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

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...

The Dean, Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH)-Prof. Rhoda Wanyenze addresses participants at the EVAWG Bazaar on 6th December 2018, ResilientAfrica Network (RAN) Innovation Lab, Plot 30, Upper Kololo Terrace, Kampala, Uganda

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World Health Day 2021 – Op-Ed by H.E. Veestraeten & Prof. Wanyenze

As we mark World Health Day 2021, the Ambassador of Belgium to Uganda, H.E. Rudi Veestraeten and the Dean, School of Public Health, Prof. Rhoda Wanyenze...

Professor Nelson K. Sewankambo, MBChB, MMed, MSc, FRCP, LLD (Hon), Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala Uganda. Photo Credit: Anthony Ngunjiri

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THRiVE Newsletter Jan–Mar 2021

The year 2020 goes down in history as one when human kind was extremely challenged and devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic. “A challenged world is an...

Project Principal Investigator, MakSPH's Dr. Harriet Babikako (2nd R), the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health's Dr. Ezekiel Musasizi (1st R) and Dr. Ezekiel Mupere (1st L) and Mr. Haron Gichuhi (2nd L) after the application launch at Child and Family Foundation Uganda Offices, Kampala.

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Mak Unveils C-19: COVID-19 Mobile Contact Tracing App

By Joseph Odoi As government strives to reduce community spread of the novel coronavirus, Makerere University researchers have developed a mobile application that digitizes the investigation, case,...