GP Uganda Writing Workshop
In the last four years, the Uganda Ministry of Health, in collaboration with various partners, has actively conducted HIV recent infection testing in over 1000 health facilities, producing valuable programmatic data. To present this data for publication, a workshop led by UCSF and CDC experts addressed key aspects of manuscript writing.
 
A team of 24 technical experts from organizations including MoH, Uganda Virus Research Institute, CDC Uganda, USAID, Makerere University Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Support Program, Infectious Diseases Institute, Mild May Uganda, Rakai Health Sciences Program, and GP Uganda collaborated on crafting four draft manuscripts.
 
These manuscripts, covering topics such as characterizing HIV recent infections, training models for HIV recent infection surveillance, Quality Assurance, and insights from Continuous Quality Improvement, underwent further refinement in a subsequent workshop in September. The team is now in the process of submitting these manuscripts to peer-reviewed journals.
 
The success of this collaborative effort highlights the importance of timely input from facilitators and reviewers.
 
The writing team expresses gratitude to Laura Buback, Rachel King, Herbert Kiyingi, Mubiru Anthony, Wilford Kirungi, and Peruth Kyomugisha for their vital contributions and support.