Uganda public health fellowship program’s contribution to building a resilient and sustainable public health system in Uganda

Figures & data

Figure 1. Map of Uganda showing distribution of outbreaks investigated by FETP Fellows countrywide, 2015–2018.

Table 1. Host sites for fellows of the Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, 2015–2018.

Placement site	Number of fellows
Ministry of Health
Epidemiology and Surveillance Division	2
National Malaria Control Program	4
STD/AIDS Control Program	3
Division of Health Information	3
Uganda National Expanded Program on Immunization	4
Mental Health and Substance Abuse	3
National Health Laboratory Services	2
National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Program	3
Reproductive Health Division	3
Neglected Tropical Diseases Program	2
Emergency Operations Centre/Anti-microbial Resistance	1
Ministry of Health-Affiliated Institutions
Mildmay Uganda	1
Uganda Virus Research Institute	2
Uganda Cancer Institute	2
National Animal Disease Epidemiology and Diagnostics Centre	2
Uganda Prisons Health Services	1
District/City Health Office
Tororo District Health Office/BASIIN Study	1
Rakai District Health Office/Rakai Health Sciences Program	1
Kampala Capital City Authority	1

Table 2. Absorption of graduates.

Year of Graduation	No	Institution/Program	No	%
2017	10	Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program˜	3	30%
		African Field Epidemiology Network	2	20%
		Infectious Diseases Institute	1	10%
		National Malaria Control Program˜	1	10%
		AIDS Control Program˜	1	10%
		Vector Control Division˜	1	10%
		World Health Organization	1	10%
2018	9	National Tuberculosis & Leprosy Program˜	1	11%
		Infectious Diseases Institute	1	11%
		Makerere University School of Public Health	2	22%
		Africa CDC	1	11%
		Joint Clinical Research Centre	1	11%
		Epidemiology and Surveillance Division˜	1	11%
		Division of Health Information˜	1	11%
		Mildmay Uganda	1	11%

˜Ministry of Health Department/Program

Table 3. Achievements by the fellows of the Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, 2015–2018.

	2015	2016	2017	2018	Total
Field projects participated	33	62	59	81	235
Outbreak investigations	18	15	27	31	91
Emergency investigations	1	4	7	0	12
Surveillance	9	16	15	10	50
Applied epidemiologic studies	5	22	5	29	61
Cost analysis of outbreaks	0	2	1	0	3
Quality Improvement	0	3	4	11	18
Scientific publications co-authored	9	48	87	51	195
Peer-reviewed, published or accepted	0	0	7	20	27
Peer-reviewed, submitted, not published yet	1	10	17	9	37
MoH Quarterly Epi Bulletin articles	8	38	63	22	131
Presentations made at scientific conferences	23	47	61	63	194
International conferences	3	16	25	36	80
National conferences	20	31	36	27	114
Awards received	0	2	2	1	5