UNIPH - Uganda National Institute of Public Health

Summary Background: sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine’In Uganda, malaria in pregnancy prevalence ranges from 8.9% in low transmission arears to >50% in high transmission area, and in 2019, 152 (4.3%) of the 3,528 maternal death were due to…

Summary Background: Aeromonas, gram-negative toxin-producing bacteria, are emerging human pathogens for food poisoning, causing acute gastroenteritis with an incubation period of 12 hours-7 days. On February 15, 2024, Ministry of Health…

Background Ministry of Health (MoH) in partnership with Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC) is implementing the Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program…

Ministry of Health (MoH) in partnership with Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH), Baylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation Uganda (Baylor Uganda), Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) and the US Centers…

Uganda Public Heath Fellowship Program - Field Epidemiology Track and Laboratory Leadership Program have won the 2024 coveted US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director's Award for Excellence in outbreak investigation and…

  The Uganda National Institute of Public Health (UNIPH), Ministry of Health has received funding from the Korean Foundation for International Healthcare to support the Health Informatics Program and the National /Regional Public Health…

Summary Introduction: Bacillus cereus is a foodborne bacterial pathogen that causes abdominal pain and diarrhoea; incubation is typically 4-16 hours. On July 20, 2023, the Ministry of Health was notified of a suspected food poisoning…

Summary  Background: In 2015, Uganda adopted the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for Tuberculosis (TB) prevention among PLHIV. Accordingly, the country has implemented several initiatives to scale up TB preventive therapy…

Summary Background: Cholera is endemic in Uganda with cases reported annually. On July 19, 2023, the Uganda Ministry of Health declared a cholera outbreak in Kayunga District following death of four family members within eight days and…

On 19th June every year marks the commemoration of the World Sickle Cell Awareness Day. The goal to increase public knowledge and an understanding of sickle cell disease, and the challenges experienced by patients and their families and…