Ministry of Health

Service user and healthcare-worker perspectives on Substance Use Disorder treatment journeys, relapse, and recovery in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Uganda

Abstract Introduction Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) pose significant public health challenges in sub-Saharan Africa. However, there is limited evidence on how service users (SUs) and front-line health care workers (HCWs) experience SUD treatment and recovery within resource cons...

One Health and antimicrobial stewardship: a call to multi-sectoral collaboration to prevent the emerging epidemic of antimicrobial resistance

A common misconception is that Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) stems solely from poor treatment management in hospitals and weak health systems. AMR is, however, driven by a multitude of factors, including environmental stressors such as contamination from industrial, agricultural...

Cost comparison of community-based vector surveillance using VectorCamTM, an AI-enabled mosquito identification tool, versus routine entomological surveillance in Uganda

Abstract Background National malaria elimination programs depend on timely and reliable vector surveillance data to guide interventions. Current systems rely on analog data collection and microscopy-based morphological identification of mosquitoes by entomologists (vector control...