Makerere University Joint AIDS Program (MJAP)

Makerere University Joints AIDS Program is a company limited by guarantee under Makerere University working towards consolidation of the model for the provision of the full continuum of HIV/AIDS and TB prevention, care and treatment services whilst contributing to national health systems strengthening for delivery of quality services. MJAP emerged from the Mulago-Mbarara Teaching Hospitals JointAIDS Program which was established in November 2004 under the then Makerere University Faculty of Medicine with funding from the US Presidents Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and technical assistance from the United States of America Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the provision of comprehensive HIV/AIDS services.In 2010, MJAP was competitively awarded a five year grant from the American government through CDC to scale up comprehensive HIV/AIDS services in the Mulago and Mbarara National Referral and Teaching Hospitals as well as Butabika hospital. Since 2004, w...