
Makerere University Walter Reed Program
Kampala, Central, Uganda
About
Founded in 2002, Makerere University Walter Reed Program is a non-governmental organisation based in Kampala, Uganda working on medical research, health.
MUWRP is a non-profit biomedical research organisation based in Kampala, Uganda, working since 2002 on HIV research, prevention, care and treatment, disease surveillance, emerging infectious diseases, clinical trials of vaccines and drugs, sepsis management, and laboratory services. It also runs community engagement, outbreak response, mentorship and capacity-building activities. Its work covers Uganda and Somalia, with a focus on populations at high risk of HIV and on improving public health outcomes in the communities it serves.
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Emerging Infectious Disease Program
Health · Uganda
Signature programme focused on early detection, surveillance and monitoring of emerging infectious diseases.
HIV DCE study
Health · Uganda
Research study using a discrete choice experiment to measure preferences for injectable HIV prevention among high-risk populations in urban and peri-urban Uganda.
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CAP accreditation (clinical laboratory)
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Sabin Vaccine Institute, Uganda National Council for Science and Technology, Makerere University School of Public Health, US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
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