On 16th November 2023, national and international stakeholders participated in the kick off workshop hosted at Makerere University to further...
The New Voices in Global Health (NVGH) initiative promotes the active participation of young scientists in the World Health Summit (WHS). It is supported by the...
After winning the RIC4ACE phase one grant from Makerere University's ResilientAfrica Network (RAN), the VEBEC team opened up an office in Yumbe town in Northern Uganda...
![[L-R] Dr Frank Mwine, Dr Sakia Hendrickx, Prof Jeffrey Mariner, Prof J.Ddumba-Ssentamu and Prof Adesogan Adegbola](https://news.mak.ac.ug/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/field_image_University-of-Florida-and-Tufts-University.jpeg)
Collaborators from University of Florida and Tufts University visited the Vice Chancellor Makerere University, Prof. John Ddumba-Ssentamu and discussed newly won project, "Peste des petits ruminants...
While the rest of the community was taking the Easter break, Makerere University School of Public Health's ResilientAfrica Network (RAN) in Partnership with Igongo Cultural Center...
![Map showing the distribution of Pipistrellus hesperidus (based on International Union for Conservation of Nature [IUCN] data) and the location of the bat sampled for the study. Source: Anthony et al 2017 MERSCoV mBIO](https://news.mak.ac.ug/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/field_image_Anthony-et-al-2017-MERSCoV-mBIO.jpg)
The evolutionary origins of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus (MERS-CoV) are unknown. Current evidence suggests that insectivorous bats are likely to be the original source,...
