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A pioneer in global public health for more than 35 years, Dr Seth Berkley has been a champion of equitable access to vaccines and of innovation, and a driving force to improve the way the world…

Makerere University students and staff participated in a two-month exchange programme at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) in the United Kingdom (UK). This was under the Erasmus + International…

Makerere University (Mak) together with  the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Dhaka, Bangladesh (icddr,b); the University of Melbourne and the Murdoch Children's Research…

Makerere University has appointed Dr. Suzanne N. Kiwanuka as the new head of the Department of Health Policy Planning and Management (HPPM). Dr. Suzanne Kiwanuka takes over from Dr. Elizabeth Ekirapa…

Since 2018, the world holds the International Snakebite Awareness every September 19 to increase the populations’ knowledge of this ignored medical crisis.  Each year 5.4 million people are bitten by…

Makerere University through the School of Public Health (MakSPH) in collaboration with the Uganda Wildlife Conservation Education Centre (UWEC) has today joined the rest of the world to commemorate…

Prof. Rhoda Wanyenze, Ms. Doreen Tuhebwe (MakSPH), and colleagues Dr. Funmilola M. Ola Olorun, (University of Ibadan), Dr. Allysha Maragh-Bass, (FHI 360), Amandari Kanagaratnam, Jean Christophe Fotso…

For the first time, a legal environment assessment has been conducted for key populations in Uganda with regard to HIV. With the support of concerned partners and key policy makers, the expertise of…

Makerere University School of Public Health Grants Administration Secretariat (MakSPH–GAS) has trained 25 early career researchers from Makerere University in Competitive Grant Writing. The…

After an illustrious 28-year career, Makerere University School of Public Health’s Former Dean Prof. William Bazeyo officially retired from university service. Dr. Bazeyo, a Professor of…

Makerere University School of Public Health has graduated after exceptional performance in third and final Organizational Capacity Assessment (OCA), conducted by Jhpiego, an international, non-profit…

Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) has awarded 10 journalists from local and national media at the climax of the 2-day symposium on National Road Safety and Mobility Symposium 2022…