🧬 Call for Applications: Roche African Genomics Program MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit 🔬 MSc, PhD students & early-career researchers 💰 £2,000 award | 🖥️ HPC & training access | 🤝 Mentorship & certification 📅 Apply by 31 Oct 2025 🔗 Learn more: shorturl.at/1UkMF

2/10 | The Problem 💊 Substandard & falsified medicines threaten lives, fuel #AntimicrobialResistance, and undermine trust in health systems. In Africa, 1 in 10 medical products is fake or poor-quality. Uganda isn’t spared.

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High Prevalence of Antimicrobial Prescribing Reported in Central Uganda Facilities, New Study Shows A new study published on November 21, 2025, in the Infection and Drug Resistance journal (published by Dove Medical Press, part of the Taylor & Francis Group), titled “High

Inside Uganda’s Silent AMR Crisis: Counterfeit Drugs, Antibiotic Overuse, and What Wakiso’s Evidence Reveals Two new studies by researchers at Makerere University University School of Public Health (MakSPH) reveal a troubling pattern at the centre of Uganda’s escalating antimicrobial

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ICYMI: “People were desperately fed up with the brutality and non-accountability of the old armies, the colonial army, Uganda Army and the other one, UNLA. So, UPDF must be very careful; you must never adopt the habits of these old armies...Brutality, corruption...If you do that,

#Microplastics are increasingly detected in human tissues, with potential links to cognitive, cardiovascular, and inflammatory outcomes. 📌 Learn more in this JAMA Insights: ja.ma/4seHoOb

Ban Tuk-Tuks From Northern Bypass Before They Cause a Preventable Tragedy #NilePostNews nilepost.co.ug/editors-choice…

About this PhD debate: 1) Africa needs more not less PhDs, actually about 100k more in the next ten years by some estimates 2) Highly capacitated people are the engines that'll drive the continent's future. Those people need trainers, who in turn need trainers..PhD holders...

BREAKING: Uganda's National Drug Authority has just approved Lenacapavir, a twice-yearly dose PrEP manufactured by Gilead, a USA based company! This is a game-changer for HIV prevention, especially for those at high risk. This is great step towards ending AIDS by 2030.

The three major global threats to population health are non-communicable diseases (#NCDs), infectious disease outbreaks, and environmental degradation. A recent Lancet Commission provides a set of priority recommendations to address these threats. Read now 👉

📢 Calling all early-career researchers focusing on health. Applications are open for the 2026-2027 Health Equity Fellowship now through March 16, 2026. projecthope.csod.com/ux/ats/careers…

Exciting News!!! Call for Abstracts for the 11th UHA Annual Scientific Congress scheduled for 20th-22nd May, 2026 at Speke Resort Munyonyo Abstract Submission link: forms.gle/rwk4MLQZYUy2Fk… 📆Deadline for abstracts submission 31st March, 2026

📢 Applications Now Open! The U.S. Embassy in Uganda is accepting applications for the 2027 #Fulbright African Research Scholar Program. This prestigious opportunity supports African university lecturers and professors to conduct postdoctoral research, curriculum development, or

📢 Applications are open for the Career Development Fellowship for young #HIV physicians by EACS Over 12 months, you will be mentored by a leading European expert to boost your research, clinical skills, and career growth. 🗓️ Apply by 31 March: eacsociety.org/education/medi…

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Since launching our new and improved AI powered academic research platform CitedEvidence in January, in just 1 month, we have over 1000 researchers that have registered account and enjoying the full thrust of doing research. It's like research on steroids. I'm super excited:

.NIRA the feedback is overwhelming: you issue new BUT invalid identity cards to Ugandans. You issue the identity document that is pegged to work, insurance, banking, communication, and everything else, and the document is UNUSABLE. Did this come as a surprise to you: That the

Not good news...but is it even possible to undertake an effective recall of these products in Uganda? Regulation of food products is done in a laissez-faire manner!