CDC in Uganda

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began working in Uganda in 1991, officially establishing a country office in 2000. With a focus on the prevention, control, and treatment of HIV/AIDS, CDC works with the Ministry of Health and other partners to deliver evidence-based, quality health services. CDC also supports tuberculosis and malaria control efforts and maternal and child health services while advancing global health security by improving Uganda’s ability to prevent, detect, and respond to public health threats.

What CDC is Doing in Uganda
More than 608,000 men, women and children received life-saving antiretroviral treatment in 2018.
Over 340,000 voluntary medical male circumcisions performed in 2018.
Supported the Population-based HIV Impact Assessment survey to measure reach and impact of Uganda’s HIV services. Results are being used to re-focus programs for epidemic control.
More than 35 outbreak responses coordinated by the Public Health Emergency Operations Center, with reduced response times from a high of 30 days to less than 48 hours.
Field Epidemiology Training Program Fellows have investigated 91 outbreaks, conducted 12 emergency assessments and 52 public health surveillance projects, and implemented 59 applied epidemiology studies since 2015.
Maintained polio-free status and strengthened the EPI system to prevent, detect, and respond to outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases.
Established a national biosafety level 3 reference laboratory for viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs), which helped detect and confirm 12 VHF outbreaks in Uganda and one VHF outbreak from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- 17 U.S. Assignees
- 110 Locally Employed
- Population: 42,862,958 (2017)
- Per capita income: $1,820
- Life expectancy at birth: F 64/M 62 years
- Infant mortality rate: 43/1,000 live births
Sources: World Bank 2018, Uganda
Population Reference Bureau 2018, Uganda
- Neonatal disorders
- HIV/AIDS
- Malaria
- Lower respiratory infections
- Tuberculosis
- Diarrheal diseases
- lschemic heart disease
- Congenital defects
- Stroke
- Road injuries
Source: GBD Compare 2018, Uganda
- CDC supports the first Medically Assisted Therapy program that reduces HIV infections among drug users in Uganda [February 10, 2020]
- Celebrating 15 Years of a Successful Partnership [June 30, 2020]
- Strong Partnerships and CDC Investments Support Uganda’s Rapid Response to COVID-19 [May 19, 2020]
- Bringing back HIV patients that stop treatment in Uganda [July 15, 2019]
- Global Pediatric Societies Help Children Breathe Easier: A Collaboration Between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics [May 29, 2019]
- Integrating TB Services into Maternal and Child Health Clinics in Rural Uganda [July 12, 2018]
- One good turn deserves another: Uganda hosted STOP training for the third time [July 05, 2018]
- Plague draws attention amid concern that it might be deployed by terrorists [WP]external icon
- The Hunt for Ebola [Smithsonian.com]external icon
- Ebola outbreak tests local surveillance: Ugandan laboratory helps to minimize number of cases. [Nature News]external icon
- Ugandan officials, international experts tackle Ebola outbreak that’s killed 14 [CNN]external icon