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Preventing youth violence: an overview of the evidence

This manual reviews what is known about the prevalence and consequences of youth violence, the underlying risk factors and scientific studies on the effectiveness of youth violence prevention programmes. It also provides brief notes on how to strengthen youth violence prevention efforts. The prevent...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Adolescent Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 6 days ago 160 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin week 9, 24th Feb - 1st 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: 19 hours ago 143 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (13 April 2022)

The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (13 April 2022) 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 Africa, Southern Africa,...

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-scientific-and-public-health-policy-update-13-april-2022/?in...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 148 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Service Standards and service Delivery Standards for the Health Sector

In accordance with the Constitution of Uganda, all citizens are entitled to access high quality and cost effective public services. Efficiency, effectiveness, transparency and accountability in service delivery require that sectors and institutions develop, document, disseminate and apply standards....

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health policy and planning
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 18 hours ago 183 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Uganda National ehealth Policy 2016

The National eHealth Policy and Strategy are directional documents that describes long-term vision for eHealth, with a strong focus on tangible benefits and deliverables. It also describes the leadership and governance structure, cantered on the National eHealth Technical Working Group that will hel...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 hour ago 152 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 21: COVID-19 Pandemic 9 June 2020

As of 9 am EAT 9 June 2020, a total of 196,254 COVID-19 cases and 5,341 (CFR: 2.7%) deaths have been reported in 54 African countries. This is about 2.8% of all cases reported globally. Since the last brief (2 June 2020), 43,812 new COVID-19 cases have been reported, which is a 29% increase in new c...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 20 hours ago 133 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Scaling up Antiretroviral Therapy: Experience in Uganda

Uganda was one of the first African countries to respond aggressively to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, moving rapidly to institute measures aimed at preventing HIV transmission. HIV prevalence rates once described as being among the highest in Africa and tending toward 30% have declined to under 10 % withi...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 175 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 118: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 118: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic 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 Africa, Southern Africa, Weste...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 hours ago 140 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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

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Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 7 days ago 161 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The State of Uganda Population Report 2020

The year 2020, has been marked with the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic which has ravaged the world and set a new normal in the lives of people, the way we interact and the way we deliver and access services. The pandemic has taken a staggering toll on people, communities and economies everywhere. B...

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Theme: Data Analytics
Sub Theme: Demographics
Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 1 day ago 168 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa CDC Weekly Event Based Surveillance Report, February 2023

Fifty-four (98%) MS are currently providing COVID-19 vaccination to the general population. Cumulatively, 898 million doses have been administered on the continent. Of these doses administered, 440.7 million people have been partially vaccinated, 412.2 million have been fully vaccinated, and 45.1 mi...

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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 hours ago 147 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Stakeholder Engagement Plan - UCREPP

The overall objective of this SEP is to define a program for stakeholder engagement, including public information disclosure and consultation throughout the entire project cycle. The SEP outlines approached in which MoH will communicate with stakeholders and includes a mechanism by which people can...

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Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: COVID-19
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 23 hours ago 159 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Factors that Influence Decisions to Seek Medical Male Circumcision Services A Report of Qualitative Research in Kampala, Kayunga, Pallisa, Kasese and Mbale Districts - Uganda March, 2010

This report contains the findings of the study on ��Factors that Influence Decisions to Seek Medical Male Circumcision (MMC) Services�� commissioned by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg University - Health Communication Partnership (HCP) with funding from the United States Agency for International Develop...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 6 days ago 136 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP) for the Uganda COVID-19 Response and Public Health Emergencies Systems Strengthening Project

The Republic of Uganda hereinafter the Recipient through Ministry of Health will implement the Uganda COVID-19 Response and Public Health Emergencies Systems Strengthening Project (the Project) financed by the International Development Association (hereinafter the Association).

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Theme:
Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 8 hours ago 180 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence 1005

The thirty-eighth meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) took place in Geneva, Switzerland from 14 to 18 November 2016. Dr Suzanne Hill, Director, WHO Department of Essential Medicines and Health Products (EMP), opened the meeting. She welcomed all...

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Theme: Prevention
Sub Theme: Pharmaceuticals and Drugs
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 6 days ago 180 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Routine Management of Third Stage of labor

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 174 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 26: COVID-19 Pandemic 14 July 2020

As of 9 am EAT 14 July 2020, a total of 610,807 COVID-19 cases and 13,456 (CFR: 2%) deaths have been reported in 54 African countries. This is 5% of all cases reported globally. Since the last brief (2020), 118,183 new COVID-19 cases have been reported, which is a 24% increase compared to the 7 July...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 151 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Questions and answers on COVID-19 vaccine

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...

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Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 180 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Preventive chemotherapy in human helminthiasis

This manual is intended to guide the coordinated implementation of regular, systematic, large-scale interventions that provide anthelminthic drug treatment as a core component of the joint and synergic control of helminthic diseases such as lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis and s...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 20 hours ago 197 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Ministry of Health Clients Charter 2021

The Ministry of Health (MoH) reviewed its Client Charter 2012/13 - 2014/15 in line with the long term international and national development goals and objectives as spelt out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Vision 2040, Second National Health Plan (NHP II), National Development Plan...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health policy and planning
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 12 hours ago 147 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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