13/08/2026
๐๐๐ฌ 2 | The ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ (๐ง๐ผ๐ง) is ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐ก๐๐-๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ป Africa
As we continue highlighting the voices of regional mentors shaping public health security across East, Central, and Southern Africa, meet Dr. Prisca Uwumuryango, an Epidemiologist from Rwanda.
Dr. Prisca emphasizes why integrating non-communicable diseases into routine frontline surveillance is critical for regional disease prevention:
"๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ค๐ก๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ช๐ง๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค๐ก๐ก๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ช๐จ๐ ๐๐พ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฉ๐, ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐จ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ช๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ."
Yesterday in Dar es Salaam, the East, Central and Southern Africa Health Community (ECSA-HC) team, alongside IGAD and regional experts, launched Phase Two of the Regional ToT for Mentors under the World Bank-funded Health Emergency Preparedness, Response and Resilience Program (HEPRR-MPA).
Bringing together 37 country-nominated participants across 9 countries, this initiative focuses on building robust technical coaching, structured field supervision, and peer mentorship. By operationalizing the customized NCD-Integrated Frontline FETP Curriculum, frontline epidemiologists are equipped with actionable skills to track, manage, and report non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and hypertension, directly within their daily community work.
