Volume 6 Issue 3 July-Sept 2021

UNIPH Quarterly Epidemiological Bulletin (UQEB) Volume 6 Issue 3 July-Sept 2021

Dear Reader, 
We take great pleasure in welcoming you to Issue 3, Volume 6 of the UQEB.
We hope you find this information valuable and we shall appreciate any feedback from you. 
Thank you

Highlights: Volume 6 Issue 3

Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program Continues to Excel in its Grand Mission of…

Since its inception in 2015, the field epidemiology training program has contributed immensely to the strengthening…

Uganda Launches the Intermediate Field Epidemiology Training Program

Uganda continues to face public health emergencies and training more field epidemiologists to manage these…

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Public Health Events, Nationally and Globally, October-December, 2021

Summary The numerous international days, weeks and months are observed globally in the field of health to raise awareness of specific health matters of public health concern. The following national and global health awareness days will be celebrated in the next quarter October-December, 2021. World Breast Cancer Awareness Month October, 1-30…
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Editorial Team

Dr. Alex Riolexus Ario |
Director, Uganda National Institute of Public 
Health; Director, Uganda Public Health 
Fellowship Program, MoH; Editor in Chief, 
UQEB

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

Dr. Issa Makumbi | 
Deputy Director, Uganda National Institute 
of Public Health; Director, Public Health 
Emergency Operations Centre, MoH

Paul Edward Okello | 
Country Coordinator, Data Impact Program, 
Uganda National Institute of Public Health,
MoH



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

Daniel Kadobera | 
Program Coordinator, Uganda Public Health 
Fellowship Program, MoH 

Allan Komakech |
PHFP Fellow, Reproductive Health Department, 
MoH

Sherry Rita Ahirirwe |
PHFP Fellow, Division of Health Information, 
MoH 

Sarah Elayeete |
PHFP Fellow, AIDS Control Division, MoH 

Shaban Senyange |
PHFP Fellow, Department of Integrated 
Epidemiology, Surveillance and Public Health 
Emergencies, MoH

Should you have any questions or require additional in- formation related to articles in this bulletin please con- tact us on: akomakech@musph.ac.ugsahirirwe@musph.ac.ug, selayeete@musph.ac.ug, ssenyange@musph.ac.ug, OR lbulage@musph.ac.ug