Volume 3 Issue 4 Oct-Dec 2018

UNIPH Quarterly Epidemiological Bulletin (UQEB) Volume 3 Issue 4 Jan-March 2018

Dear Reader,
Welcome to the third volume, Issue 4 of the UQEB.

In this issue, we present reports on investigations of an imported dengue fever case in Uganda, Fatal 
Rift Valley Fever outbreak in Western and Central Uganda, Anthrax in animals in Kiruhura District and 
Anthrax in humans in Kween District, Trends and distribution of pregnancy-related maternal 
sepsis-Uganda, Incidence of road traffic injuries in Kampala, and Attempted Suicide in Uganda.

In case you would like to access original references used in this issue, feel free to contact us at: 
bagheni@musph.ac.ug OR lbulage@musph.ac.ug. We will appreciate any feedback regarding the content and 
general outlook of this issue and look forward to hearing from you. 

We hope this will be both an informative and enjoyable reading to you. 
Thank You

Editorial Team

Dr. Eldard Mabumba | 
Epidemiologist, Epidemiology & Surveillance 
Division, MoH

Dr. Alex Riolexus Ario | 
Coordinator, Uganda Public Health 
Fellowship Program, MoH

Ms. Lilian Bulage
Scientific Writer, Uganda Public 
Health Fellowship Program, MoH

Mr. Daniel Kadobera | 
Field Supervisor, Uganda Public 
Health Fellowship Program, MoH


Dr. Patrick K. Tusiime | 
Commissioner, National Disease Control, MoH

Dr. Benon Kwesiga | 
Field Supervisor, Uganda Public Health 
Fellowship Program, MoH

Ms. Bernadette Basuta Mirembe |
PHFP Fellow, Uganda Virus Research 
Institute, MoH

Ms. Vivian Ntono |
PHFP Fellow, Mental Health, MoH 

Mr. Kenneth Bainomugisha|
PHFP Fellow, Uganda Prisons 
Service, MoH