The Academy of Health Innovation Uganda is a unit under the Infectious, Diseases Institute established to innovate to impact the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS. It was established after a memorandum of understanding between the Uganda Ministry of Health, Janssen, the pharmaceutical companies of Johnson & Johnson Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI), and the Johnson & Johnson Corporate Citizenship Trust was signed.

The Academy is the first flagship implementation of Connect for LifeTM – a collaborative program aiming to empower health workers and academics and impact the lives of patients with HIV/AIDs and TB