Volume 4 Issue 4 | Oct-Dec 2019

UNIPH Quarterly Epidemiological Bulletin (UQEB) Volume 4 Issue 4 Oct-Dec 2019

Dear Reader,
Happy New year! We are pleased to share with you Issue 4, Volume 4 of the UQEB.

In this issue, we present a variety of issues including: Articles on the most recent 
conferences, the successful completion of 2019 mass measles-rubella and polio campaign, 
Epidemiological characteristics and trends of suspected measles in Uganda from 2011 to 2018, 
Malaria outbreak investigations in Kole District, Malaria upsurge situation as of early 
January 2020, Using the BABIES Matrix to determine patterns of New-born birth outcomes in 
Naguru Region- al Referral Hospital, and Patterns of Malnutrition among Pregnant and Lactating 
Women in Uganda.

We also highlight the Public Health Emergency Training of Field Epidemiology graduates 
from Africa. For further information on anything in this publication please con- tact 
us on: gbahizi@musph.ac.ug, mkatusiime@musph.ac.ug, jkamulegeya@musph.ac.ug OR 
lbulage@musph.ac.ug

Editorial Team

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

Lilian Bulage |
Scientific Writer, Uganda Public Health 
Fellowship Program, MoH

Dr. Alex Riolexus Ario |
Director, Uganda National Institute of 
Public Health, MoH

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

Gloria Bahizi |
PHFP Fellow, National Tuberculosis and 
Leprosy Program, MoH

Maureen Katusiime |
PHFP Fellow, Reproductive Health 
Division, MoH

Dr. John Kamulegeya |
PHFP Fellow, Uganda National Expanded 
Program on Immunisation, MoH