The Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)’s Shamim Nakadde has won the Pharmacist of the year accolade at the Inaugural Heroes In Health Awards (HIHA) 2020. The awards...
By Joseph Odoi Globally, the number of people living in urban areas is growing exponentially and envisaged to reach 60% by 2030. Concurrently, people living in...
By Mulindwa Kenneth Dr. Juliet Setumbwe, the Director of Animal Resources at the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) has recognized the Infectious Diseases...
As part of the transition of PEPFAR implementing partner roles for the Albertine region, the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) Executive Director, Dr. Andrew Kambugu handed over...
By Nakitandwe Rebecca Melisa On 27th October 2020, Dr. Zikulah Namukwaya; the Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission (EMTCT) Advisor, on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)...
By Joseph Odoi Uganda’s open-door policy on refugee-hosting has been internationally acclaimed as “the world’s most compassionate”. And while Uganda is among the world’s top three...
Makerere University (Mak) in collaboration with Nottingham Trent University (NTU), UK have been awarded 716,004 Euros from the British Council as part of the International Credit...
The largest psychiatric genetics study ever done in Africa is increasing the diversity of data on mental illness, training a new generation of geneticists, and chipping...
Substance abuse is one of the leading risk factors for high burden of disease globally. Although the highest levels of alcohol consumption are in Europe, Africa...
Public health is concerned with protecting and improving the health of people and their communities by promoting healthy lifestyles, researching disease and injury prevention, detecting, preventing...
