On July 27, 2023, Charles Ssemugabo (cohort 9 fellow, Makerere University) received the Fogarty Global Health Fellowship under the University of California Global Health Institute (UCGHI) GloCal Health Fellowship program as a postdoctoral trainee for the year 2023-2024. He will undertake a study to establish the correlation between environmental and biomonitoring exposure assessment to pesticides […]
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 June 2023 Newsletter View on METS
We thank all staff and students of Makerere University School of Health Sciences (MakSHS) for a job well done in the year 2022. Special thanks to the Heads of Department and units, programme coordinators and students’ leadership in the departments for successfully navigating our school through the congestion of post-lockdown catch-up in academic calendar and […]
MUCHAP, the Makerere University Centre for Health and Population Research, is dedicated to improving the well-being of the Ugandan population through the generation and dissemination of high-quality demographic, health, and socio-economic information. With a focus on the Iganga-Mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (IMHDSS), MUCHAP has been actively engaged in monitoring births, deaths, and migrations […]
By Balam Ankunda In a bid to address the low death registration rates in Uganda, the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) has joined forces with the Makerere University Center for Health and Population Research (MUCHAP) to scale up death registration in Iganga and Mayuge districts. This strategic partnership that aims to significantly increase death […]
The Eastern Africa FAIMER Regional Institute (EAFRI) invites applications for the 2023 intake of participants. EAFRI will welcome its first class of Fellows on 7th August 2023. Makerere University College of Health Sciences in Kampala, Uganda, is the EAFRI host institution, and Mbarara University of Science and Technology Faculty of Medicine in Mbarara, Uganda, is […]
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 May 2023 Newsletter
MakSPH, Uganda MoH extend newborn technical support to Mityana District By Judith Grace Amoit The Maternal and Newborn and Child Health Centre of Excellence at Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) recently supported the Uganda Ministry of Health’s National Newborn Steering Committee to train health workers in Mityana on essential newborn care, resuscitation techniques […]
Makerere University School of Medicine (Department of Paediatrics & Child Health) and Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences are the recipients of a training research grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), award number 1D43TWO12466-01. The 5-year training grant is entitled “Enhancing Research Capacity for Sickle Cell Disease and Related NCDs across the Lifespan in […]
The Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS) in conjunction with the Uganda National Association for Community and Occupational Health (UNACOH) announces the 17th Joint Annual Scientific Health Conference (JASHC) scheduled to take place from 20th – 22nd September 2023, at Imperial Resort Beach Hotel, Entebbe, Uganda. CONFERENCE THEME – Advancing Health: Opportunities and Innovations […]