Year: 2020

In universities across Uganda, limited research funding threatens to slow the pace of scientific progress. Currently, a number of external donors including the Norway Aid for Development (NORAD), Rockefeller Foundation,...

Prof. Moses Galukande, an expert surgeon and Chair of the Department of Surgery at Makerere University’s College of Health Sciences is revolutionizing breast cancer research in Uganda. With a paucity...

When I left Uganda for the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) in January 2020, COVID-19 was beginning to gain momentum. My visit was courtesy of the THRiVE...

It’s been five months since the Coronavirus, code named COVID-19, emerged in China. In order to make informed decisions about prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases, the role of reliable...

Throughout his years as an infectious disease physician and researcher, Dr. Jonathan Mayito has realized a big gap in the diagnosis of asymptomatic (latent) Tuberculosis infection and monitoring of treatment...

KAMPALA — Recent studies on HIV associated meningitis, commonly caused by the fungus, Cryptococcocus, show that close to half of those infected with this meningitis die if they don’t receive...

Visiting the University of Cambridge over the late autumn/early winter 2019 was an adventurous experience for me; leaving the comfort zone of Makerere University in Uganda, opening myself up to...

KAMPALA – It’s been three months since the Coronavirus, code-named Covid-19, emerged in China. Reports from global media giants CNN and Aljazeera as of February 17th, 2020 indicate that the global...

Using genes, Makerere University based Researcher Dr. Gerald Mboowa can determine how many years it will take a person living with HIV without treatment can progress into AIDS. Dr. Gerald...