From losing his father when healthcare was difficult to access to nearly losing family members after unsafe medicine use, the Makerere pharmacologist has devoted his career to the science of drugs, from their effects and safety to their development and appropriate use.
Long before Prof Moses Ocan began researching medicines, including antimicrobial resistance and antimalarial agents, he had already learnt one of the most painful lessons about healthcare: when people cannot access appropriate treatment, the consequences can be devastating.