Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program's Contributions to the National HIV and TB Programs, 2015–2020

Alex R. Ario; Lilian Bulage; Yvette Wibabara; Peter Muwereza; Daniel Eurien; Steven N. Kabwama; Benon Kwesiga; Daniel Kadobera; Stavia Turyahabwe; Joshua B. Musinguzi; Rhoda K. Wanyenze; Pamela M. Nasirumbi; Deus Lukoye; Julie R. Harris; Lisa A. Mills; Lisa J. Nelson

doi:10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00574

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TABLE 1.
TB and HIV Projects Completed by the Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, 2015–2020
Year HIV TB TB/HIV Leprosy^{^a} Total
2015 6 0 3 0 9
2016 20 3 1 0 24
2017 15 11 6 1 33
2018 8 11 6 0 25
2019 12 6 1 1 20
2020 14 1 1 0 16
Total 75 32 18 2 127
↵a Captured here, a neglected tropical disease under the National TB and Leprosy Control Program.

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TABLE 2.

HIV and TB Projects Implemented by Program Area by the Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, 2015–2020

Key Program Area	No. of Projects (N=127)
HIV care and treatment	16
Prevention of mother-to-child of HIV transmission	24
TB/HIV^{^a}	18
TB^{^a}	32
Leprosy^{^b}	2
Key and priority populations	9
Pre-exposure prophylaxis/post-exposure prophylaxis	7
Adolescent girls and young women	6
Service delivery	13

↵a Including TB operations research course projects.
↵b Captured here, a neglected tropical disease under the National TB and Leprosy Control Program.

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TABLE 3.

Published HIV and TB Projects Implemented by the Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, 2015–2020¹⁰^–²⁴

Project Title	Year of Study or Investigation	Disease Type
Preference and uptake of different community-based HIV testing service delivery models among female sex workers along Malaba-Kampala highway, Uganda, 2017	2015	HIV
HIV prevalence and uptake of HIV/AIDS services among youths 15–24 years in fishing and surrounding communities of Kasensero, Rakai District, South Western Uganda	2015	HIV
Factors affecting quality of care for virologically non-suppressed HIV positive patients in Jinja, Buikwe and Iganga Districts	2015	HIV
Factors associated with virological non-suppression among HIV-positive patients on antiretroviral therapy in Uganda, August 2014–July 2015	2015	HIV
Evaluation of community-based HIV service delivery models for sex workers along Malaba, Kampala Highway, Uganda, 2016	2016	HIV
The burden of HIV/AIDS and uptake of services among adolescents/youth in Kasensero fishing community, Rakai District	2016	HIV
Factors associated with utilisation of couple HIV counselling and testing among HIV-positive adults in Kyoga fishing community Uganda, May 2017: cross sectional study	2016	HIV
Utilization of elimination of mother-to-child transmission services: Kampala, Uganda, 2016	2016	HIV
Comprehensive knowledge of HIV transmission among fishing villages of Lake Kyoga	2016	HIV
Risk of HIV positivity in exposed infants associated with different interventions, Uganda, 2016	2016	HIV
Tracking missed ANC appointments using Option B+ weekly SMS reporting in Central Uganda, January–June 2016	2016	HIV
Low proportion of women who came knowing their HIV status at first antenatal care visit, Uganda, 2012–2016: a descriptive analysis of surveillance data	2017	HIV
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis outbreak associated with poor treatment adherence and delayed treatment: Arua District, Uganda, 2013–2017	2017	TB
Spatial distribution and temporal trends of leprosy in Uganda, 2012–2016: a retrospective analysis of public health surveillance data	2017	Leprosy
The yield of HIV testing during pregnancy and post-natal period in Uganda 2015–2018, a descriptive analysis of HMIS data	2019	HIV
Epidemiological profile of rifampicin-resistant TB patients in Uganda 2014–2018: analysis of laboratory data	2019	TB