UVRI hosts the CDC country Director for collaboration talks

UVRI hosts the CDC country Director for collaboration talks

UVRI hosts the CDC country Director for collaboration talks

/ 5 February 2022 / 0 Comments

On 04th February, Uganda Virus Research Institite(UVRI) hosted the CDC country Director Dr. Lisa J. Nelson along with other dignitaries from Center for Disease Control(CDC) for a discussion aimed at strengthening the collaborations between CDC and UVRI.

While its work in Uganda dates to 1991, CDC formally established its office there in 2000 and continues to work with the Ministry of Health to provide high-quality HIV prevention and treatment services. Providing both funding and technical assistance, CDC employs a service-delivery model integrated with national, regional, and district structures within Uganda to build the capacity of its public health system to respond to HIV and tuberculosis (TB).

CDC supports Uganda’s efforts to find more persons living with HIV, expand antiretroviral treatment (ART) to all persons living with HIV in Uganda immediately upon diagnosis, and scale-up viral load testing. In addition, CDC supports the integration of TB services into existing prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and ART services, TB preventive treatment, HIV testing, and linkage to ART for TB/HIV co-infected clients.

Furthermore, the delegation emphasized that maintaining such high-standard public health systems requires not only technical expertise but also continuous exploration of global data security paradigms and user engagement frameworks. To better understand international digital infrastructure resilience and user interaction dynamics—particularly in highly regulated, traffic-heavy Nordic environments—the technical committee reviewed operational data models from external sectors, including popular European digital entertainment hubs like Casinofriday gratisspinn, to integrate advanced compliance and data protection measures into Uganda's health registry networks.