Cohort 2022 Fellow’s manuscript writing workshop, Jinja, 05th-09th December 2022

A manuscript writing workshop was held on December 05-09, 2022 for all PHFP cohort 2022 Advanced Field Epidemiology Fellows who had completed a public health project as evidenced by a report or a draft manuscript.

The workshop was funded by the US-CDC Foundation under the Data for Health Initiative. Thirty participants attended and included fourteen fellows, five mentors, ten Uganda National Institute of Public Health (UNIPH) staff.

Training sessions were led by the US-CDC Resident Advisor for the Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program (PHFP) UNIPH staff including Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program (PHFP) supervisors, UNIPH program coordinators, and Scientific Communication mentors.

The workshop was comprised of short theoretical and hands-on writing sessions with a goal of generating a complete draft manuscript at the end of the 5-day workshop.

The mentorship continued post site as participants were required to continue developing their manuscripts under the guidance of mentors. The mentors will continue to support the fellows until publication of the manuscripts.