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Comprehensive data on the burden and trends of cancer to inform public health action is limited in most Eastern African countries. The Kampala Cancer Registry (KCR) was established to fill this gap in Uganda. We described the trends,…

Fresh political clashes in South Sudan in June 2016 led to a large influx of refugees to Uganda through the Elegu border post in Adjumani district. 41,154 refugees entered Uganda in July 2016, leading to an overstretch on supplies like…

July – September 2016 Uganda Declares End of Yellow Fever Outbreak On 6th September, 2016 the Ag. Director General Health Services Prof. Anthony K. Mbonye, released a press statement declaring the end of the yellow fever…

Affiliations: 1Public Health Fellowship Program, Kampala, Uganda, 2African Field Epidemiology Network, Kampala, Uganda, 3Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda

Every two years, Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programs (FELTPs) are presented with a strategic platform to show-case their contribution to the public health community via the AFENET scientific conference. The conference…

On 6th September, 2016 the Ag. Director General Health Services Prof. Anthony K. Mbonye, released a press statement declaring the end of the yellow fever outbreak which had begun in March 2016. On 24th March 2016, an alert of a suspected…

Analysis of the MoH Weekly Epidemiological Surveillance April to June 2016 data revealed; that weekly surveillance reporting rates increased slightly over the quarter and the Central Region is still pulling the national average below the…

On 30 October 2015, three students in Mukuju Primary Teacher’s College, Tororo district, died of suspected food poisoning after eating chapattis (locally made flat bread). We investigated this cluster of illness to identify the cause and…

Summary: In absence of accurate data on trends and burden of human rabies infection in developing countries, animal bite injuries provide useful information to bridge that gap. Rabies is one of the most deadly infectious diseases, with a…

In what appears to be a new emerging viral infection in Uganda, two non-fatal human confirmed Rift Valley Fever Virus (RVFV) infections were reported in Kabale district, Southwestern Ugandan in March-April 2016. These are the first reported…