The Africa Research Collaboration on Sepsis (ARCS)
ARCS is a multi-country collaboration sponsored by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine aimed to improve the survival and quality of life of patients hospitalized with sepsis through multidisciplinary applied health research at the health facility and health system levels. In its role as implementing partner in Uganda, Walimu conducted multiple studies to help address […]
Polio: Strengthening Surveillance in the Expanded Program on Immunization for Vaccine Preventable Diseases (EPI)
Following the confirmation of a positive vaccine-derived polio virus sample in 2021, Walimu deployed surveillance officers to support the Community Health Departments in the Regional Referral Hospitals. They have investigated and verified over 800 acute flaccid paralysis cases, supervised 1,300 health workers and mentored 4,600 health workers, in order to build surveillance capacity for notifiable […]
Clubfoot Program
In Uganda, for every 800 children born, one has a clubfoot. In 2022, 1.5m babies were born in Uganda. Out of these, 2,100 were born with clubfoot. The aim of the Clubfoot Program is to ensure that every child born with clubfoot accesses quality treatment using the Ponseti method before their first birthday. The Ministry […]
Surge Capacity for Rapid Response to Diseases of Epidemic Potential
Walimu is a key partner to the Ministry of Health and World Health Organization in responding to diseases of epidemic potential. Since 2014, Walimu has led training and staff surges in response to Ebola outbreaks. During COVID-19, Walimu surged training, empowering hundreds of health workers to respond to the pandemic. Walimu also frequently prepares national […]
STAIRS Consortium Strengthens Collaboration at 3rd Annual Meeting in Mozambique
The STAIRS Consortium successfully convened its 3rd Annual Consortium Meeting in Maputo, Mozambique, from 17th to 21st November 2025, bringing together researchers, healthcare professionals, and implementation partners from across participating consortium countries. The annual meeting served as an important platform for sharing progress, lessons learned, and experiences from the ongoing implementation of the STAIRS project […]
Conference Presentations and Publications – 2024
Conference Presentations 1. CT radiographic findings associated with incident TB among individuals with trace sputum Xpert results during TB screening Miriam Nantale – Union World Conference on Lung Health 2. A multi-country evaluation of patient preferences for future tests using a discrete choice experiment Talemwa Nalugwa (2024) – Union World Conference on Lung Health 3. […]