September 2023

The event began in 1985 as a week-long awareness campaign by the American Cancer Society, in partnership with Imperial Chemical Industries. It eventually extended to a month-long event. In 1992, the pink ribbon also came into play. Since…

The Uganda National Institute of Public Health (UNIPH) held a scientific communication Training of Trainers workshop in which nine Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program (PHFP) / Field Epidemiology Track Alumni were trained by CDC…

As part of the National Rapid Response Team, the Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program fellows routinely participate in response to public health emergencies including outbreaks and other events of public health importance. The…

Summary Background: Consistent access to malaria treatment commodities at health facilities is necessary to address malaria morbidity and mortality. In Uganda, there needs to be documentation of the trends of stockouts of these…

Summary Background: Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended for HIV-exposed infants (HEIs) for six months to lower the risk of mother-to-child HIV transmission and enhance HIV- free survival. We estimated the predictors of exclusive…

Summary Background: In Uganda, anthrax is one of the highest-ranking priority zoonotic diseases, based on a systematic assessment of epidemic potential and socioeconomic impact. Since 2018, anthrax outbreaks have been reported in new…

The first-ever International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, held on 27 December 2020, was called for by the United Nations General Assembly to advocate the importance of the prevention of, preparedness for and partnership against…

Summary Background: An analysis of trends and spatial distribution of pneumonia hospital admissions among children <5 years in Uganda,2013–2021 indicated a high incidence of severe pneumonia in Kasese District. However, data on the…

On 12 December 2012, the UN General Assembly endorsed a resolution urging countries to accelerate progress toward universal health coverage (UHC) – everyone, everywhere should have access to quality, affordable health care – as a key…

World AIDS Day is marked annually on the 1st of December to call for standing in solidarity with the 38 million people living with HIV worldwide and we remember the millions who lost their lives to AIDS. The day is also a reminder to…