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Volume 3
Distribution of attempted suicide in Uganda, 2016-2017
Affiliation: 1Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program
Incidence of Road Traffic Injuries in Kampala, Uganda, 2012–2016
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…
Trends and Distribution of Pregnancy Related Maternal Sepsis Admissions, Uganda, 2013 – 2017
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…
Investigation of an imported case of Dengue fever, Uganda, November 2018
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…
Reducing Mercury Exposure among the Artisanal Gold Miners using a modern gold processing technology:…
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…
Control of tick-borne diseases among humans using the One-Health Approach: A case of recurrent Crime…
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…
Integration of Suicide Prevention Strategy into the Mental Health Policy in Uganda: Policy Brief
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…
Prolonged animal anthrax outbreak amplified by slaughtering infected carcasses on the pastureland…
Summary
In 2017, Uganda Ministry of Health reported a human anthrax outbreak in Arua District. Subsequent epidemiologic investigations conducted confirmed animals as the source of the infection.
We conducted an investigation to assess…
Suspected Black Water Fever among children in Manafwa District, Eastern Uganda, 2018
Summary
On 23 May 2018, Bubulo East Member of Parliament reported a strange disease affecting children in Manafwa District in Parliament of Uganda. We investigated to determine the existence, scope, nature of the strange disease and…
Cluster of Sudden Deaths due to Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Malaba Township, Tororo District,…
Summary
On 8 August 2018, there were media reports of sudden death of two young women who had locked themselves up in a metallic makeshift container in Malaba Township, To roro District which served as a restaurant in which both worked. We…