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Dr. Duku Fred, a Medical Doctor working in Kamuli District, Eastern Uganda.

You Have a Role to Play in Controlling Cervical Cancer

By Dr. Duku Fred | I have severally seen families battle with heavy costs treating cancer and not to talk about the immense stress that goes...

The Main Building, Makerere University against an almost clear blue sky. Date taken 15th March 2013, Kampala Uganda.

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Mak Resolutions of the Special Meeting of Council-19th February 2020

During its special meeting held on 19th February 2020, the University Council considered the Management report, the Senate report, the report of the Finance, Planning, Administration...

An image showing grafted baobab trees. Ready-to-cook seasoned baobab leaf powder for sauce preparation is an innovation produced by one of 382 incubatees that benefitted from the CARP and RECAP projects under RUFORUM. Photo credit: RUFORUM

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Lessons and Innovations Shared by RUFORUM PIs during the 15th AGM

The 12th RUFORUM Principal Investigators monitoring and learning session organized as a side event at the 15th RUFORUM Annual General meeting on 2nd-3rd December, 2019 converged...

Tsetse invasion in Karamoja, Uganda: An Emerging Threat to Socioecological Resilience. Makerere University, Kampala Uganda.

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Policy Brief: Tsetse invasion in Karamoja, Uganda: An Emerging Threat to Socioecological Resilience

About 70% of Uganda is tsetse infested. Tsetse distribution in Uganda is part of the broader endemic mid-latitudes tsetse occurrence in Africa extending that covers the...

Prof. Charles Ibingira, Principal of Makerere College of Health Sciences and Prof. Ole Petter Ottersen, President of Karolinska Institutet with respective delegations during a workshop to develop a Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health. Photo: Stefan Zimmerman

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One step closer to a Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health

An extensive workshop has been held to further the vision of creating a Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health. Karolinska Institutet is driving the development together...

The Executive Director IDI-Dr. Andrew Kambugu (Red Cap) with staff from the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) during the Second Annual ONE-IDI Gathering, 14th February 2020, Legends Sports Grounds, Kampala Uganda.

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The Second Annual ONE-IDI: A Fun Experience

When Dr. Andrew Kambugu became the Sande-McKinnell Director of the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI), Makerere University in June of 2018, having received the mantle from Richard...

Assoc. Prof. Josephine Ahikire, Acting Principal, College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS), Makerere University, Kampala Uganda.

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Congratulations to Prof. Josephine Ahikire

I congratulate Prof. Josephine Ahikire upon being appointed Honorary Professor at Nelson Mandela University. This responds to our internationalization drive. Related Article Dr. Ahikire appointed Honorary...

L-R: Dr Mohamed Larmode-IDI, Renuka Gadde-Vice President, Global Health, BD, Dr. Lisa Nelson-CDC Uganda Mission Director and Dr. Andrew Kambugu-Executive Director at IDI at the Launch on 17th February 2020, Kampala Uganda.

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BD and Fleming Fund Collaboration to Help Combat Threat of AMR in Asia and sub-Sahara

Uganda has received three pioneering laboratory machines to speed up the process of testing and treating patients for bacterial infections as part of the Fleming Fund...

The RUFORUM Secretariat, Plot 151, Garden Hill, Makerere University Main Campus, Kampala Uganda.

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RUFORUM: Institutional Capability Statement

The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) is a network of African universities. Until 2004, the Network had operated as a programme of...

Guests led by Prof. Charles George Okiria, Chairperson of the Allied Health Professionals Council (AHPC) Uganda (2nd Left) tour one of the facilities of the Core Lab under the Laboratory Programme at the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI), Makerere University in Mulago during the Open Day on 13th February 2020.

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IDI Holds Lab Open Day

On Thursday 13th February, 2020. the Core Lab under the Laboratory Programme at the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) in Mulago hosted a tour around its facilities...