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Summary Background: Pneumonia is the second leading cause of hospital admissions and deaths among children <5 years in Uganda. While the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine was introduced to the routine immunisation schedule in 2013,…

Summary Background: Uganda Ministry of Health recommends a first HIV DNA-PCR test at 4-6 weeks for early infant diagnosis (EID) of HIV-exposed infants (HEIs), immediate results return and initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART)…

Leprosy still exists! Approximately 200,000 people are diagnosed with leprosy every year, with millions more living with leprosy-related disabilities, primarily in Asia, Africa, and South America. Every year on the last Sunday of…

On 20th September 2022, the Ministry of Health declared an outbreak of Sudan ebolavirus (SVD) after a case managed at Mubende Regional Referral Hospital (MRRH) in Mubende District was confirmed through testing at the Uganda Virus Research…

Summary Background: Pregnant women are at higher risk than other COVID-19 patients for severe COVID-19 disease. Few studies have been done to understand risk factors for death among COVID-19-infected pregnant women in Africa. We…

Summary Background: Methanol is a toxic industrial solvent which, when ingested can cause vision loss, severe illness, and death. In August 2022, the Ugandan Ministry of Health was notified of a cluster of sudden deaths in Arua City…

Every year, days referred to as international health days are set aside to commemorate different public health issues. This draws the public’s attention to these public health issues improving awareness and information dissemination to…

Are you aware about the air you breathe? Have you ever known that the air you breathe might have harmful effects on your health? Do you know that people are dying prematurely due to air pollution? Last but not least, do you even know that…

Summary Background: Testing limitations and inadequate mortality surveillance systems complicate the analysis of data on the true burden of deaths associated with pandemics. One solution is to calculate excess mortality (EM). We…

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’…