, Standards and Knowledge Products

The Standardisation Guide presents several digital health (DH) artefacts including; digital health Standards, digital health Enterprise...

Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health policy and planning
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The 2015 Quality of Death Index Ranking palliative care across the world

Everyone hopes for a good death, or rather, ��a good life to the very end��1, but until recently there was little dedicated effort and investment to provide the resources and education that would make that possible. Public engagement and policy interventions to improve the quality of death through...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/The%202015%20Quality-of-Death-Index%20rank...
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Non-communicable diseases and risk factors
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 16 hours ago 122 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

PERC: Biweekly Report (14 27 October 2020)

Disease Situation • For the continent as a whole, new cases and deaths reported between 14-27 October remained relatively unchanged compared to the previous two weeks (30 September – 13 October). The test per case ratio remains below the recommended range in two-thirds of AU Member States surveyed,...

https://africacdc.org/download/perc-biweekly-report-14-27-october-2020/?ind=1604484288397&filename=P...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 12 hours ago 136 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19

In this issue, we shift our focus from the�tangible bricks-and-mortar aspects of our work�to the vital, yet often unseen, ��soft activities ��that form the backbone of our project and are�essential for ensuring a resilient and responsive�healthcare system.�These activities encompass a wide range of�...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/UCREPP%20NEWSLETTER%20ISSUE%205-10_0.pdf
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: COVID-19
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 17 hours ago 135 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Continental Framework on Strengthening Mortality Surveillance Systems in Africa

The importance of robust mortality surveillance systems cannot be overstated in an era marked by increasing global health challenges where health threats loom large and population dynamics continue to evolve. Accurate and timely mortality data is essential for identifying trends and detecting emergi...

https://africacdc.org/download/continental-framework-on-strengthening-mortality-surveillance-systems...
Theme: Detection
Sub Theme: Mortality Surveillance
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Weather Outlook for August 2022

Weather Outlook for August, 2022 and Review of rainfall performance of June and July, 2022 over Uganda.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/August%202022%20Monthly%20Climate%20Outloo...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Environmental Health and Sanitation
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 10 hours ago 111 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin, week 45, 7th - 13th November, 2016

The proportion of health facilities that reported this week was 75.5% which signifies a 19.1% increase in reporting rate in comparison to the same week in 2015. Only 12.1% (14/116) districts had 100% of their health facilities reporting and 44% (51/116) of the districts achieved the national target...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Week%2045%202016.pdf
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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 9 hours ago 115 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Ministry of Health, Monthly Executive Brief

This report provides a monthly update on key program indicators in the health sector. It provides an overview of; OPD attendance, admissions, top causes of mortality and morbidity, teenage pregnancy, Maternal & Perinatal deaths and public health events

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Monthly%20Executive%20Brief_August%202022....
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 2 hours ago 128 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

PERC: Biweekly Report (28 October 10 November 2020)

Disease Situation (28 October – 10 November) • In Africa, new cases and deaths increased by 20% and 26%, respectively, between 28 October – 10 November compared to the previous two-week reporting period (14-27 October). Morocco, South Africa, Tunisia, Kenya and Libya accounted for more than three-fo...

https://africacdc.org/download/perc-biweekly-report-28-october-10-november-2020/?ind=1605600814939&f...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
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Linen and laundry management

Contaminated linen poses a risk of infection and should only be handled in personal protective equipment (PPE). Linen and laundry management presentation is an EVD IPC training material for Health facilities and pharmacies.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Management%20of%20linen%20in%20the%20conte...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 10 hours ago 143 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa CDC Weekly Event Based Surveillance Report, March 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...

https://africacdc.org/download/africa-cdc-weekly-event-based-surveillance-report-march-2024/?ind=171...
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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 9 hours ago 144 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The world health report 1999

Part One begins, in Chapter 1, by reviewing the dramatic decline in mortality in the 20th century. Income growth and improved educational levels - and consequent improvements in food intake and sanitation - have accounted for part of the mortality decline; but access to new knowledge, drugs and vacc...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/The%20world%20health%20report%201999.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 20 hours ago 118 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National Health Care Waste Management Plan 2009/10- 2011/12

Healthcare waste management (HCWM) in Uganda is well below minimum hygiene standards and as a result, healthcare workers, patients, and communities are exposed to nosocomial infections both within Healthcare Facilities (HCFs) and the surrounding communities. Furthermore, negative impacts on Uganda��...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/National%20Health%20care%20waste%20managem...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Environmental Health and Sanitation
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 19 hours ago 146 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Report of the 1st Symposium on Teenage Pregnancy in Uganda

Every year, the ministry of Health (MoH) commemorates the Safe Motherhood week in October. The national commemoration this year (October 2013) was held in Apac district in Northern Uganda. As part of the events for the week, MoH and its partners held a symposium on the theme: ��Teenage pregnancy an...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Report%20of%20the%201st%20Symposium%20on%2...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Sexual and Reproductive Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 118 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Policies and Plans

Children and adolescents with good mental health are able to achieve and maintain optimal psychological and social functioning and well-being. They have a sense of identity and self-worth, sound family and peer relationships, an ability to be productive and to learn, and a capacity to tackle develop...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Child%20and%20Adolescent%20Mental%20Health...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 19 hours ago 122 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Meeting Report: United in the Fight Against Mpox in Africa High-level Emergency Regional Meeting

From April 11-13, 2024, a ‘High-Level Emergency Regional Meeting on Mpox in Africa’ was convened by Africa CDC in collaboration with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and multiple other partners, including CEPI, WHO, UNICEF, INSP, and US Government among others. This report highlights key findi...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations 3 Likes
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 12 hours ago 206 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

A Brief Guide to iHRIS Qualify

iHRIS Qualify is the system that is used by the Health Professional Councils to capture and aggregate data on a cadre of health workers from the time they enter pre-service training through registration and licensure. It can also track deployments, issue licenses for private practices and out-migrat...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/A%20Brief%20Guide%20to%20iHRIS%20Qualify.p...
Theme: Digital Health
Sub Theme: Health Information Systems
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 8 hours ago 146 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (16 June 2020)

The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (16 June 2020) 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, North...

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-scientific-and-public-health-policy-update-16-june-2020/?ind...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 7 hours ago 133 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Advancing the Global Health Security Agenda: Results and Impact of U.S. Government Investments

This report details the results and progress achieved through United States investments in global health security, including efforts that enhance the global capacity to respond to and contain outbreaks of high-threat diseases such as Ebola, Zika, Rift Valley fever, and pandemic influenza.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/GHSAR-2019_final.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 9 hours ago 142 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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