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Summary On 5 October 2017, the Ministry of Health National TB and Leprosy Program was notified of a possible tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in a boarding secondary school in Mukono District. Investigations revealed several students with…

Summary In May 2018, Uganda’s Ministry of Health reported human anthrax outbreak in Kiruhura District. Subsequent epidemiologic investigations confirmed link to animals. We conducted an investigation to assess the magnitude of anthrax…

1Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Kampala Uganda

Affiliation: 1Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program

Affiliations: 1Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Kampala, Uganda, 2Synergy America, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 3Makerere University School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Science and Disease Control, Kampala, Uganda…

Affiliations: 1Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Kampala, Uganda 2 Reproductive Health Division, Ministry of Health Summary Maternal sepsis is the third most common direct cause of maternal mortality in Uganda but has…

Affiliations: 1Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Kampala, Uganda,  2Epidemiology Surveillance Division, Kampala, Uganda, 3Infectious Disease Institute, Kampala, Uganda Summary Dengue fever is under-recognized disease despite…

Executive summary Currently there is no policy on the application of Mercury (Hg) in Artisanal Gold Mining (ASGM) and processing industries in Uganda. Hg is a toxic metal that can cause a variety of adverse health effects when exposed to…

Executive summary Currently there is no policy on the control of tick-borne diseases in livestock and humans yet ticks pose a serious threat to humans and the livestock industry in Uganda. Globally CCHF is the most widely occurring…

Executive summary Uganda has a high suicide rate of 19/100,000 and was ranked 17th for suicide as cause of death worldwide and 4th in Africa. We analysed surveillance data reported from all levels of health facilities into the Health…