March 2021

Dear Reader, We welcome you to Volume 7, Issue 1 of the Quarterly Epidemiological Bulletin of the Uganda National Institute of Public Health (UNIPH), Ministry of Health. This bulletin aims to inform the district, national, and…

Summary After the president instituted a nationwide lockdown on 30 March 2020, in Uganda, emergency public health control measures requiring Ugandans to stay home for 14 days (‘lockdown’) were instituted as part of the public health…

Authors: Richard Migisha1*, Bob Omoda Amodan1, Lilian Bulage1, Elizabeth B. Katana1, Joseph N. Siewe Fodjo2, Robert Colebunders2, Alex Riolexus Ario1, 3, and Rhoda K. Wanyenze4 Affiliations: 1Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program,…

Suicide is a growing public health problem worldwide, and among the leading causes of death in young people between 15 and 34 years. Every 40 seconds, someone takes their own life and for every suicide that results in death, there are as…

Summary Before confirmation of the first case of COVID-19 in Uganda, the President banned all public gatherings, and encouraged the public to use masks, observe physical distancing, and strict hygienic rules. We assessed the level of…

Dear All, Extension for Call for Abstracts (Abstracts should be sent to: conference@easteco.org) The East African Science and Technology Commission (EASTECO), EAC Regional Center of Excellence in Biomedical Engineering and…

The Member States of the World Health Organization created World No Tobacco Day in 1987 to draw global attention to the tobacco epidemic and the preventable death and disease it causes. This yearly celebration informs the public on the…

Summary Premature birth is a growing concern globally. Complications of preterm births are the single largest cause of neonatal deaths and the second leading cause of deaths among children aged <5 years globally. There is paucity of…

On 21 April, WHO will publish a new report highlighting successes and lessons learned among the “E-2020” group of malaria-eliminating countries. Despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of these countries reported…

While the world focuses on critically important new vaccines to protect against COVID-19, there remains a need to ensure routine vaccinations are not missed. Many children have not been vaccinated during the global pandemic, leaving…