June 2022

The Ministry of Health, AIDS Control Program with support from partners including United Nations Children‘s Fund (UNICEF) is planning to roll out Point of Care (POC) Viral Load (VL) testing during year 2022 starting with pregnant and…

The Ministry of Health, AIDS Control Program with support from United Nations Children‘s Fund (UNICEF) will conduct a nationwide evaluation of the adoption, fidelity, and effectiveness of the national PMTCT retention interventions for…

In June 2022, Uganda Ministry of Health organized an Inter-Action Review (IAR) on implementation of the resurgence plan for COVID-19. The IAR was aimed at sharing experiences on implementation of the response plan, so as to identify…

Institutional affiliations:1Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Kampala, Uganda

Uganda joined the rest of the world on 25th April 2022 to celebrate the World Malaria Day under the theme―Domesticating malaria fight. The National Malaria Control Division, Ministry of Health, conducted a malaria conference (18th-22nd…

Uganda will roll out the first malaria vaccine for children under five years of age in September 2022 under the leadership of the National Malaria Control Division-Ministry of Health with support from the World Health Organisation and…

Authors: Andrew Kwiringira1,2*, Benon Kwesiga1,2, Richard Migisha1,2, Lilian Bulage1,2, Daniel Kadobera1,2, Damian Rutaazana3, Julius Ssempiira3, and Alex R. Ario1,2, Institutional affiliations: 1Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program,…

Institutional Affiliations; 1Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Kampala, Uganda, 2Uganda National Institute of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda, 3Ministry of Health, Reproductive and Infant Health Department, Kampala, Uganda…

Institutional affiliations: 1Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Kampala, Uganda, 2Reproductive Health Department, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda, 3Uganda National Institute of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda, 4Clarke International…

The capacity to detect, assess, notify and report potential public health events of both national and international concern relies heavily on an efficient laboratory system. However, Uganda faces are a number of challenges that compromise…