COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (20 July 2021)

The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (20 July 2021) 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...

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin, week 28, 11th - 17th July, 2016

Comparable to the previous week, all 112 districts reported and with an average reporting rate of 83.3% in week 28, 2016. This represents a 15.5% increase in reporting rate compared to the same week in 2015. A total of 23% (26/112) had 100% of all their health facilities reporting and 50% (66/112) o...

Guidelines for Governance and Management structures

Good governance and management of health services is a key element in ensuring effectiveness and efficiency in the health sector. The governance and managemnet structures described in the health Sector Strategic and Investment Plan intends to establish a substantive sector wide governance mechanism.

Guidelines on Sanitation and Health

Safe sanitation is essential for health, from preventing infection to improving and maintaining mental and social well-being. The lack of safe sanitation contributes to diarrhoea, a major public health concern and a leading cause of disease and death among children under five years in low- and middl...

Lessons learned in Home Management of Malaria

The document is a comparative analysis and documentation of the processes that have enabled teams to implement HMM in various settings. It complements other WHO publications on the subject (WHO, 2004, 2005) in that it focuses on the processes, challenges, and lessons learnt in implementing the HMM s...

The Financing of Palliative Care Services in Uganda

The Financing of Palliative Care Services in Uganda was established for the funding of sources for palliative care services, the services provided and the financial sustainability plans.

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (16 March 2022)

The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (16 March 2022) 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, Nort...

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin, week 48, 28th November - 4th December, 2016

During Week 48 of 2016, the proportion of health facilities that reported this week was 83.3% indicating a 15.4% increase in reporting rate in comparison to the same week in 2015. Only 14.7% (17/116) districts had 100% of their health facilities reporting and 68.1% (79/116) of the districts achieved...

Report on a Joint Meeting of Africa Ministers of Health and Finance on the Progress and Status in Controlling the COVID-19 Pandemic and its Economic Shocks

The document titled Report on a Joint Meeting of Africa Ministers of Health and Finance on the Progress and Status in Controlling the COVID-19 Pandemic and its Economic Shocks offers a comprehensive insight into Emergency Response and Preparedness, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidanc...

Risk Characterization of Microbiological Hazards in Food

Risk assessment of microbiological hazards in foods (Microbiological Risk Assessment - MRA) has been identified as a priority area of work by the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC). Following the work of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH), CAC adopted Principles and Guidelines for the Condu...

Rapid Guidance on the Decommissioning of Ebola Care Facilities

The 2014 Ebola outbreak, which has affected several countries in West Africa, is the largest in history. The three countries most affected by the outbreak - Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone -have reported almost 25,000 cases as of March 2015. In response to the urgent need for Ebola treatment beds,...

Health Sector Gender Statistics Profile Uganda

Development of the Gender Statistics Profiles is anchored in the Beijing Platform for Action, which underscores the need for gender analysis as one of the critical starting point for Gender Mainstreaming. The main objectives of compiling the Gender Statistics Profile were to establish the level of...

National HIV Testing Services Policy and Implementation Guidelines - Uganda

This policy provides a framework for establishing systems that ensure that the rights of persons in Uganda to access non-discriminatory HTS services are realized. This policy and guidelines will operate within the scope of the national and international policies; in alignment with national plans and...

Humanitarian Action for Children 2015 Overview

The year 2014 was one of sharp contrasts for the world��s children - posing new challenges for UNICEF��s work to improve their lives and emphasizing the critical necessity of investing in heir resilience, before, during, and after emergencies. In November, we marked the 25th anniversary of the Conve...

WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization 1011

The WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization met in Geneva from 17 to 20 October 2017. The meeting was opened on behalf of the Director- General of WHO by Dr Suzanne Hill, Director of Essential Medicines and Health Products (EMP) and currently Acting Assistant Director-General for the Heal...

Curbing the Epidemic Governments and the Economics of Tobacco Control

SMOKING already kills one in 10 adults worldwide. By 2030, perhaps a little sooner, the proportion will be one in six, or 10 million deaths per year��more than any other single cause. Whereas until recently this epidemic of chronic disease and premature death mainly affected the rich countries, it i...

Policy and strategy for insectcide treated nets.

Based on this epidemiology malaria significantly contributes to the burden of disease as well as economic losses. According to the 2001 ��Roll Back Malaria�� (RBM) base line assessment in four districts between 39% and 44% of recorded outpatient visits were due to malaria. It is estimated that betwe...

Africas Health Financing

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

https://africacdc.org/download/africas-health-financing-in-a-new-era-april-2025/#
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health Economics and Financing
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The Africa Pathogen Genomics Initative (Africa PGI) Integrated Genomic Surveillance and Data Sharing Platform (IGS)

About the Project Approximately 700,000 deaths occur globally annually due to infections caused by antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) pathogens. In Africa, western sub-Saharan Africa, is disproportionately affected by AMR relative to other regions. The pervasiveness of AMR in this region threatens to rev...

Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Sudan

The document titled Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Sudan 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...