UNIPH - Uganda National Institute of Public Health

The U.S. CDC funded Leading and Managing for Results in Pandemics (LMRP) program came to a close in March 2023. Uganda LMRP participants conducted over 25 priority activities in the span of 6 months, including the development of a training…

Its reported that by April 2022, COVID19 had caused more than 6 million from confirmed cases across the globe. However, the actual number of deaths associated with the pandemic are projected to be much higher than reported. Some of these…

Summary Introduction: Much remains unknown about COVID-associated stigma and psychosocial effects among survivors. We estimated the proportion of COVID-19 survivors in Soroti District who experienced stigma, assessed factors with stigma,…

Summary Background: Nyakabande Transit Centre (NTC) is a temporary shelter for refugees arriving in Kisoro District from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Due to conflict in DRC, approximately 34,000 persons arrived at NTC between…

The International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005, a legally binding agreement of countries to build the capability of detecting and reporting potential public health emergencies globally, require that all countries have the ability to…

The Ministry of Health in collaboration with Uganda National Institute of Public Health hosted the 8th National Field Epidemiology Conference under the theme, “Sustaining Efforts to Build a Resilient Disease Surveillance and Response…

Dear reader and authors, We appreciate your continuous contribution to the success of the Uganda National Institute of Public Health Quarterly Epidemiological Bulletin (UQEB) since its inception in 2015. As you might have noted, the UQEB…

FETP-Intermediate is a supervised, on-the-job, competency-based training and service (workforce development) program to improve field epidemiologic capacity at the regional level. It builds trainees competencies in surveillance, data…

Welcome to the 18th graduation of Cohort 18 Frontliners.

The Ministry of Health in conjunction with the Uganda National Institute of Public health on 12th January 2023 conducted the 8th Uganda National Field Epidemiology Conference at Hotel Africana. During this annual conference, Fellows of…