
Researcher | Fitness enthusiast | Environmentalist | PhD student @UvA_Amsterdam
Kampala, Uganda
Joined July 2019
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Derrick Semugenze retweeted
We're welcoming @UG_Airlines to the Boeing family!
Uganda Airlines will expand its fleet with eight new fuel-efficient airplanes.
✈️ Four 737 MAX
✈️ Four 787 #Dreamliner jets
This order supports growing travel demand across Africa and on routes to the Middle East, Asia and Europe. #FIA2026
Release: boeing.mediaroom.com/2026-07…
Derrick Semugenze retweeted
👏El investigador de #ISGlobal Alberto García-Basteiro (@agbasteiro) ha recibido una de las Becas Leonardo para la investigación científica de la @FundacionBBVA.
👉Este reconocimiento impulsará el proyecto AERO-TB, que busca cuantificar la capacidad de transmisión de la #tuberculosis pulmonar asintomática mediante innovadoras herramientas de muestreo de bioaerosoles.
¡Enhorabuena, Alberto!
🔗redleonardo.es/noticias/adju…
Derrick Semugenze retweeted
The reason Uganda continues to defeat Ebola?
Dr Misaki Wayengera
Dr Henry Kyobe Bosa
Prof Bruce Kirenga
Prof Pauline Byakika
Prof Pontiano Kaleebu
Prof Rhoda Wanyenze
Prof Vinard Nantulya
Prof Moses Joloba
Prof Sewankambo
And many other dedicated patriots you never hear about.
Innovating on therapeutics each day, developing local diagnostics etc..
We honour you.
Derrick Semugenze retweeted
#Uganda has today reported three new confirmed cases of #Ebola in the country, including a Ugandan health worker, a driver and a Congolese national who travelled from Ituri Province, in the neighbouring #DRC, for medical care.
This brings the total number of people in Uganda who have been tested positive for Ebola Disease caused by the Bundibugyo virus to five.
I acknowledge @MinofHealthUG for their efforts to detect, monitor and care for people suspected of and confirmed for contracting the Ebola virus.
At this critical moment in the outbreak response, it is vital that authorities maintain high vigilance to control expansion of the virus.
@WHO is working side by side with @AfricaCDC, and partners in the DRC and Uganda, to contain the outbreak, support affected people, and bolster a coordinated response.
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3 cases of #Ebola
Health worker and driver of first case- they’d been traced and were in isolation.
And a Congolese citizen.
Derrick Semugenze retweeted
BREAKING: Angry locals tried to forcibly take the body of man believed to have died of Ebola in northeastern DRC. 2 tents treating patients were set on fire.
Some believe that Ebola is a "white man's disease" though it often spreads at funerals. Uganda has suspended DRC flights
Derrick Semugenze retweeted
As we talk now, we don’t have Ebola in the country. Even the Congolese patient we have been treating has tested negative.
@DianaAtwine - PS Ministry of Health #Uganda
In our recently published work (journals.plos.org/globalpubl…) we found that active CMV infection was associated with TB among South African adults with presumptive TB.
@WillySsengooba @CobelensFrank @agbasteiro #Prof. Grant Theron @aighd @Makerere @SANTHEafrica
Derrick Semugenze retweeted
Behind every rare disease is a story, a person, and a community. On the 28th of February 2026, we held a walk to make sure that they are heard.
300million people live with a rare disease so we walked so as to bring their strength to the forefront.
Small steps = Big impact
Derrick Semugenze retweeted
Alone, we are rare,together, we are strong
Rare doesn't mean invisible. 300 million people worldwide live with a rare disease.
Awareness is only the beginning. Let's move towards faster diagnoses and better treatments!
