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By Sandra Nabatanzi Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Kampala, Uganda Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted economies not only in Uganda but the entire World. The health system too has been affected. In Uganda,…

Authors:  Josephine Namayanja1, Geoffrey Amanya1, Immaculate Akusekera1, Bob Omoda Amodan1, Daniel Kadobera1 Institutions 1Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda. Corresponding Author:…

Authors: Alex Ndyabakira1, 2, Elizabeth Katana1, 2, Daniel A. Okello2, Aggrey Byaruhanga1, Geoffrey Amanya1, Richard Migisha1, Daniel Kadobera1, Julie Harris3, Alex A. Ario1 Affiliations; 1Uganda Public Health Fellowship program,…

Authors:  Job Morukileng1, Geoffrey Amanya1, Alex Ndyabakira1, Bob Omoda Amodan1, Lilian Bulage1 Institutions 1Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda Corresponding Author: Job Morukileng, Email,…

Authors: Elizabeth Katana1, Alex Ndyabakira1, Steven N. Kabwana1, Lilian Bulage1, Alex R. Ario1, Julie Harris2 Affiliations; 1Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda 2US Centers for Disease Control…

This campaign will take place in a wave-based manner starting with the districts with the highest prevalence of Malaria and those that have been affected by floods. Twenty-five districts will be covered under wave 1 and these include;…

No one should be harmed in healthcare and yet, about 134 million adverse events continue to occur each year due to unsafe care in hospitals in low-and middle-income countries, contributing to 2.6 million deaths annually. The World Health…

World Suicide Prevention Day is organized by the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP). The World Health Organization is a co-sponsor of the day. The purpose of this day is to raise awareness around the globe that…

According to WHO, viral hepatitis B and C affect over 300 million people worldwide causing about 1.4 million deaths a year. Hepatitis is considered the second major killer infectious disease after Tuberculosis, and 9 more people are now…

By Irene B. Kyamwine, PHFP Fellow On 21 March, 2020 Uganda, registered the first case of the novel corona virus (SARS-COV 2), virus causing the Corona Virus disease (COVID-19) in a Ugandan returning from Dubai. The new disease (COVID-19)…