Dear Reader,
Since December 2019 the world has changed at a such an alarming speed and manner never experienced for over a century. All THRiVE consortium partners have been impacted in one way or another. Countries have implemented public health and health care delivery measures some of which had not been experienced for generations. They included lock […]
International cooperation to solve complex health challenges
Thank you for the tremendous support extended to THRiVE in 2019 and we hope that you will continue the same way in 2020. We live in a world faced with numerous complex health challenges that require more than ever before international cooperation to solve them. Concurrently contemporary organizations and scientific research tend to emphasize teamwork […]
COVID-19 and African Health Systems
Acoording to Dr. David Meya as quoted by THEHILL, “The pandemic is testing the health systems in Africa especially around the readiness to handle public health emergencies. The capabilities of handling a large number of critically ill patients would be the most challenging especially in countries with poor health systems,” Dr. David Meya, an infectious […]
New Diagnostic test for Asymptomatic Tuberculosis
In his PhD study titled: ‘Detecting mycobacterium TB in stem cells in latent infection,’ Dr. Mayito is proposing to develop a new innovative diagnostic test for TB infection. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines Latent TB infection as a state in which individuals harbor TB-causing bacteria without evidence of manifestation of symptoms of active disease. […]
Researcher studies how long it takes for HIV+ person to develop AIDS
Using genes, Makerere University based Researcher Dr. Gerald Mboowa can determine how many years it will take a person living with HIV without treatment can progress into AIDS. Dubbed, ‘Functional host-genetic loci associated with pediatric HIV-disease progression in Uganda and Botswana”, his research reveals that after a person is infected with HIV, they are either […]
Making successful partnerships
Message from the director Dear Reader, In this issue of THRiVE News, there are reports that illustrate how THRiVE work has greatly benefited from partnerships between academic institutions of both types namely; universities and research institutes. This issue gives us opportunity to reflect on how to make partnerships succeed. Partnerships allow diverse knowledge and partners […]
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