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MIYCAN Counselling Cards for Health Facility Workers

The MIYCAN Counselling Cards are part of the Ministry of Health's strategy to�improve maternal, infant, young child, and adolescent health and nutrition.�These materials are part of an integrated package of job aids, or counselling tools,�aimed at supporting health workers in counselling mothers and...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Food and Nutrition
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 52 Minutes ago 185 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Poliomyelitis

Strong progress continues to be made since the Health Assembly called for the worldwide eradication of poliomyelitis in 1988.2 At the time, poliomyelitis was endemic in more than 125 countries around the world and more than 350 000 children a year were paralysed for life by poliovirus. Today, transm...

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Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 138 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

HIV/AIDS in Uganda: The epidemic and the response

Two decades of HIV/AIDS in Uganda, the epidemic has entered the mature stage that presents enormous challenges of coping with the devastating social and economic impact in addition to the high HIV prevalence rates. The sickness and deaths of productive Ugandans has created a dent in all development...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 18 hours ago 147 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

HPV Vaccine Communication Special considerations for a unique vaccine 2016 update

This guide presents communication guidance for countries introducing human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine at the national or sub-national levels. HPV vaccination is a key strategy for comprehensive cervical cancer control and prevention. By the end of 2015, more than 65 countries introduced HPV vaccin...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 hour ago 162 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 103: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 103: 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...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 12 hours ago 121 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Alert Notification: New SARS-CoV-2 variant with multiple spike protein mutations

As of 21 December 2020, more than 300 genomes of the 501Y.V2 variant have been identified, all in South Africa. Preliminary analysis in South Africa (501Y.V2) and the UK (501Y) suggests that this variant is significantly more transmissible than previously circulating variants and potentially higher...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 43 Minutes ago 112 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin week 10, 2nd8th Mar 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 responding to public health events in the country on a weekly basis. In this issue, we brin...

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Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 10 hours ago 122 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 86: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 86: 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-86-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=163...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 hours ago 136 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Integrated community case management (iCCM) Implementation Brief

Integrated community case management (iCCM)�is part of a wider community health worker�(CHW) strategy, in which CHWs provide lifesaving�treatment for childhood killer diseases within 24�hours of the onset of symptoms. Trained CHWs are�supported, equipped, and supplied with�commodities to provide�Cur...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 hours ago 177 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The state of Uganda Population Report 2019

The development of the 2019 State of Uganda Population Report was a result of a series of stakeholder consultative and editorial committee meetings under the leadership of National Population Council (NPC). National Population Council recognizes the important inputs of all the stakeholders and membe...

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Theme: Data Analytics
Sub Theme: Demographics
Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 11 hours ago 131 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Ministry of Health 2011 Statistical Abstract

The Ministry of Health has been producing the Annual Statistical Abstract since 2009. With support from UBOS and other implementing partners, the Annual Statistical Abstract is produced to highlight progress in the health sector basing on selected health indicators depending on the availability of d...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 2 hours ago 165 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

An AIDS Free Uganda, My Responsibility : National HIV/AIDs priority action plan 2015/16- 2017/18.

The National HIV and AIDS Strategic Plan 2015/2016 - 2019/2020 (NSP) was developed to guide implementation of the multi-sectoral response. It provides strategic actions aimed to address the gaps and challenges identified in the Mid-Term Review (MTR) of the National HIV and AIDS Strategic Plan 2011/2...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 10 hours ago 151 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Global AIDS Response Progress Reporting 2015

The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to national AIDS programmes and partners actively involved in the country response to AIDS on use of core indicators to measure and report on the national response.

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 126 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

World Health Statistics 2021 2021: Monitoring Health for the SDGs, sustainable development goals

The World health statistics report is the World Health Organization (WHO) annual compilation of the latest available data on health and health-related indicators for its 194 Member States. The report is produced by the WHO Division of Data, Analytics and Delivery for Impact, in collaboration with WH...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 7 days ago 128 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

State of the World Population 2017

In today��s world, gaps in wealth have grown shockingly wide. Billions of people linger at the bottom, denied their human rights and prospects for a better life. At the top, resources and privileges accrue at explosive rates, pushing the world ever further from the vision of equality embodied in the...

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Theme: Data Analytics
Sub Theme: Demographics
Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 10 hours ago 133 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin, week 29, 18th - 24th July, 2016

Comparable to the previous week, all 112 districts reported with an average reporting rate of 85.0% in week 29, 2016. This represents a 52.3% increase in reporting rate compared to the same week in 2015. A total of 24.1% (27/112) had 100% of all their health facilities reporting and 70.5% (79/112) o...

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Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 121 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Ministerial Policy Statement Financial Year 2015/2016

The Govemment of Uganda continues to facilitate the attainment of a good standard of health for all the people in Uganda. The goal of the Health Sector is therefore to reduce morbidity and mortality as a contribution to poverty reduction as well as economic and social development of the people of Ug...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 10 hours ago 151 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Summary 2016 Program Review River Blindness Elimination Programs 2017

The Carter Center River Blindness Elimination Program held its 21st annual review, March 27-29, 2017 at its Atlanta headquarters. The review focused on the 2016 RBEP achievements, challenges, and operational research and provided recommendations for 2017 activities in each of the RBEP assited countr...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 128 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Annual Health Sector Performance Report 2017/18

The Annual Health Sector Performance Report (AHSPR) highlights progress, challenges, and lessons learnt and proposes mechanisms for improvement. The report focuses on the progress in implementation of commitments in the Ministerial Policy Statement, overall sector performance against the targets se...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health policy and planning
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 hours ago 137 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

World Malaria Day Scientific Conference 2019

The Uganda Annual World Malaria Day scientific conference hosted by ministry of health draws malaria stakeholders in medicine, global health professionals representing academia, non-profits NGOs, industry, military Development and Implementation partners and private practice services. The meeting is...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 10 hours ago 121 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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