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By Stephen Senkomago Photo Credit: Nancy Karunganwa The week of November 20 – 24, 2017, was an exciting one for the EMR team at METS where we held the first UgandaEMR developer bootcamp, aimed at developing local capability to extend and build upon UgandaEMR. The end-goal was to have 4 new HMIS forms developed toRead more

Efforts towards disease control of HIV/AIDS estimate that by 2030, the epidemic will have been curbed. The 90-90-90 Strategy was adopted, and it estimated that by 2020, 90% of all People living with HIV will know their status; 90% of all people diagnosed with HIV will be receiving sustained Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) and 90% ofRead more

The Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Support (MET) Program together with the Ministry of Health (MoH) are conducting a TB/HIV Evaluation on the Collaborative Policy. The mortality and morbidity of People living with HIV/AIDS is mainly credited to TB. PLHIV are at the Highest risk of developing TB. It is estimated that 22,000-38,000 deaths occur annuallyRead more

The Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Support (METS) Program is a five-year CDC funded, above-site collaborative mechanism between the Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) and the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). The Program focuses on all CDC-supported districts and also offers support on the DREAMS Project, HMIS Tools management, Viral Load Monitoring andRead more