Freddy Kitutu

Ugandan and constructive critic. Tweets are personal views, occasionally, thought battles.

[Freddy Kitutu @fredkitutu]

@IAmTheOlum @Makerere

[Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi Muzukulu wa Bityo @CKyobutungi]

Dear funders,

This is a long overdue conversation!
In this PLOS Global Public Health article authors make a case for reform in global health funding.

In brief: the funding system is skewed, still favouring large well-established organizations, exerting an undue burden on smaller less established ones.

[Mark Manson @Markmanson]

It's a simple fact of life: if you want to do something incredible, something that makes you stand out above the rest, then you have to become comfortable being different—that means being misunderstood, criticized, even hated.

[Mark Manson @Markmanson]

Luck doesn’t just happen, it’s created. You can do things to increase the odds of serendipity.

Meeting more people makes you lucky.
Learning more skills makes you lucky.
Being willing to fail makes you lucky.
Offering to help others more often makes you lucky.

[UBC UGANDA @ubctvuganda]

As of today, we have recorded 11 cases, of which 4 are imported and 7 are local transmissions. Five of the cases are health workers. We have already discharged Case 002, and three of the patients have since tested negative - Prof. Charles Olaro

#UBCFrontBench

[gunnerblog @gunnerblog]

🚨 Since his penalty miss in the #UCL final, Arsenal supporters have made Gabriel the top-selling shirt name at the club.

His printed name is up 350% since Saturday’s final. At one stage he was outselling any other name x2.

@TheAthleticFC 🔴⚪️🇧🇷❤️

https://t.co/6GyvOeOOH4

[KEMRI-Wellcome @KEMRI_Wellcome]

📊The Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) session by Dr Olimpia Lamberti explored the concepts and components of DALYs, how they are calculated, their comparison with QALYs, and their application in economic evaluation and priority setting to support evidence-informed health decision-making. DALYs is a measure used to quantify the overall burden of disease by combining years lost due to premature death and years lived with disability. #AfHESG #HealthEconomics #KWTRP

[Philip Mathew @pilimat]

📢 Save the date!
How do we build a health workforce equipped to tackle #AMR? Join our WHO webinar on AMR Education & Learning, featuring new curriculum tools and insights from the Lyon learning consultation.
🗓 16 June | ⏰ 12:00–13:30 CEST
🔗 Register: https://t.co/WX5KtD6Rnj

[ESAU @Esau_Matsiko]

My manager has recognized my country 🥹

Ugandan Arsenal fans, we are exactly what we think we are! Very massive 🥳

[dk is not a real person @dk_fakegod]

Arsenal fans in Uganda with a Saka lookalike

[Quarter_Back @basajja_khasim]

This is one of the GOATED banter content after Arsenal winning the premier league 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@WelBeast

[Arsenal News @ArsenalNews_Hub]

🚨😂❤️ | Jamie Carragher on the global reaction to Arsenal F.C. winning the Premier League

🗣️ “I finally realised why nobody wanted Arsenal to win the league…” 👀

Carragher admitted the scale of Arsenal’s celebrations worldwide has been unlike anything he has seen in modern football 🌍🏆

🗣️ “The fans are unbelievably loyal and crazy passionate.”

🗣️ “Show me another team that won a trophy and had celebrations like Arsenal did — streets packed everywhere, social media exploding all over the world.” 🤯🔴⚪️

🗣️ “The world was always afraid of this.” 🔥

[Edwine Barasa @EdwineBarasa]

Champions!!!!!!!

[Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research @IneosOxford]

IOI scientists have found a new inhibitor molecule to protect last-resort antibiotics from #AMR.

This compound blocks antibiotic-degrading enzymes by trapping water inside them, reducing the amount of antibiotic needed to treat infections by ~32x.

🔗https://t.co/Nr4s5acRet

[Fondation Brocher @Fond_Brocher]

Today at the Brocher Foundation: project presentation day.

Our April 2026 cohort of 14 researchers shared their work - a full day of exchange across disciplines, continents & perspectives.

From AI ethics to global health, genomics & public policy.

#bioethics #research #globalhealth #FondationBroch

[Makerere University School of Public Health @MakSPH]

Happening Today | Public Lecture & High-Level Dialogue on Health Financing in Uganda

Join us this morning as leaders from government, academia, and the private sector convene to discuss:
“Investing in Health for Uganda’s Future: Delivering Vision 2040 through Smart and Sustainable Health Financing.”

🗓 Today, Thursday 9 April 2026
⏰ 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM (EAT)
🔗 Join virtually: https://t.co/8BwnM4XbKk

Be part of this important national conversation shaping the future of health financing in Uganda.

Organised jointly with @mofpedU & @MinofHealthUG

[Freddy Kitutu @fredkitutu]

@waiswap @fssengooba @stefanswartpet @IAmTheOlum

[Freddy Kitutu @fredkitutu]

We have one health sector, not a private and a public one. Everyone falls sick. Where we seek care is just a detail. Private not for profit is a bogus term. Either you're making losses or surplus. Being a going concern is for all @MakSPH #ianclarke today

[Freddy Kitutu @fredkitutu]

We have one health sector, not a private and a public one. Everyone falls sick. Where we seek care is just a detail. Private not for profit is a bogus term. Either you're making losses or surplus. Being a going concern is for all @MakSPH #ianclarke today

[Isaac Kiiza Tibasiima 🇺🇬 @ITibasiima]

Holding a PhD does not give you the right to being knowledgeable. It gives you the chance to learn, unlearn and relearn.

It is a chance, not a privilege!

[Fondation Brocher @Fond_Brocher]

5 new resident researchers join the 9 already in residence at Fondation Brocher this week.

→ Nataliya Aluferova (U. Hamburg) — vaccine scepticism in the Russian-speaking community in Germany

→ Jessica Hardin (RIT) — prevention paradoxes in the Pacific

→ @DiegoborbonR (U. Externado de Colombia) — neurolaw in Latin America

→ Lori Freedman (UCSF) — medicine under abortion bans in the US

→ @mary_wyer (U. Sydney) — patient care in high-level isolation units

14 researchers. One month at Hermance.

#bioethics #research #residency #FondationBrocher

[Philip Mathew @pilimat]

🚨 3 days to go!

We’re counting down to the WHO AMR Learning Programme – Learning 4 Impact Lab Global Consultation (26–27 March 2026).

Excited to welcome 40 global experts to the @WHO Academy to co-create solutions and strengthen the health workforce in the fight against #AMR.