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Africa CDC Mastercard Foundation: Saving Lives and Livelihoods Newsletter, September 2023

Currently, 14 African Union member states have vaccinated at least 70 percent of their eligible populations with the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the WHO Tanzania and São Tomé and Príncipe have fully vaccinated their populations, while Botswana has immunized 94 percent of theirs Mauritius, Seychel...

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 128 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: 1 day ago 135 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Human Resource Information System (HRIS) Strategic Plan 2016 - 2018

A well functioning health information system is one that ensures the production, analysis, dissemination and use of reliable and timely health information by decision- makers at different levels of the health system, both on a regular basis and in emergencies. The Human Resource Information Systems...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/HRIS%20Strategic%20plan%202016-2018.pdf
Theme: Digital Health
Sub Theme: Health Information Systems
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 5 hours ago 123 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

IPC | Legal Framework, Background and Annotations

As such, healthcare facilities play a key role in effective preparedness and response. By ensuring IPC standards are implemented appropriately, healthcare facilities can provide safe services not only on a daily basis but also when there is a surge in healthcare need.

https://africacdc.org/download/infection-prevention-and-control-ipc-legal-framework-background-and-a...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Infection Prevention
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 6 hours ago 135 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: 6 hours ago 126 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

African Union Framework for Antimicrobial Resistance Control 20202025

In accordance with the UN approach, and to meet the specific needs of African nations, the African Union (AU) established a Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance in 2018. This Task Force represents the AU agencies involved in human, animal and plant health sectors that collaborate to measure, preve...

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Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 7 hours ago 123 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Occupational Safety and Health Implementation Strategy

The OSH implementation strategy outlines the steps to be undertaken by anyone who would like to ensure safety and health at the work place in the health sector. It simplifies the guidelines outlining the objectives of implementing a safety and health program at the work place, tools to use, areas of...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/MOH%20IMPLEMENTATION%20STRATEGY%20FOR%20OS...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health policy and planning
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 170 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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: 2 days ago 114 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Monthly Malaria Surveillance Status Report - JULY 2023

This document is�a Malaria�Surveillance Status�Report for the month of July 2023.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/July%202023_Malaria%20Surveillance%20Statu...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 121 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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

https://africacdc.org/download/africa-cdc-weekly-event-based-surveillance-report-december-2023/?ind=...
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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 5 hours ago 131 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 138: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 138: 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...

https://africacdc.org/download/outbreak-brief-138-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=16...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 14 hours ago 123 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Essential environmental health standards in health care

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...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Essential%20environmental%20health%20stand...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Environmental Health and Sanitation
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 10 hours ago 147 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Tracking Universal Health Coverage: 2017 Global Monitoring Report

A number of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in September 2015 have targets that relate to health. However, one goal - SDG 3 - focuses specifically on ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages. Target 3.8 of SDG 3 -...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Tracking%20Universal%20Health%20Coverage%2...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 hours ago 117 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Adolescent Health Risk Behaviors in Uganda: A National Cross Sectional Study report 2017

Adolescents, as defined by the World Health Organization, are individuals aged 10-19 years. Adolescence is a period characterized by rapid biological, emotional and social changes and development. Twenty five percent (25%) of Uganda��s 34.6 million population are adolescents, who are faced with soci...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Adolescent%20Health%20Risk%20Behaviour%20S...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Adolescent Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 hours ago 142 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National Health Policy 1999

According to the Burden of Disease Study in Uganda (Ministry of Health, 1995), over 75% of the life years lost due to premature death were due to ten preventable diseases. Perinatal and maternal conditions (20.4%), malaria (15.4%), acute lower respiratory tract infections (10.5%), AIDS (9.1%) and di...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/National_Health_Policy_1999_1.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 9 hours ago 138 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

WHO recommendations for clinical mentoring to support scale-up of HIV care, antiretroviral therapy and prevention in resource-constrained settings

This publication discusses the rationale and relevance of clinical mentoring to the public health approach to scaling up HIV care and antiretroviral therapy (antiretroviral therapy). This discussion is based on the Planning Consultation on Clinical Mentoring: Approaches and Tools to Support Scaling-...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/WHO%20Recommendations%20for%20clinical%20m...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 hours ago 154 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 84: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 84: 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-84-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=162...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 121 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Global wealth report 2014

The Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of information on global household wealth. Since 2010, we have collaborated with Professors Anthony Shorrocks and Jim Davies, recognized authorities on this topic, and the principal authors of ��Personal Wea...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Global%20Wealth%20Report%202014.pdf
Theme: Data Analytics
Sub Theme: Poverty
Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 2 days ago 175 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Service Availability Mapping (SAM)

Service Availability Mapping (SAM) in Uganda was conducted by Uganda��s Ministry of Health (MoH) resource centre and the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2004. The goal was to collect information on the availability and distribution of key health services by interviewing the district directo...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Service%20Availability%20Mapping%202006.pd...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health Infrastructure
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 140 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Bulletin pidmiologique mensuel des maladies potentiel pidmique et autres urgences de sant publique, Mai 2023

• Impact de la crise soudanaise en République centrafricaine et au Tchad Après le déclenchement de la guerre au Soudan, un afflux de réfugiés soudanais et d’autres nationalités a été enregistré dans l’extrême-nord de la République centrafricaine (RCA), province de Vakaga ainsi que dans plusieurs pro...

https://africacdc.org/download/bulletin-epidemiologique-mensuel-des-maladies-a-potentiel-epidemique-...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 125 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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