#RareDiseaseDay
#RareDiseaseAwareness
Derrick Semugenze retweeted
Team Lubiri SS are quiet waiting for Mengo SS to say a thing and we also Join
Derrick Semugenze retweeted
JOY UNCONFINED! Graduated with a PhD from @univofstandrews Deepest gratitude to my supervisors @SabiitiwWilber @bernieaohare @vibhoreco & Andy Ramsey, @brucekirenga for the mentorship & endless opportunities to grow, family, friends, colleagues at @Lung_Institute & @ICER_Global
Derrick Semugenze retweeted
Very warm congratulations to three East Africans, Dr Winters Muttamba, Dr Hellen Onyango and Dr Ritah Nikiboneka who have been conferred Doctor of Philosophy Degrees in Medicine at University of St Andrews @Infection_StAnd @StAndMedicine @TBtrials_StAnd @univofstandrews @winterzie @Jb_Atwech @RitahNakibon @Lung_Institute @brucekirenga @ICER_Global @Makerere @DiscoverJKUAT
Derrick Semugenze retweeted
I have joined to celebrate the colleagues at the University of St Andrews, Scotland UK who are graduating with PhDs
Dr Winters Muttamba @winterzie from Uganda 🇺🇬
Dr Hellen Atieno Onyango @Jb_Atwech from Kenya 🇰🇪
Dr Ritah Faith Nakiboneka from Uganda 🇺🇬
Congratulations to Prof Wilber Sabiiti @SabiitiwWilber, one of my mentors who has been their supervisor
Congratulations to the folks🎊🥰
@Lung_Institute
@SabiitiwWilber
Derrick Semugenze retweeted
A study from @WillySsengooba, researchers from @Makerere & others reveals that viral infections may increase the risk of TB disease progression calling for heightened surveillance.
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.micpath.20…
#MLIat10 @brucekirenga @ICER_Global @ProfIbingira @MJoloba @SeMuG9
Derrick Semugenze retweeted
I've published my second article in the Applied Biomedical Signal Processing Lab News(@abspieLab ) at the University of Warwick, sharing reflections from the recently concluded 12th EDCTP Forum in Kigali, Rwanda. @DavidePiaggio
🔗 Read it here:[warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/eng/re…]
Derrick Semugenze retweeted
Mr. Edgar Kigozi is providing laboratory support for the @CIHR_IRSC @CEPIvaccines funded #SMART trial in Bukavu, in collaboration with @McMasterU & Catholic Univ of Bukavu @brucekirenga @MWayengera #SMARTTrial
Derrick Semugenze retweeted
Come find us at the Bride and Groom expo 2025 for all your honeymoon desires 💯
🌍✈️ Juliet, Founder of TwentyEight Tours & Travel, is all set for #BrideAndGroomExpo2025!
💬 “We’ve signed up for the Expo because it’s the biggest collection of intending brides and grooms — not just in Uganda, but across East Africa!”
And what are they bringing? The BEST and most LUXURIOUS honeymoon packages you can dream of!
🎥 Video by @Jackie_Achan
Derrick Semugenze retweeted
🌍✈️ Juliet, Founder of TwentyEight Tours & Travel, is all set for #BrideAndGroomExpo2025!
💬 “We’ve signed up for the Expo because it’s the biggest collection of intending brides and grooms — not just in Uganda, but across East Africa!”
And what are they bringing? The BEST and most LUXURIOUS honeymoon packages you can dream of!
🎥 Video by @Jackie_Achan
Derrick Semugenze retweeted
NIRA Deployed a Linguistic Weapon.
Somewhere in Uganda, a @NIRA_Ug Registrar just dropped the mic - not with force, but with fluency. In one short video clip, she glided from English to Luganda, Lusoga, Runyankore, Alur, and Swahili like a United Nations interpreter on Red Bull. If there were language Olympics, Claire Ollama would be taking home gold… and still have enough breath to read the 7 o’clock news.
This isn’t just public communication - it’s public connection. At a time when access to services hinges on trust and clarity, Claire has redefined civic engagement armed with nothing but grace, charisma, and cultural fluency.
And let’s be clear: she’s not with the Police (though they could certainly borrow a page). She’s from the National Identification and Registration Authority - NIRA. Yes, the same institution we only talk about when we’ve lost our ID or fear our fingerprints have “disappeared.”
Whoever handles HR at NIRA: give this woman a raise, a medal, or at the very least a fuel allowance. Because if more public servants spoke to us like Claire, Ugandans might start lining up early just to be addressed with dignity.
Claire Ollama from Paidha, you didn’t just inform us - you translated trust. Kudos, Registrar. Uganda has heard you - loud, clear, and in six languages.
Watch the video. Then rewatch it. Then clap. #Uganda – at Edison, NJ
Derrick Semugenze retweeted
What a community!
The Twelfth #EDCTPForum has come to a close, and what an incredible week it has been.
To everyone who was present, we thank you for making this Forum a true celebration of science, collaboration and equity in #GlobalHealth.
See you in Madrid!





































