2nd Edition of Public Health World Conference (PHWC) 2026

Speakers - PHWC2025

Wilfred Opeli

  • Designation: Uganda National Institute of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda
  • Country: Uganda

Biography

Wilfred Opeli is a Medical Laboratory Specialist (Medical and Diagnostic Microbiology) with over 10 years’ work experience and a passion in managing public health and infectious diseases emergencies. He has participated in numerous disease outbreak preparedness and response activities as part of he’s employment with the Ugandan Ministry of Health and Laboratory Leadership Program Fellowship he is presently undertaking at the Uganda National Institute of Public Health (UNIPH). His presentation highlights some of the challenges faced by Low and Middle Income countries in the event of an infectious disease outbreak in a closed community setting. It also presents some of the benefits of timely laboratory intervention using gene sequencing in viral outbreak situations for improved clinical management.