2023

Summary Background: Mass gatherings frequently include close, prolonged interactions between people, which can present opportunities for infectious disease transmission. During May 25−June 5, 2022, over 4 million pilgrims gathered at…

The Uganda Public Health Fellowship program has successfully graduated a total of 79 Advanced Field Epidemiology Training Program fellows since 2015. On 13th January 2023, 14 fellows were awarded for completing the two-year-in-service field…

Background International public health days offer great potential to raise awareness and understanding about health issues and mobilize support for action, from the local community to the international stage. Every year, the global…

 Summary Background: Vaccination against COVID-19 reduces COVID-19-associated mortality, severe disease, and hospitalization, and the potential for the severity of future COVID-19 waves. Uganda began COVID-19 vaccination in March 2021 and…

The U.S. CDC funded Leading and Managing for Results in Pandemics (LMRP) program came to a close in March 2023. Uganda LMRP participants conducted over 25 priority activities in the span of 6 months, including the development of a training…

Its reported that by April 2022, COVID19 had caused more than 6 million from confirmed cases across the globe. However, the actual number of deaths associated with the pandemic are projected to be much higher than reported. Some of these…

Summary Introduction: Much remains unknown about COVID-associated stigma and psychosocial effects among survivors. We estimated the proportion of COVID-19 survivors in Soroti District who experienced stigma, assessed factors with stigma,…

Summary Background: Nyakabande Transit Centre (NTC) is a temporary shelter for refugees arriving in Kisoro District from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Due to conflict in DRC, approximately 34,000 persons arrived at NTC between…

The International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005, a legally binding agreement of countries to build the capability of detecting and reporting potential public health emergencies globally, require that all countries have the ability to…

The Ministry of Health in collaboration with Uganda National Institute of Public Health hosted the 8th National Field Epidemiology Conference under the theme, “Sustaining Efforts to Build a Resilient Disease Surveillance and Response…