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Uganda’s latest national HIV survey reveals lower viral suppression among adolescents and young adults living with HIV than among older adults, even as the country records substantial improvements in controlling the virus. The findings come from Uganda Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment (UPHIA 2025), a national household survey examining HIV prevalence and whether people living with […]
A joint study between Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) and The Open University, UK, is investigating a possible link between maize cultivation and malaria risk in Uganda, as evidence increasingly points to livelihoods and everyday economic activities as key drivers of transmission of the disease. The research initiative was advanced during a stakeholders’ […]
A new study led by scientists from Makerere University School of Public Health has demonstrated that short-term climate variability plays a significant role in malaria transmission in Yumbe District, West Nile sub-region of Uganda. The study, Climate variability and malaria incidence trends in Yumbe District, West Nile Sub-region of Uganda (2017–2021), by Lesley Rose Ninsiima, […]
We are happy to share this exciting PhD studentship opportunity through the NTU-Makerere University partnership under the theme Health Innovation. Starting in 2025, this project will focus on One Health drivers of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections in rural Ugandan communities. The research will combine microbiological and public health approaches to explore the prevalence, transmission, and contributing […]