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...
Nottingham Trent University (NTU) will receive more than €850,000 of funding that will support three years of projects with partners in Uganda and Kenya. Two successful...
The Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) has donated 90 lifebuoys to the Uganda Police Force (UPF) Marine Unit, to aid the specialised unit in...
Last weekend I drove home to see my mother and other relatives. I decided to just be present to them without touching my phone and getting...
On 26th September 2020, students of Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH), under their umbrella organization Makerere University Environmental Health Students’ Association (MUEHSA), joined the...
The College of Veterinary Medicine (CoVAB) in Partnership with the Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) is organising the first Pandemic Preparedness One Health Course....
Friends, everyone of us was thrown into shock, disbelief, pain, sadness and other feelings. Whereas we were all affected in some way the top university administrators...
Supported by PEPFAR, the Government of Uganda has implemented the Determined Resilient Empowered AIDS-Free Mentored and Safe (DREAMS) Initiative. DREAMS is a package of biomedical, social...
As we mark the Fungal Disease Awareness Week, 21st to 25th September, 2020, the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI), Makerere University brings to light the recognition of...