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How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted Ugandan businesses? Results from a business climate survey

The Corona Virus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) has continued to spread across the world leaving death and economic devastation in its wake. Although the number of confirmed cases in Uganda remain very low in comparison to other countries, the containment adopted to curb the spread of the virus have affect...

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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
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Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Morocco

The document titled Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Morocco 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: 14 hours ago 106 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

African Centre for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (ACTV) Annual report 2015

The African Centre for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (ACTV) is humbled to present to you the 2015. Annual Report that gives an account of the activities undertaken by ACTV from January 2015 to December 2015. It reflects on the lessons learnt in the period, the challenges faced and...

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Theme: Community Engagement
Sub Theme: Disability and Rehabilitation
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 6 hours ago 123 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

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,...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Health Economics and Financing
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 11 hours ago 162 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

National Pediatric Emergency Triage and Treatment

This assessment report is the result of a combined effort of staff from the Uganda Ministry of Health, Maternal Child Health Technical Working Group-ETAT Steering Committee, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), USAID Maternal Child Health and Nutrition (MCHN) Activity, World H...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 6 hours ago 125 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Internal Directive on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harrassment

2. The objective of this Internal Directive is to support Africa CDC’s commitment to the prevention of SEA and SH in its operations, programs and projects; and to taking appropriate measures in response to observed or alleged SEA and SH.

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 8 hours ago 126 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Safe Male Circumcision Policy

Several studies have found significant association between male circumcision and HIV infection. Recent studies in African men have demonstrated that male circumcision reduces the risk of HIV acquisition among medically circumcised men by approximately 60%. In addition, male circumcision has been sho...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 10 hours ago 158 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

HIV Sero Behavioural Survey in Fishing Communities of the lake Victoria Basin of Uganda

The survey fieldwork was conducted in forty six fishing communities of the Lake Victoria Basin of Uganda in August 2010. The main aim was to establish HIV prevalence among fishing communities, the associated drivers of risk and vulnerability; and the effectiveness of HIV and AIDS response. The surv...

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Theme: Health Systems
Sub Theme: HIVAIDS
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 10 hours ago 139 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Local Government Performance Assessment - FY 2018/2019 National Synthesis Report

The 2018 Local Government Performance Assessment (LG PA) Report is the second edition under the new Local Government Assessment framework. The assessment was conducted between September-October 2018 with involvement of the Local Government Performance Assessment Task force, Ministries, Departments a...

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Theme: Health Policy and Governance
Sub Theme: Leadership, Governance, and Management
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National Oral Health policy

The policy provides a simple set of guidelines to enable local level health care managers and providers to make the best decisions they can on what oral health strategies to implement.� It is a flexible decision-making framework that enables health managers to adapt the most effective oral health in...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 132 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin week 12, 16th22nd 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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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
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The scientific basis of tobacco product regulation: second report of a WHO study group

Scientific publications, including reports by several expert panels, published since 2003 have provided a strong foundation for the present advisory note. This note essentially replaces the 2003 recommendation by Scientific Advisory Committee on Tobacco Product Regulation (2004).

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 115 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Environmental and Social Management Framework for Uganda COVID-19 Response and Public Health Emergencies Systems Strengthening Project (P174041)

The Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) has been prepared to guide COVID-19 outbreak response activities. This ESMF outlines the framework and mechanisms for environmental and social impact screening, determining extent of required environmental assessment and assessment of environm...

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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
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Infection control : Policies and procedures

This document has policies and procedures to be used by health care workers inorder to control infection.

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 12 hours ago 116 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Helping Health Workers Learn A book of methods

Such a world-wide goal is very worthy. But in some ways it is dangerous. For there is a risk of trying to reach that goal in ways that become so standardized, so impersonal, so controlled by those in power, that many of the human qualities essential to health��and to health care�� are lost. There is...

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Theme: Emergency Preparedness
Sub Theme: Primary Health Care
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 6 days ago 115 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (31 August 2021)

The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (31 August 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, Nor...

https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-scientific-and-public-health-policy-update-31-august-2021/?i...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 3 days ago 130 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Outbreak Brief 124: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 124: 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...

https://africacdc.org/download/outbreak-brief-124-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/?ind=16...
Theme: Response
Sub Theme: Emergency response operations
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 1 day ago 114 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

Round 1 Supplementary Immunization Activity (SIAs) Polio Campaign Report, June 2022

The 2022 Ugandan polio SIA was conceived with the notion that the number of unimmunized children over the years through routine immunization and the additional impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on routine immunization in the region led to the accumulation of susceptibility overtime leading to cVDPV2 o...

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
Category: Public Health Resources Last updated: 14 hours ago 130 Views 0 Comments Add to Favourites

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update (10 November 2021)

The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (10 November 2021) offers a comprehensive insight into Surveillance and Disease Intelligence, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa,...

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Sub Theme: Surveillance and reporting
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The selection and use of essential in vitro diagnostics 1022

The second meeting of the WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on In Vitro Diagnostics (SAGE IVD) was held on 18-22 March 2019 at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Theme: Health Risk Environment
Sub Theme: Other
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