Dr Asiphas Owaraganise MD, MPH

Physician (O&G), Global Public Health Enthusiast, Humanist.

[Dr Asiphas Owaraganise MD, MPH @asiphas]

@MinofHealthUG Iwe Shashura Interns, Abasheja Baturekyera! Ffaa aha Minyento (Interns), Women and Children, Ebola ...As men, we will find a way!

[Dr Asiphas Owaraganise MD, MPH @asiphas]

@UEDCLTD When restored, ensure standard voltage! For the whole year: daily, dim lights, 6pm -midnight. Waking up at 3-4 AM to use appliances is not healthy

[Dr Asiphas Owaraganise MD, MPH @asiphas]

@MinofHealthUG Sad about New Cases + Death🥹. Kudos for unpacked information! Using CUMULATIVE instead of TOTAL or adding RECOVERED to DISCHARGES and ACTIVE to ADMISSIONS would make it 98% clearer! Current form reads like "19 CASES+ 4 DEATHS."

[Mukula @mukulaa]

Uganda’s proposed medical education and internship reforms deserve careful reconsideration. Medical training and healthcare are pillars of human development, and Makerere Medical School remains one of Africa’s finest institutions, renowned for tropical medicine. Intern doctors bridge critical staffing gaps in our hospitals; withdrawing their financial support risks worsening workforce shortages, delaying training, increasing costs, and weakening healthcare delivery. I urge President Museveni to intervene and protect Uganda’s health sector.
@KagutaMuseveni
@jessica_alupo
@R_Nabbanja
@BaryomunsiChris
@mkainerugaba

[The New Vision @newvisionwire]

Uganda’s doctors have appealed to President Yoweri Museveni to intervene in a proposed overhaul of medical education and internship training, warning that the reforms could increase the cost of training, delay graduation and worsen existing challenges facing the country’s health workforce.

https://t.co/GDKM9k6SfG | #VisionUpdates

[Professor Awesome @rsnokes]

It's hard for me to explain to those outside #Uganda just how irritated the Ugandans are to be lumped in with DRC for the #Ebola epidemic. As of this writing, there have been hundreds of deaths and over 1000 cases in Congo, whereas Uganda has had only 9 cases -- three Congolese, four medical workers who treated them, one driver who drove them, and one other known contact. Only one person has died in Uganda, a Congolese.

So when WHO and Al Jazeera talks about the Ebola epidemic in "Congo and Uganda," it's like saying because there are wildfires in California, you should cancel a trip to the Grand Canyon because some Californians lit a campfire there. Yes, it is possible it *could* spread and you have to be vigilant, but these two situations are nowhere near the same magnitude.

As of this writing, the only Ugandan death has been the tourism industry.

[Dr Asiphas Owaraganise MD, MPH @asiphas]

@AJENews Disaggregate data! Today, May 31, Uganda has a cumulative total of 11 cases (2 of which were from DRC: 1 died, 1 re-tested negative). 9 local cases were contacts of the two: drivers and clinicians. Remove the lens you use to report on war, conflict, and politics; this is health!

[World Medical Association @medwma]

WMA President @mdjkitulu moderated Session II on “Transforming Health Professions Education in Africa” at the 2nd Africa Health Workforce Investment Forum in Accra, Ghana.

“Transforming education means moving from words to action,” said Dr Kitulu.

#HealthWorkforce

[Dr Asiphas Owaraganise MD, MPH @asiphas]

@nickopiyo @NankabirwaRS @jica_direct_en @JapanEmb_Uganda @GovUganda @irenebateebe The details are hidden in the pseudo name "Musheke", synonyms include Mushekye, Derisory, Dharau, Okurahura, among others

[Dr Asiphas Owaraganise MD, MPH @asiphas]

@ObwengyeC Let me pin this to the calendar!

[Dr Asiphas Owaraganise MD, MPH @asiphas]

@DrOtileUg This should be deliberately tackled at this strategic level.

[Dr Asiphas Owaraganise MD, MPH @asiphas]

@IAmTheOlum @CUGHnews @Fogarty_NIH Strategic meeting....share resolutions afterwards!

[Dr Asiphas Owaraganise MD, MPH @asiphas]

@graekan @FrancisBaj @MustMedFaculty @nuwage @rkalyes1 @DrBalukuJoseph @PaulObwoya @JonathanIzudi @kkananura [That is very true, I am a beneficiary). Warmest Congratulations Prof. Baj!

[Dr Asiphas Owaraganise MD, MPH @asiphas]

@PbyakikaPauline Warm Congratulations Prof!

[Dr Asiphas Owaraganise MD, MPH @asiphas]

@DrBalukuJoseph Glad you escaped premature departure! But "Daktari...what had happened to the Hero-plane? !......"

[Dr Asiphas Owaraganise MD, MPH @asiphas]

@ObwengyeC open 24/7

[Dr Asiphas Owaraganise MD, MPH @asiphas]

@DokitaSharon @KCCAUG @Buzeki_Sharifah @dstrkt24_kla @AKasingye @PoliceUg, to address this disorder and lawlessness. Noise pollution from advertising trucks, bars, and worship sites; industry causes NCDS...

[Dr Asiphas Owaraganise MD, MPH @asiphas]

@MbararaUST @MGHMedicine @GlobalHealthCo4 @MustMedFaculty @PbyakikaPauline @sg_must Warm Congratulations!

[Ntare School Old Boys Association (NSOBA) @Official_NSOBA]

The Senate and University Council of @MbararaUST have formally recommended Prof. @joseph_ngonzi to the Chancellor for appointment and the signing of the instruments of power as Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic Affairs). The lion roars yet again. Congratulations Prof.