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Volume 6
World Breast Feeding Week
Celebrated every first seven days of August each year, World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) represents a global celebration of breastfeeding efforts including breastfeeding promotion, support, education, research, progressive trends and…
The state of ambient air pollution, Kampala City, January-May 2021
Authors: Alex Ndyabakira1,2*, Daniel Kadobera1, Lilian Bulage1, Daniel A. Okello2
1 Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Kampala, Uganda
2 Directorate of Public Health and Environment, Kampala Capital City Authority, Kampala, Uganda…
World Lung Cancer Awareness Day
Lung cancer continues to be one of the most common cancers worldwide, claiming more lives yearly than breast, colon, and prostate cancers combined.
It is estimated that lung cancer accounts for nearly one in five cancer deaths globally.…
World Hepatitis Day
Commemorated on the 28th of July every year, the world hepatitis day aims to bring the world together under a single theme to raise awareness of the global burden of viral hepatitis and to global response.
This year 2021, the WHD will be…
The Joint External Evaluation Self-Assessment, Uganda, 14th-28th May, 2021
Author: Veronicah Masanja
Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Kampala, Uganda
Email: vmasanja@musph.ac.ug, Phone contact: 0775511542
UNIPH Quarterly Epidemiological Bulletin January-March 2021 volume 6 Issue 1
Dear Reader,
We welcome you to Volume 7, Issue 1 of the Quarterly Epidemiological Bulletin of the Uganda National Institute of Public Health (UNIPH), Ministry of Health.
This bulletin aims to inform the district, national, and…
Effects of COVID-19 on Gender-Based Violence during the Covid-19 lockdown: January 1 to July 30,…
Summary
After the president instituted a nationwide lockdown on 30 March 2020, in Uganda, emergency public health control measures requiring Ugandans to stay home for 14 days (‘lockdown’) were instituted as part of the public health…
High level of compliance to handwashing during the early phase of COVID-19 epidemic in Uganda: A…
Authors: Richard Migisha1*, Bob Omoda Amodan1, Lilian Bulage1, Elizabeth B. Katana1, Joseph N. Siewe Fodjo2, Robert Colebunders2, Alex Riolexus Ario1, 3, and Rhoda K. Wanyenze4
Affiliations: 1Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program,…
World Suicide Prevention Day
Suicide is a growing public health problem worldwide, and among the leading causes of death in young people between 15 and 34 years. Every 40 seconds, someone takes their own life and for every suicide that results in death, there are as…
Level and determinants of adherence to and satisfaction with use of face masks as one of the…
Summary
Before confirmation of the first case of COVID-19 in Uganda, the President banned all public gatherings, and encouraged the public to use masks, observe physical distancing, and strict hygienic rules. We assessed the level of…