Uganda, US sign agreement on biomedical research

May 09, 2017

Uganda and the US are working closely in the Rakai Health Sciences Program under the Ugandan Virus Research Institute

 

Uganda through the Ministry of Health and the US government have entered a partnership aimed at enabling further biomedical research cooperation in preventing, diagnosing and treating the heavy burden of infectious diseases in Uganda.

The fields for research and training include HIV/AIDS, malaria among other emerging diseases.

Dr. Diana Atwine the Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary signed on behalf of Uganda whereas Deborah Malac, the US Ambassador to Uganda signed on behalf of the US.

Currently, Uganda and the US are working closely in the Rakai Health Sciences Program under the Ugandan Virus Research Institute (UVRI), MoH and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a division of the US NIH and the Department of Health and Human Services.

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