COVID-19 Seminar Reports
This section displays the seminar reports from weekly seminars conducted by the Makerere University School of Public Health.
Making Smart Dietary Decisions During this Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) outbreak
By Maureen Nabatanzi
Uganda confirmed her first case of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) on 21 March 2020. By 11 May, barely two months later, the…
Living in a Covid–19 World
By Ziyada Babirye
Like each new year, 2020 was welcomed amidst ululations and incredible fireworks scenes with a blend of epic music the world over…
COVID-19: Universities have capacity to contribute to national development
Chrispus Mayora
By Chrispus Mayora
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to ravage countries, especially in the West, Europe and…
Of Covid-19, HIV/AIDS and Truck Drivers
Davies Rwabu
By Davies Rwabu
On April 18, I shared on my Facebook timeline that truck drivers would be our next threat in the fight…
How I coped under institutional quarantine in Uganda
Rawlance Ndejjo
By Rawlance Ndejjo
On 18th March 2020, I returned to Uganda from Belgium on the night when the President had announced a…
COVID-19: Uganda’s Experience and the Three Prospective Opportunities
As of today, April 22, 2020, over 2.4 million persons across the globe had been infected by the COVID 19 virus and around 165,000 of whom have lost…
Makerere Innovated COVID Rapid Testing Kits Expected in June
Makerere University is in advanced stages of developing much cheaper and faster test kits that will not need a laboratory like the existing test kits…