UNIPH - Uganda National Institute of Public Health

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…

Author: Veronicah Masanja Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Kampala, Uganda Email: vmasanja@musph.ac.ug, Phone contact: 0775511542

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

Dear All, Extension for Call for Abstracts (Abstracts should be sent to: conference@easteco.org) The East African Science and Technology Commission (EASTECO), EAC Regional Center of Excellence in Biomedical Engineering and…

The Member States of the World Health Organization created World No Tobacco Day in 1987 to draw global attention to the tobacco epidemic and the preventable death and disease it causes. This yearly celebration informs the public on the…

Summary Premature birth is a growing concern globally. Complications of preterm births are the single largest cause of neonatal deaths and the second leading cause of deaths among children aged <5 years globally. There is paucity of…