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		Volume 5
World Hepatitis Day, 28th July 2020
					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…				
						Capacity Building in the Context of COVID-19 Outbreak in Uganda
					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)…				
						Highlights of the COVID-19 outbreak in Uganda, March to June 2020
					Authors: Maureen Nabatanzi1, Daniel Eurien1, Godfrey Nsereko1, Benon Kwesiga1, Daniel Kadobera, Bernard Lubwama2, Alex Riolexus Ario1, Julie Harris3
Affiliations;
1Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Kampala, Uganda
2Integrated…				
						Policy brief: Using malaria channels based on percentiles to detect malaria epidemics in Uganda
					Phoebe Nabunya1
1Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Kampala, Uganda
Executive summary
The WHO recommends the use of malaria epidemic thresholds derived from routine data to detect malaria epidemics. Multiple methods are recommended…				
						Tuberculosis declared a public Health Emergency in Uganda, Nov 2019
					Authors: Gloria Bahizi1, Robert Kaos Majwala2, Stavia Turyahabwe2
Affiliations: 1Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Kampala, Uganda, 
2National Tuberculosis and leprosy Program, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda				
						Yellow Fever Vaccine should be Introduced in Uganda’s Routine Immunization Schedule Policy Brief
					Authors: Maureen Nabatanzi1, Benon Kwesiga1, Gloria Bahizi1, Lilian Bulage1, Bernard Lubwama2, Alex Riolexus Ario1
Affiliations: 1Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Kampala, Uganda 2Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda				
						The Uganda PHFP graduates fourth cohort of Field Epidemiologists
					Author: Doreen N. Gonahasa
Affiliation: Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program				
						