Marie kuteesa
380 posts
@Kutsmarie
simple proud catholic...simply live for christ love salsa dance- a doctor by profession, pediatrician by passion. full-time mother, Research fellow
As we mark the #WorldAsthmaDay @ginasthma brings you the Global Asthma Report 2026: Country Stories featuring Uganda with Dr. Rebecca Nantanda @rnantanda Dr Kuteesa Mary @Kutsmarie and Dr. Patricia Alupo @patricia_a61836 Full Report here: sway.cloud.microsoft/aJdeEDqyX2MM0X… @brucekirenga @EuroRespSoc @ERSpublications @MinofHealthUG @katswincey @rianom @winterzie
Dr. Irene Nabitaka, the Acting District Health Officer of Kiryandongo District, said the district serves a population of about 365,000 residents in addition to approximately 185,000 refugees across 13 sub-counties. She explained that the district operates 35 health facilities, including government, private not-for-profit and private health centres. She noted that the district’s health workforce remains limited, operating at about 38% of the required staffing level, with only a small number of nutrition specialists available. Dr. Nabitaka said partners including UNICEF, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the World Food Programme support nutrition interventions through therapeutic feeding, food distribution and community-based programmes. She explained that mass screening, community outreach and treatment programmes have helped reduce global acute malnutrition rates significantly in recent years. However, she warned that the withdrawal of several partner-supported health workers has created staffing gaps that affect screening and treatment services. She stressed that additional staffing, training and infrastructure are required to sustain progress in improving child nutrition. #Nutrition4all #BestStartInLife #InvestInUGchildren @OPMUganda @JapanEmb_Uganda @eu_echo @NipnOpm @society_uganda @NutritionistsUg @FCDOGovUK @WFP_Uganda
