Freddy Kitutu PhD, MSc

Freddy Eric Kitutu is a Lecturer, Health Systems Pharmacist and Researcher at Makerere University in Uganda. He serves as the Dean of the School of Health Sciences at Makerere University College of Health Sciences. Since, April 2nd 2020, Dr Kitutu has been part of the Special Advisory National COVID19 Committee on Epidemiology chaired by the Senior Presidential Advisor on Epidemics. He has recently supported the Uganda Ministry of Health to conduct of the national Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and Hand Hygiene (HH) Survey in health facilities in Uganda, as part of the WHO Global IPC survey. He has a doctoral degree in Medical Science (Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology) from Uppsala University of Sweden. He has participated in three Global Fund New Funding Model Grant Application processes, twice as the National Technical Lead and Facilitator for Resilient and Sustainable Systems for Health in 2017 and the Malaria Funding Request in 2020, respectively. His methodological expertise are in mixed-methods studies, intervention design and evaluation of complex health interventions with a strong quantitative background. He also currently serves as the Antimicrobial Stewardship, Consumption and Use program lead at Makerere University Pharmacy Department, working closely with government to implement relevant activities prioritized in the AMR National Action Plan 2018 to 2023.