UNIPH - Uganda National Institute of Public Health

World Suicide Prevention Day is organized by the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP). The World Health Organization is a co-sponsor of the day. The purpose of this day is to raise awareness around the globe that…

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…

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)…

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…

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…

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

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

Author: Doreen N. Gonahasa Affiliation: Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program

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31 May 2020