title: Alex Coutinho
text: # Alex Coutinho
  
  Alex Coutinho (born 19 June 1959) is a Ugandan physician, public health advocate, academic, and a former executive director of the Infectious Diseases Institute of College of Health Sciences under Makerere University.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Coutinho was born in Uganda. He earned a medical degree in Uganda.
  
  ## Career
  
  Coutinho's career has focused on prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS in Africa.
  
  ## Honors
  
  * Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize, 2013.
  