2020

Celebrated every year on December 3. this year (2020), the theme is 'Not all Disabilities are Visible' the theme focuses on spreading awareness and understanding of disabilities that are not immediately apparent, such as mental…

Every year, on 1 December, the world commemorates World AIDS Day. People around the world unite to show support for people living with and affected by HIV and to remember those who lost their lives to HIV/ AIDS. The theme of…

Summary Hepatitis B remains a public health issue that has not been adequately addressed, despite being endemic in Uganda.  Most of the burden of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) related disease results from infections acquired in infancy through…

Established in 2009, World Pneumonia Day is marked every year on November 12, to raise awareness of pneumonia as a public health issue and help prevent millions of avoidable child deaths from pneumonia that occur each year. It is…

World Diabetes Day was coined together by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) in 2006, it is celebrated every year on November 14, co-sponsored by the World Health Organisation across…

Summary  On 10 December 2019, the Ministry of Health received an alert from the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) of a PCR confirmed case of Yellow fever from Buliisa District, Mid-Eastern Uganda. During January and February 2020,…

Introduction On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a public health emergency of international concern (1). Uganda reported its first case of COVID-19 on March 21 (2), the outbreak proceeded in…

Authors: Irene B. Kyamwine1*, Maureen Katusiime1, John Kamulegeya1, Benon Kwesiga1, Alex R. Ario1, Julie Harris2 1Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda, 2Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,…

By Sandra Nabatanzi Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Kampala, Uganda Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted economies not only in Uganda but the entire World. The health system too has been affected. In Uganda,…

Authors:  Josephine Namayanja1, Geoffrey Amanya1, Immaculate Akusekera1, Bob Omoda Amodan1, Daniel Kadobera1 Institutions 1Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda. Corresponding Author:…