Article courtesy Fogarty International Center September/October 2024 | Volume 23 Number 5 Until recently in Uganda, most children with sickle cell disease (SCD) never celebrated their fifth birthday—only 30% lived past this milestone. This low survival rate was mainly due to inadequate health care interventions for these children, plus lack of widespread newborn screening, explains […]
By Julius Tukacungurwa & Davidson Ndyabahika The first ever Harmonized Health Facility Assessment (HHFA) jointly conducted by MakSPH and the Ministry of Health (MoH) has illuminated significant advancements in Uganda’s healthcare landscape. This ground-breaking survey, which serves as a robust benchmark for evaluating health services across the country, offers a comprehensive overview of service availability […]
Welcome to this exclusive interview with Prof. Peter Waiswa, lead expert from the Makerere University Centre of Excellence for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health. Dr. Victoria Nakibuuka from St. Francis Nsambya Hospital, and Dr. Jesca Nsungwa from Ministry of Health Uganda. In this video, they discuss a groundbreaking innovation in Uganda’s healthcare landscape: the country’s […]
By Judith Grace Amoit KAMPALA– Newborn experts stress the need to intensify efforts aimed at saving newborns around the time of birth, according to recent developments in Uganda’s healthcare landscape. Results from the newly released Uganda Demographic Health Survey 2022 show that neonatal mortality has slightly reduced from 27/1000 live birth over the last decade […]
MakSPH, Uganda MoH extend newborn technical support to Mityana District By Judith Grace Amoit The Maternal and Newborn and Child Health Centre of Excellence at Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) recently supported the Uganda Ministry of Health’s National Newborn Steering Committee to train health workers in Mityana on essential newborn care, resuscitation techniques […]