Researchers from Makerere University College of Computing and Information Sciences (CoCIS), led by a second-year PhD student Paddy Junior Asiimwe have designed a device to monitor elderly people with dementia and cognitive impairment in rural Uganda. The device, wearable by the elderly (on the hand like a wrist watch or placed in the pocket), will […]
The inaugural edition of the Youth and Innovation Expo was a roaring success as over 300 innovators showcased their creations and thousands of guests walked through the doors of the Yusuf Lule Central Teaching Facility Auditorium, as well as traversed the surrounding spaces on 6th and 7th October 2023. Organised by Makerere University in partnership […]
At 61 years of Independence, the Nation and people of Uganda have made significant improvement in Economic growth, Education, Agriculture, Peace, Prosperity and Political stability. On this auspicious occasion, we extend our warmest congratulations and good wishes to the President H.E. Dr. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the Vice President, the Prime Minister, the entire Cabinet […]
Pattern languages can be useful for sustainable and inclusive African cities. In this episode, Priscilla Namwanje (Makerere University Kampala, Uganda) focuses on a case study in Kampala, Uganda, where a pattern language approach was used to develop a framework for wetland management that incorporates the needs of both formal and informal communities. See details
This week once again, the Public Investment Management Centre of Excellence is contributing to capacity building of government officers. The center is offering basic Public Investment Management training to a group of forty (40) Economists from different MDAs. Key focus areas has been on how to develop project concept notes and project Profiles in their […]
The Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Support (METS) Program is a 5-year CDC-supported collaboration of Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH), the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and Health Information Systems Program (HISP Uganda). Highlights of the METS September 2023 Newsletter View on METS
Godwin Anywar (cohort 6 graduate, Makerere University) was selected as a fellow of the Africa Science Leadership Programme (ASLP) based at the Future Africa Campus at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, on September 8, 2023. Within the month, he: Source: CARTA Newsletter Issue 69
Charles Ssemugabo (cohort 9, Makerere University) successfully defended his PhD thesis titled ‘Pesticide Residues in Fruits and Vegetables: Exposure and Health Risks Among Consumers from Farm to Fork in Kampala Metropolitan Area in Uganda’ on August 30, 2023. Charles is set to graduate in January 2024. Source: CARTA Newsletter Issue 69
By Judith Grace Amoit KAMPALA– Newborn experts stress the need to intensify efforts aimed at saving newborns around the time of birth, according to recent developments in Uganda’s healthcare landscape. Results from the newly released Uganda Demographic Health Survey 2022 show that neonatal mortality has slightly reduced from 27/1000 live birth over the last decade […]
Over 120 students under the School of Economics at the College of Business and Management Sciences (CoBAMS) and the Environment for Development Project (EfD) have donated 800 umbrella tree seedlings to Kiboga District. While handing over the tree seedlings to Kiboga District officials at the district headquarters on Thursday (September 21, 2013), Dr. John Sseruyange, […]