In February 2020 we held our first international workshop of the COMBAT AMR in Africa Network titled "Global threat yet local problem - antimicrobial resistance in sub-Saharan Africa" at the Hirsch Institute of Tropical Medicine in Asella, Ethiopia.
Factsheet
Kiruddu Referral Hospital
Kiruddu Referral Hospital is a public tertiary hospital located in Kampala, the capital of Uganda. The hospital is directly managed by the Ministry of Health. Patients from all over the country are referred to Kiruddu for care. Furthermore, Kiruddu serves as a teaching hospital for medical students of the College of Health Sciences of Makerere University. The hospital has a capacity of 200 beds for inpatient treatment and 14 outpatient clinics, which serve approximately 300-500 patients daily. Among other facilities, the hospital has the largest infectious disease ward in the country, as well as the only ward specialising in the treatment of patients with burns.
Laboratory of Kiruddu Referral Hospital 
Kiruddu Referral Hospital 
Uganda
Contact
Dr. med. Charles Kabugo
Kiruddu Referral Hospital
Executive Director
Buziga Hill
Makindye Division
Kampala
kabugocharles@hotmail.com