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Task-Shifting and Task-Sharing Policy For Essential Healthcare Services in Nigeria

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

The national task shifting and sharing policy creates a framework to redistribute tasks among healthcare workers in Nigeria. Inspired by the shortage of healthcare workers in Nigeria, this policy allows specific tasks to be moved from highly skilled workers to workers with shorter training.

Nigeria 2014 Health

Traditional Medicine Policy

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

The traditional medicine policy provides the guidelines for the practice of traditional medicine in Nigeria. Driven by the need to expand healthcare coverage in Nigeria, the government plans to incorporate this practice into the existing healthcare systems.

Nigeria 2007 Health

Standard of Practice on Obstetric Fistula in Nigeria(Doctors' Version)

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

With about 400 thousand to 800 thousand women living with obstetric fistula in Nigeria, the Nigerian government developed the Standard of Practice on Obstetric Fistula to train healthcare workers to provide quality and evidence-based care for obstetric fistula patients.

Nigeria 2011 Health

Standard Treatment Guidelines(STG)

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

The Standard Treatment Guidelines builds on the National Drug Policy. It provides a clear pathway to achieving comprehensive healthcare delivery services in Nigeria. This document contains a list of diseases and conditions, their clinical features, diagnoses, prevention, and standard treatment.

Nigeria 2008 Health

National Oral Health Policy

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

The national oral health policy is the first exclusive policy on oral health in Nigeria. This policy targets optimal oral health for 50 per cent of Nigerians. This policy hopes to leverage early detection and immediate treatment of oral diseases, capacity development, and sustainable awareness to achieve its target.

Nigeria 2012 Health

National Training Manual on Peer-To-Peer (P2P) Youth Health Education

Ministry of Health, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, Nigeria

This manual provides the guidelines to train peer educators. Divided into six modules, the manual aims to increase knowledge, build skills and enhance the capacity of peer educators.

Nigeria 2013 Health

Public and Environmental Health Act 1 of 2020

Ministry of Health, Namibia

This document provides a various amendments to the Public and Environment Health Act, 2015, following the need to impose regulations on Public Health due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

Namibia 2020 Health

National Guidelines for the Management of Tuberculosis

Ministry of Health, Namibia

This policy was designed to address the spread of TB in Namibia. Key facets of the policy include the management of TB in Children, drug-resistant TB, diagnosis of TB, and infection control and prevention.

Namibia 2019 Health

Self Testing Guidelines

Ministry of Health, Namibia

This policy was set up by the government with two main objectives: to support the implementation and scale-up of ethical, effective, acceptable, and evidence-based approaches to HIV self-testing and assisted HIV partner notification; and to support the routine offer of voluntary assisted HIV partner notification services.

Namibia 2016 Health

National Health Act 2 of 2015

Ministry of Health, Namibia

This is an Act specifying the framework for a structured uniform health system within Namibia; to consolidate the laws relating to state hospitals and state health services, regulate the conduct of state hospitals and state health services; to provide financial assistance for special medical treatment of State patients; and other ancillary matters.

Namibia 2015 Health

Third Medium Term Strategic Plan for Tuberculosis and Leprosy 2017/18 – 2021/22

Ministry of Health, Namibia

This plan is based on the strategic vision of the government to achieve a TB and Leprosy-free Namibia. The policy objective is to reduce the national burden of tuberculosis to less than 50 cases per 100,000 and reduce the burden
of leprosy to less than one leprosy patient per 1,000,000 population by 2035.

Namibia 2017 Health

National Policy on Infant and Young Child Feeding

Ministry of Health, Namibia

This policy aims to ensure the survival, healthy development, and protection of the child from birth up to 5 years and to protect the health of their mothers.

Namibia 2003 Health

National Health Care Technology Policy

Ministry of Health, Namibia

The overall goal of this policy is to improve health services in Namibia by giving health service providers the necessary health care technology resources to enable them to deliver high-quality, safe, and cost-effective service.

Namibia 2003 Health

Tobacco Products Control Act, 2010

Ministry of Health, Namibia

This is an Act for the establishment of the Tobacco Product Control Committee to control the use of Tobacco in Namibia. The Act also outlines the powers, duties, and functions of the Committee and for all other ancillary matters.

Namibia 2010 Health

Tuberculosis Infection Control Guidelines

Ministry of Health, Namibia

These guidelines was designed by the Ministry of Health to guide government programmes aimed at reducing the risk of TB infection in health facilities, households and the community through the adoption of rational, affordable and cost-effective TB-IC measures.

Namibia 2006 Health

National Referral Policy

Ministry of Health, Namibia

The overall goal of this policy is to ensure a well-functioning referral system that is characterized by appropriate health and social services utilization, enhancing access to medical care services in Namibia.

Namibia 2013 Health