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Volume 3
Upcoming Health Events | Volume 3 Issue 3 July-Sept 2018
The 4th National Field Epidemiology Conference, 2018
The Ministry of Health, Uganda and Makerere University School of Public Health is organizing the 4th National Field Epidemiology Conference. It will be held on Friday 02 November,…
Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Preparedness in Western Uganda, 2018
After the declaration of the 10th EVD outbreak in Ituri and North Kivu Provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo on 1st August 2018, the Uganda National Rapid Response Team (NRRT) has conducted rapid risk assessments in the high risk…
Ministry of Health-Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program (MOH/PHFP) showcase its scientific work…
The Joint Annual Scientific Health (JASH) conference organized by Makerere University College of Health in conjunction with Uganda National Association of Community and Occupational Health (UNACOH), World Health Organization (WHO),…
A Suspected Intussusception Outbreak among Children, Kampala District, March 2018.
Summary
Intussusception is a common cause of small bowel obstruction in children under 2 years, characterized by colicky abdominal pain, vomiting, and bloody diarrhea. A social media report from a children’s clinic in Wakiso District…
Cutaneous and Gastrointestinal Anthrax Outbreak Caused by Handling and Consumption of Meat from a…
Summary
On 20-04-2018, 7 people were admitted with symptoms suggestive of cutaneous anthrax after handling meat from a dead cow, one of the four cows that died in a single kraal in Kween District, eastern Uganda. We investigated to;…
POLICY BRIEF: Introduce Measles Mumps Rubella (MMR) vaccine into Uganda’s Routine Immunization…
Summary
Uganda gives one dose of measles vaccination to children at 9 months or at first contact after that age with a monovalent measles vaccine. There is no vaccination against Rubella and Mumps in the routine immunization schedule.…
Rift Valley Fever Outbreak Caused by Handling a Dead Calf: Kiruhura District, 2017-2018
Executive summary
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a viral zoonosis that causes severe disease in animals and humans. The disease results in significant economic losses due to death and abortions among RVF-infected livestock. On 7th December…
Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever Outbreak in Kakumiro and Mubende Districts, Central Uganda, May –…
Summary
Crimean–Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a viral haemorrhagic fever typically spread by tick bites or contact with body fluids of infected livestock or animals. Onset of symptoms is less than two weeks following exposure and may…
Government of Uganda Launches National Fitness Day
President Yoweri Museveni launched the National fitness Day at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds on 8 July 2018. Cabinet endorsed the creation of a National Fitness Day to address the raising burden of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) like diabetes,…