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Hon. Bright Rwamirama (L) commissions the car handed over by IDI Executive Director-Dr. Andrew Kambugu (L) to the Dairy Development Authority to the support AMR programme on 5th May 2021, DDA Headquarters, Kampala.

IDI Supports Launch of AMR Programme at DDA

By Mulindwa Kenneth On 5th May 2021, the Minister of State for Animal Industry, Hon. Bright Rwamirama launched the Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR) programme at the Dairy...

Some members of the FACe-U project team. L-R: Florence Tushemereirwe (Co-PI), Dr. Gloria Seruwagi (PI), Flavia Nakacwa (Administrator), Dr. Priscilla Cheputyo (Research Officer) and Maria Ssematiko (Project Liaison & Compliance Lead)

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Rising Childhood Obesity: Mak Researchers Investigate Unhealthy Food and Beverage Advertising to Children

By Joseph Odoi In Uganda, many children are exposed to aggressive advertisement of unhealthy foods and sugar sweetened non-alcoholic beverages which in turn prepares their mind...

A montage of Adara Development's newly appointed Directors L-R: Dr. Cyril Engmann, Dr. Peter Waiswa and Ms. Yangchen Lama

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Dr. Peter Waiswa Named New Adara Development Uganda Director

Dr Peter Waiswa, a leader in maternal and Newborn health both in Uganda and globally has been appointed the new director for Adara Development in Uganda....

Maureen Kiconco, Data Entry Clerk, KCCA Kawaala Health Centre III talks about the ART Access App.

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ART Access App: Scaling up Antiretroviral Therapy

Through the ART Access App, the The Academy for Health Innovation, Uganda under the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI), Makerere University has partnered with private pharmacies to...

IDI Staff with Medical Laboratory Technologists from the West Nile Region, April 2021.

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IDI-Supported West Nile Labs Receive SANAS Accreditation

Two Hospital Laboratories in the West Nile Region districts of Adjumani and Koboko that are being supported by the Makerere University Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) West...

Dr. Maxwell Otim Onapa, the Director of Science, Research and Innovation at Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (R) hands over a plaque to Dr. Etheldreda Nakimuli (2nd R) and her team at SEEK-GSP project. Their project aimed at narrowing the treatment gap for depression among people living with HIV using group support psychotherapy delivered by community health workers. They are among the winners of the 2020 Social Innovations in Health Awards organized by the School of Public Health on 17th March 2021.

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Four Innovators Win 2020 Social Innovation in Health Awards

Four innovations identified by external reviewers as the best, received awards from the Makerere University School of Public Health Social Innovation in Health Initiative –SIHI Uganda...

Participants in the two-day MU-JHU hybrid meeting discuss the upcoming IMPOWER-022 study, the HPTN 084 DSMB results and the changing landscape of HIV Prevention studies in Uganda, April 2021.

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MU-JHU Position: Training & Development Coordinator

The Makerere University-Johns Hopkins (MU-JHU) Research Collaboration – MU-JHU CARE LTD, a Kampala – based equal opportunities Clinical Research and Service Delivery Organisation with more than...

Village Health Teams from Adropi sub-County take part in the training organised by IDI with funding from CDC at Openzinzi HCIII, April 2021.

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IDI Trains Adjumani & Moyo Village Health Teams in iCCM

With funding from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Makerere University Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) organized a training program for Village Health...

A Member of the IDI Team (L) attends to a client (R) in Kisenyi on 12th April 2021 as part of HIV activities ahead of the Kabaka of Buganda's 66th Birthday Celebrations.

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IDI Supports HIV Activities ahead of Kabaka’s 66th Birthday

The Makerere University Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) program supported HIV activities at Kisenyi ahead of Buganda Kingdom’s celebration of the Kabaka’s 66th...

Chief of Party, USAID PACT Karamoja-Dr. Mary G. Nabukenya Mudiope makes her way into a “Manyatta” in Pajar Village, Kaabong district during a community visit to project beneficiaries.

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Success Stories from the USAID PACT-Karamoja Project

The USAID Program for Accelerated Control of TB in Karamoja (USAID PACT-Karamoja) is a five-year project (2020-2025) funded by the United States Agency for International Development...