UNIPH - Uganda National Institute of Public Health

Affiliation: 1Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Kampala, Uganda Executive Summary Reducing Missed Opportunities for Vaccination requires health workers to screen all children below 5 years, reporting at health facilities,…

World Health Day: April 7, 2018 This is the global health awareness day, first observed on Apr 7, 1948. The aim of this day is to spread awareness on health and well-being. This year’s theme is ‘Universal Health Coverage: Everyone,…

Highlight: Vol 4 Issue 1. Author: By Daniel Eurien

Highlight: Vol 4 Issue 1: Author: Dativa Maria Aliddeki

International Epilepsy Day: February 11, 2019 The aim is to promote awareness about epilepsy , highlight problems faced by people with epilepsy, support patients and their families and improve medical services in terms of prevention,…

11th – 16th November 2018

Summary On 15th May 2018, the District Health Officer (DHO) of Kween notified Ministry of health of a suspected case of anthrax in Ma- kutano, a nearby village to Kaplobotwo where an anthrax out- break had been confirmed in April, 2018.…

Summary On 5 October 2017, the Ministry of Health National TB and Leprosy Program was notified of a possible tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in a boarding secondary school in Mukono District. Investigations revealed several students with…

Summary In May 2018, Uganda’s Ministry of Health reported human anthrax outbreak in Kiruhura District. Subsequent epidemiologic investigations confirmed link to animals. We conducted an investigation to assess the magnitude of anthrax…

1Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Kampala Uganda