By Agnes Namaganda On Thursday 22nd February 2024, Makerere University will hold a symposium to showcase the evidence-based research that has been undertaken in the field of parenting for over 10 years. This symposium will run under the theme, Promoting Child Health by Addressing Parenting and Family Disparities. This will take place from 9:00 am […]
By Agnes Namaganda Child Health and Development Centre (CHDC) is a multidisciplinary research centre at Makerere University College of Health Sciences. Her mandate is to promote the wellbeing of children and women in Uganda through multi-disciplinary and multi-sectoral research, teaching, training and partnerships. CHDC is planning a series of symposia to disseminate findings from the various […]
Welcome to this exclusive interview with Prof. Peter Waiswa, lead expert from the Makerere University Centre of Excellence for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health. Dr. Victoria Nakibuuka from St. Francis Nsambya Hospital, and Dr. Jesca Nsungwa from Ministry of Health Uganda. In this video, they discuss a groundbreaking innovation in Uganda’s healthcare landscape: the country’s […]
Fred Ssewamala, the William E. Gordon Distinguished Professor at the Brown School and Director of the International Center for Child Health and Development (ICHAD), along with colleagues Byron Powell, Co-Director of the Brown School’s Center for Mental Health Services Research, at Washington University in St. Louis, Noeline Nakasujja from Makerere University, and colleagues at ICHAD have been awarded $3.5 million from the National […]
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 […]