From 2021, Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) in conjunction with African Union have organized annual conferences to help further Africa CDC’s mission to “strengthen Africa’s public health institutions’ capacities, capabilities, and partnerships to prevent, detect, and respond quickly and effectively to disease threats based on science, evidence-based policy, and data-driven interventions and programs”.
In 2022, the 2nd International conference on public health in Africa was held in Kigali, Rwanda with the theme, Preparedness for future Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Recovery: Africa at a Crossroad, offers a unique platform for African leaders, researchers, policymakers, and stakeholders to share scientific findings and public health perspectives and collaborate on research, innovation and public health across the continent.
The Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program (PHFP) participated in this knowledge sharing event were a number of abstracts for both oral and poster presentations were made. A fellow at the PHFP won the best oral presentation award for the abstract titled, “Risk factors for death among children with severe malaria in Namutumba District, Uganda, September 2021-February 2022”.
Other abstracts from the PHFP shared during the conference included: Investigation of human tungiasis cases, Sheema District, Uganda, November 2021 to February 2022, Increased all-cause mortality at regional referral hospitals in Uganda during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020-2021 by Sherry Atuhairwe; Trends and spatial distribution of neonatal sepsis in Uganda, 2016-2020, Deaths among pregnant women due to severe COVID 19 at admission-a case control study, Uganda June 2020-August 2021 by Stella Migamba, and Preparedness and risk assessment for plague in West Nile Region-Uganda, August 2021 by Immaculate Atuhaire.