The clinic has a recreation area—a welcoming space where young people using the health services can spend time. Our health promotion teams organize activities there, and in communities and schools in the district, to engage young people on key health topics. There is also a resource center with a small library and computers to enable young people to study, and young mothers to learn skills such as basket weaving and sewing, to help them earn an income.
Epicentre, MSF’s dedicated center on epidemiology, has run a research center in Uganda, based at Mbarara University of Science and Technology, for over 20 years. Several studies are currently underway, including a study aimed at improving the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis, an investigation into the possibility of reducing the amount of yellow fever vaccine needed for each person, and an assessment of the efficacy and safety of the mpox vaccine.
Our research team also teaches at the faculty of medicine.
