The Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) Symposium Report 2023

Events

PhD Defense | Mapping and developing an Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice Framework for health professional students within an African international elective learning environment"

Tuesday, June 11, 2024 - 02:00 pm

Public PhD Defense | The Predictive Utility of Polygenic Risk Scores for Chronic Kidney Disease in Africans

Friday, May 03, 2024 - 11:30 am

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News

Death Announcement | Professor John Tuhe Kakitahi [16th February 1940 to 15th May 2024]

Thursday, May 16, 2024

HEPI Conference - Wednesday 17th and Thursday 18th April 2024

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

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The Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) Symposium was convened in Kampala, Uganda on March 04, 2023 hosted and organized by Makerere University College of Health Sciences, a member of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) NCD Center of Excellence (COE) that is hosted by University of Nairobi, Kenya.

The objective of this Symposium was to provide a forum for dissemination of innovations and advances in NCDs with regards to training and research and their impact on community in Uganda and entire East African region. The theme of the Symposium was: ‘Advances in NCD Training, Research & Community Impact’.

In attendance were representatives from the Uganda Ministry of Health, Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS), ARUA, World Health Organization (WHO), Uganda Cancer Institute, Uganda Heart Institute, Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), and Professional bodies as well as local andinternational NCD scientists and clinicians.

NCD Symposium Report