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Basic epidemiology 2nd edition

The essential role of epidemiology is to improve the health of populations. This textbook provides an introduction to the basic principles and methods of epidemiology. It is intended for a wide audience, and to be used as training material for professionals in the health and environment fields.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Basic%20Epidemiology.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 17 hours ago 87 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: 22 hours ago 84 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Joint WHO AFRO and Africa CDC Statement on the Use of Corticosteroid for the Management of Severe and Critical COVID-19 Cases

The document titled Joint WHO AFRO and Africa CDC Statement on the Use of Corticosteroid for the Management of Severe and Critical COVID-19 Cases offers a comprehensive insight into Emergency Response and Preparedness, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical hea...

https://africacdc.org/download/joint-who-afro-and-africa-cdc-statement-on-the-use-of-corticosteroid-...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 21 hours ago 71 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Web-Based ARV Ordering and Reporting System (WAOS) Report Period: October-November 2019

The web-based ARV Ordering and Reporting System (WAOS) is the official Ministry of Health (MoH) ARV ordering and reporting system hosted within the District Health Information Software (DHIS2). Since 2013, the Ministry of Health uses the system to support health facilities to order for and report on...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/WAOS%20Report%20December%2001%2C%202019.pd...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 15 hours ago 93 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National Antiretroviral Treatment Guidelines for Adults, Adolescents, and Children

In 1982 Dr. Anthony Lwegaba, then working as a Medical Officer in Kalisizo Health Center, Rakai District, described the first cases of HIV disease in Uganda.� Now, twenty seven years later, HIV is the commonest cause of death among the young adults aged 2045 years.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/National%20Antiretroviral%20treatment%20Gu...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 16 hours ago 77 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Married adolescents : No place of safety.

This publication is about the negative effect of early marriages on adolescents.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Married%20Adolescents.%20No%20place%20of%2...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Adolescent Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 18 hours ago 73 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Nutrition Annual Performance Report FY 2022/23

The nutrition annual performance report 2022/23 highlights the progress made by the Division��s objectives, challenges, lessons learnt and proposes mechanisms for improvement. The report presents the performance on key nutrition indicators stated in the Ministry of Health��s Nutrition M&E framework...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/NAPR%20FY2023%20Annual%20report-10-1_Print...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Food and Nutrition
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 16 hours ago 84 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa CDC Mastercard Foundation: Saving Lives and Livelihoods Newsletter, December 2022

As of today, the following countries have more than 70 per cent of the populations fully vaccinated Mauritius, Seychelles, Rwanda, Comoros, Tanzania, Somalia, Liberia, Cape Verde, Morocco, Botswana, Mozambique, Zambia, and Sao Tome and Principe.Africa has registered over 12 million COVID-19 cases si...

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: 21 hours ago 76 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

6th National Quality Improvement Conference Report (3rd to 5th December 2019)

The Annual Health Care Quality Improvement Conference promotes the sharing of best practices, successes, and challenges across Uganda. The event is organized by the Ministry of Health -Standard Compliance Accreditation and Patient Protection (SCAPP) Department. The conference was held at Speke Resor...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/6th%20National%20QI%20Conference%20Report%...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health policy and planning
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 19 hours ago 89 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Report on Mid-Year review of the Health Sector Performance, FY 2009/10

The workshop to review the first and second quarter health sector performance was held from 27th to 28th January 2010 at Metropole Hotel in Kampala. The general Objective of the workshop was to review the performance of the Ministry of Health departments/Institutions against first and second quarter...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Report%20on%20Mid-year%20review%20of%20the...
Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health policy and planning
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 21 hours ago 82 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Cancer control, Palliative care

Palliative care meets the needs of all patients requiring relief from symptoms, and the needs of patients and their families for psychosocial and supportive care. This is particularly true when patients are in advanced stages and have a very low chance of being cured, or when they are facing the ter...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Cancer%20control%20Palliative%20Care.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Cancers
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 16 hours ago 79 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Africa CDC Weekly Event Based Surveillance Report, June 2023

Response: The MoH continues to conduct active case search and risk communication in the affected region.

https://africacdc.org/download/africa-cdc-weekly-event-based-surveillance-report-june-2023/?ind=1692...
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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 14 hours ago 67 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

World report on disability 2011.

In response to this situation, the World Health Assembly (resolution 58.23 on ��Disability, including prevention, management and rehabilitation��) requested the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General to produce a World report on disability based on the best available scientific evidence. T...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/World%20report%20on%20disability%202011.pd...
Theme: Community Engagement
Sub Theme: Disability and Rehabilitation
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 21 hours ago 92 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Integrated Human Resources Information System (iHRIS) Users Manual for HRIS Manage

Integrated Human Resources Information System (iHRIS) is a management tool that enables an organization to design and manage a comprehensive human resources strategy. iHRIS has five core modules: iHRIS Qualify for health workforce registration and licensing, iHRIS Manage for human resource managemen...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Users%C2%B9%20Manual%20for%20HRIS%20Manage...
Theme: Digital Health
Sub Theme: Health Information Systems
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 14 Minutes ago 108 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

MPS : Health

This ministerial statement is about the Vote Functions of ministry of health. A vote function is a set of programmes, projects, and Local Government Grants, defining the roles and responsibilities of a vote/institution, and contributing towards the attainment of vote and overall sector objectives

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Ministerial%20policy%20statement%20FY%2020...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 19 hours ago 76 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Poverty Status Report : Reducing vulnerability, equalising opportunities and transforming livelihoods.

The reduction of poverty and vulnerability is an integral part of Uganda��s national development. This report considers the national development process from the point of view of an individual household. From this perspective, socioeconomic transformation means that all households are made more secu...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Poverty%20Status%20Report%20Poverty%20Redu...
Theme: Data Analytics
Sub Theme: Poverty
Category: Data and Statistics Last updated: 30 Minutes ago 89 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Internal Directive on Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the financing of Terrorism

The document titled Internal Directive on Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the financing of Terrorism 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, S...

https://africacdc.org/download/internal-directive-on-anti-money-laundering-and-countering-the-financ...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 15 hours ago 79 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

The effort to achieve the Millenium Development Goals in Uganda : Reaching for the sky?

This publication is about the MDGs of Health.

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Millenium%20Dev%20Goals%20in%20Uganda.pdf
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 17 hours ago 80 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Assessing Tuberculosis Prevalence through Population - based surveys

Tuberculosis (TB) prevalence surveys are most valuable in areas where notification data obtained through routine surveillance are of unproven accuracy or incomplete, and in areas with an estimated prevalence of bacteriologically confirmed TB of more than 100 per 100 000. To help in assessing the per...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/Assessing%20Tuberculosis%20prevalence%20th...
Theme: Global Health Security Capacities
Sub Theme: Communicable Diseases
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 83 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

World Development Report 2020; Trading for Development in the age of Global value

This Report concludes that Global Value Chains (GVC)� can continue to boost growth, create better jobs, and reduce poverty, provided that developing countries undertake deeper reforms and industrial countries pursue open, predictable policies. Technological change is likely to be more of a boon than...

http://library.health.go.ug/sites/default/files/resources/World%20Development%20Report%202020%20Trad...
Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 13 hours ago 89 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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