{"id":1043,"date":"2026-01-21T17:49:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T17:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniph.go.ug\/marp-centre\/?page_id=1043"},"modified":"2026-01-21T20:12:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T20:12:57","slug":"background","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uniph.go.ug\/marp-centre\/background\/","title":{"rendered":"Background"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1043\" class=\"elementor elementor-1043\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-286e325 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"286e325\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c20d3c4 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c20d3c4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e945aa9 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e945aa9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fcdf2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4fcdf2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who we are<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b544bc4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b544bc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We\u2019re the Malaria Research and Policy Centre (MARP Centre) hosted at the Uganda National Institute of Public Health (UNIPH) in Kampala, Uganda. 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