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Uganda will roll out the first malaria vaccine for children under five years of age in September 2022 under the leadership of the National Malaria Control Division-Ministry of Health with support from the World Health Organisation and…

Authors: Andrew Kwiringira1,2*, Benon Kwesiga1,2, Richard Migisha1,2, Lilian Bulage1,2, Daniel Kadobera1,2, Damian Rutaazana3, Julius Ssempiira3, and Alex R. Ario1,2, Institutional affiliations: 1Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program,…

Institutional Affiliations; 1Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Kampala, Uganda, 2Uganda National Institute of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda, 3Ministry of Health, Reproductive and Infant Health Department, Kampala, Uganda…

Institutional affiliations: 1Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Kampala, Uganda, 2Reproductive Health Department, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda, 3Uganda National Institute of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda, 4Clarke International…

The capacity to detect, assess, notify and report potential public health events of both national and international concern relies heavily on an efficient laboratory system. However, Uganda faces are a number of challenges that compromise…

Institutional affiliations: 1Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Kampala, Uganda 2Uganda National Institute of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda 3Ministry of Health, Kampala Uganda *Correspondence: Email: pmwine@musph.ac.ug, Tel:…

Summary Background: In May 2021, districts in Eastern Uganda reported an increase in suspected black water fever (BWF) affecting children, most <12 years of age. We investigated to confirm the outbreak, generate information on the…

The 11th TEPHINET Global Scientific Conference will take place on 4th-9th September, 2022 in Panama City, Panama. Two abstracts (―Effect of Sea-sonal Malaria Chemoprevention on Incidence of Malaria Among Children Under Five Years in Kotido…

Since inception in 2015, the Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program (PHFP) has won many major awards at the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS)-International Nights conference and other conferences. Once again, at the…

The second cohort of the Intermediate Field Epidemilogy Training Program Track started on 23rd May 2022. Participants are from Masaka, Soroti and Mbale Regional Referal Hospitals, Mbale Regional Emmergency Operations Centre and MoH…