The Giants Of Medicine in Uganda is a collection of brief memoirs of luminaries in the medical world in Uganda. This book showcases their profiles right from the very first modern medical doctor in Uganda. The reader will be treated to a back story of how medicine in Uganda has developed all the way from Sir Albert Cook who first opened the practice in Mengo. In this book, you will learn about the interesting odds that the first African doctors in Uganda faced as they were trained to trailblaze in the field. You will see the different passions with which they approached their work and also learn how Makerere University Medical School and Mulago Hospital were the brightest shining beacons of medicine in East Africa.  

Uganda Medical Association (U.M.A) is the umbrella body for the over 7,000 medical doctors in Uganda and Ugandan doctors in the diaspora. Established in 1964 initially as a branch of the British Medical Association in Uganda, the Association works through fifteen regional branches fashioned around the Regional Referral hospitals. Our mission is the Welfare and Professionalism of the doctors of Uganda and for the people of Uganda to enjoy Quality Health Services. We advocate for the welfare of Doctors, high standards of medical training, practice and professionalism, and access to quality medical care for the people of Uganda. We also promote health and conduct community health programmes across the country.