Category: Health

U.S. Ambassador to Uganda, H.E. Natalie E. Brown (2nd L) is received by Dr. Mwebesa Henry-Director General Health Services (L), Dr. Andrew Kambugu-IDI Executuve Director (R) and other officials from MoH, CDC and IDI upon arrival at Namboole COVID-19 Treatment Unit (CTU) on 9th July 2021. Photo credit: IDI

CDC Funding Opportunities: Accelerating Epidemic Control in Uganda

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with funding from the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), hereby announces the fiscal year...

A team from METS carrying out data quality assessment in Mityana District. Photo credit: MakSPH-METS

Health2 weeks ago

MakSPH-METS Position: Monitoring & Evaluation Officer -NTLP

The Makerere University School of Public Health Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Support (MakSPH-METS) Program is a five-year (2020-2025) CDC-funded Cooperative Agreement. The MakSPH-METS program emerged out...

A screenshot of African Governments supported by the Center for Tobacco Control in Africa (CTCA), Makerere University School of Public Health.

Health2 weeks ago

Call for Applications: CTCA Study Coordinator (Nov 2021-Nov 2026)

Project Title Quit4Life+: Adapting and Evaluating a Phone-Based Tobacco Use Cessation Program for People Living with HIV in Uganda and Zambia Introduction The Centre for Tobacco...

A Male PhD Graduand from MUBS strides down the red carpet shortly after being conferred upon his award on Day 3 of the 69th Graduation Ceremony, 17th January 2019, Freedom Square, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda

Health4 weeks ago

CAGE-TB Project Vacancies: Three (3) PhD Fellows

We are recruiting three (3) PhD students to join the CAGE-TB programme, a multidisciplinary consortium supported by a grant from the European Commission and Coordinated by...

Health4 weeks ago

THRiVE Newsletter Oct-Dec 2021

The end of 2021 is here and yet it feels like the year started yesterday. That is a reminder that though time is an everpresent resource,...

A VHT member submits during the Dissemination Workshop held on December 8th 2021 at Colline Hotel in Mukono District.

Health1 month ago

Mukono RDC Commends Mak on Empowering VHTs; Calls on Parliament to Appropriate Resources to Motivate them

Hajat Fatuma Ndisaba Nabitaka, the Resident District Commissioner for Mukono district has appealed to Ugandan legislators to support efforts of community health workers (CHWs)/VHTs through appropriating...

Dr. Rawlance Ndejjo, the SPICES Project Coordinator (L) consults with the PI Dr. Geofrey Musinguzi (R) at the Dissemination workshop held on December 8th 2021 at Colline Hotel, Mukono.

Health1 month ago

Govt. Asked to Scale up Successes in Buikwe, Mukono CVDs Interventions to the Rest of the Country

Africa continues to record the highest prevalence of hypertension globally. Studies show that Uganda’s hypertension prevalence stands at 26.4% and public health experts are worried that...