June 2020

By Irene B. Kyamwine, PHFP Fellow On 21 March, 2020 Uganda, registered the first case of the novel corona virus (SARS-COV 2), virus causing the Corona Virus disease (COVID-19) in a Ugandan returning from Dubai. The new disease (COVID-19)…

Authors: Maureen Nabatanzi1, Daniel Eurien1, Godfrey Nsereko1, Benon Kwesiga1, Daniel Kadobera, Bernard Lubwama2, Alex Riolexus Ario1, Julie Harris3 Affiliations; 1Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Kampala, Uganda 2Integrated…

Phoebe Nabunya1 1Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Kampala, Uganda Executive summary The WHO recommends the use of malaria epidemic thresholds derived from routine data to detect malaria epidemics. Multiple methods are recommended…