Prof. Fred Nuwaha Ntoni

Dr. Nuwaha is a Professor of Disease Control and Prevention at Makerere University School of Public Health. He has a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree from Makerere University, a Master’s in Public Health from Leeds University, and a PhD in Disease Control from Karolinska Institutet. His fields of specialty and research interests include Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), HIV/STIs, TB, and Malaria, with over 130 peer-reviewed publications. He is the PI for FibroSCHoT, which is evaluating the impact of repeated doses of praziquantel in Schistosomiasis hot spots in Uganda, and he has been a co-PI for SPICES—Scaling-up Packages of Interventions for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention— in selected sites in Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa. In addition, Dr. Nuwaha serves as the vice chair of the board for Kabwohe Clinical Research Centre, a member of the infectious disease institute scientific review committee and an editorial board member for BMC Public Health. Email: fnuwaha@musph.ac.ug

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