Continue reading News MakSPH Guides Uganda’s Final Push to End HIV with Locally Led Surveillance In a decisive step toward ending HIV as a public health threat by 2030, Uganda on Thursday, May 29, 2025, officially lau...
Continue reading News MakSPH Champions Leadership Boost for Wakiso Health Managers On April 23, 2025, Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) convened district leaders, health mana...
Continue reading News UPHIA 2024–2025 Training Kicks Off as Uganda Moves to Locally-Led HIV Survey Kampala, Uganda— On May 19, 2025, the Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) hosted the kickoff training f...
Continue reading News Uganda’s National ID Delivers $1.35 for Every $1 Invested KAMPALA – The National Digital ID (NID) has significantly transformed Stella Nakazibwe's role as a SACCO Administrator. ...
Continue reading News TB in Prisons Eight Times Higher Risk than General Population in Uganda, Study L-R:Mr. Samuel Akena, Deputy Commissioner General of Prisons; Dr. Simon Kasasa, the Principal Investigator; Dr. Charles ...
News Ugandan Study Suggests Simpler Diabetes Test Could Save Money, Improve Screening Young man using digital glucometer at home Diabetes control Kampala, Uganda— A new study published in BMC Health Servic...
Continue reading News Why WASH is Crucial in Uganda’s Fight Against AMR In Uganda’s informal settlements, where access to safe water and sanitation remains a daily struggle, a group of young p...
Continue reading News New Study Identifies Optimal Waist Cut-Off for Metabolic Syndrome in Ugandan Women New Study Identifies Optimal waist circumference cut-off point for detecting metabolic syndrome in Ugandan women of repr...
Continue reading News Makerere University Launches Social Innovation in Health Initiative Community of Practice Kampala, 09 April 2025— Makerere University has officially launched the Social Innovation in Health Initiative Community...
Continue reading News MakSPH’s Wafula, Olum Shine at CUGH 2025 Global Health Awards he award from Professor Judy Wasserheit from the University of Washington
Continue reading News The Sugar That Killed My Mother: A Generation Drowning in Cheap Drinks, Cigarettes and Lies On October 15, 2021, the beep of a glucose monitor flatlined in our living room. My mother, Rebecca Nabiteeko (R.I.P.), ...
Continue reading News Meet the MakSPH PhD Graduands 2025 At Makerere University's 75th graduation ceremony, the School of Public Health presented three doctoral students eligibl...