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Child Survival Strategy for Uganda 2008-2015

Child survival, which refers to the survival of children aged 0 to 5 years, is a major public health concern in Uganda. Though the past 20 years have witnessed improvements in child survival in Uganda, about 200,000 children under the age of 5 years still die annually, mainly during the first year (...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Sexual and Reproductive Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 13 hours ago 140 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Nutrition Program Report - Monthly Health Facility, May 2023

This document is a statistical report highlighting the performance of the key nutrition program indicators for the month of May 2023.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Nutrition%20Monthly%20Report_May%202023.pd...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Food and Nutrition
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 18 hours ago 119 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Presidential First-track initiative on ending HIV and AIDS in Uganda

Over the years, Uganda's efforts in combating HIV and AIDS have registered considerable progress. We succeeded in bringing down the HIV prevalence rate from a peak of 18 per cent in the 90s to 6-7 percent at the turn of the century. In the last 3-4 years there have been significant improvement in th...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 141 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 79: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 79: 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-79-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=162...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 129 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Call for Review of the African Antibiotic Treatment Guidelines for Common Bacterial Infections and Syndromes

This is a call for relevant experts to serve as members of the External Review Group. The purpose of the external review is to ensure that the proposed guidance is appropriate, feasible, and accessible to healthcare workers and other relevant guideline users in Africa.The External Review Group will...

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Africa CDC Weekly Event Based Surveillance Report, March 2023

Eritrea is the only AU MS yet to start COVID-19 vaccination roll out. For Epi week 8 (20 – 26 February 2023), 2,311 new COVID-19 cases were reported, which is a 40% decrease in the number of new cases reported compared to the previous week (7). The Southern region accounted for 75% of the new COVID-...

https://africacdc.org/download/africa-cdc-weekly-event-based-surveillance-report-march-2023/?ind=169...
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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 12 hours ago 125 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Egypt

The document titled Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Egypt 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/finding-the-balance-public-health-and-social-measures-in-egypt/?ind=1...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 12 hours ago 119 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National Strategic Plan For HIV&AIDS 2011/12-2014/15(revised)

The Government of Uganda through Uganda AIDS Commission and with support from the national HIV/AIDS Partnership revised the National Strategic Plan (2007/08-2011/12) for HIV/AIDS and aligned it to the National Development Plan (NSP). This four-year NSP for HIV/AIDS is a national multi-sector tool fo...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 122 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 89: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

As of 9 a.m. East African Time (EAT) 28 September 2021, a total of 8,283,763 COVID-19 cases and 210,435 deaths (CFR: 2.5%) have been reported in 55 African Union (AU) Member States. This represents 3.6% of all cases and 4.4% of all deaths reported globally. Twenty-five (45%) AU Member States are rep...

https://africacdc.org/download/outbreak-brief-89-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=163...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 12 hours ago 121 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...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Week%2029%202016_0.pdf
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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 119 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National Malaria Control Program

Malaria has been the leading cause of sickness and death in Uganda, claiming over 150 lives daily.�However efforts by Government in partnership with donors from the international community to combat the disease through the increased access and use of Long Lasting Insecticide Nets (LLIN) among the po...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/LLIN%20News%20letter%20final%20March%20201...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Malaria
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 10 hours ago 159 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 122: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

As of 6 p.m. East African Time (EAT) 16 May 2022, a total of 11,559,637 COVID-19 cases and 252,641 deaths (CFR: 2.2%) have been reported by the 55 African Union (AU) Member States (MS). This represents 2% of all cases and 4% of all deaths reported globally. Forty (73%) AU MS are reporting CFRs highe...

https://africacdc.org/download/outbreak-brief-122-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=16...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 4 hours ago 111 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa CDC Event-based Surveillance Resources

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) would like to thank all the contributors whose efforts helped to create and develop both the original and this revised version of the Africa CDC Event-based Surveillance Framework. The technical working group that contributed to the...

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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 hours ago 134 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Ministry of Health, Weekly Executive Brief - Week 25

This brief provides an overview of; OPD attendance, notifiable diseases, other diseases of public health interest and causes of death.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Weekly_Executive_Brief_wk25.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 17 hours ago 157 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Review of Implementation of The Ministry of Health Work plan Semi-annual (1st and 2nd QUARTERS) July to December 2018 - FY 2018/19

The workshop to review the implementation of the Ministry of Health (MoH) work plan for the first and second quarters for 2018/19 financial year will take take place from 2nd to 3rd April 2019 at Imperial Royale Hotel, Kampala. The main objective of the workshop is to conduct a performance review of...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/MoH%20Semi%20Annual%20report%20FY%202018_1...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health policy and planning
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 124 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

MoH Epidemiological Bulletin - Week 36

This bulletin serves to inform all stakeholders at community, district and national levels on suspected disease trends, public health surveillance and interventions undertaken in detecting, preventing and responding to public health events in Uganda on a weekly basis.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Ug%20Epidemiological%20Bulletin%202023Wk36...
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 9 hours ago 117 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Uganda National Drug policy 2002

The publication of this first comprehensive and detailed Uganda National Drug Policy marks a significant step forward in the overall development of national health services in general and national pharmaceutical services in particular. Now for the first time we have available a vital reference point...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 134 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Tunisia COVID-19 Country Case Study

The first COVID-19 wave had mainly economic and social rather than health consequences in Tunisia, given the rapidity and severity of authorities’ responses. Economic, social, and political constraints prevented the country from implementing more stringent measures to manage subsequent waves....

Theme: Workforce Development
Sub Theme: Human Resource Planning
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Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Secondary and Tertiary Screening Wide

EVD Secondary and Tertiary Screening is used to carry out further assessment for potential symptoms of EVD and COVID-19, before accessing the health care facility.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/EVD%20Secondary%20and%20Tertiary%20Screeni...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 171 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The World health report : 2003 : shaping the future.

A key message of this report is that real progress in health depends vitally on stronger health systems based on primary health care. In most countries, there will be only limited advances towards the United Nations Millennium Development Goals and other national health priorities without the develo...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/The%20world%20health%20report%202003.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 2 days ago 151 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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