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Mak and UNICEF Uganda Sign MoU to Strengthen Child Rights through Research, Training, and Innovation
Makerere University (Mak) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Uganda have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that launches a two-year, renewable partnership aimed at advancing child rights and well-being...
Building Uganda’s Frontline Defence Against Antimicrobial Resistance
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is no longer a distant threat in Uganda, it is already altering how healthcare is delivered. In hospitals, clinics, and veterinary centres, frontline professionals face daily...
Uganda’s Mpox Outbreak Exposed Gaps & Gains in Epidemic Response
On 24 July 2024, Uganda confirmed its first two Mpox cases in Kasese District, Western Uganda. The Ministry of Health declared an outbreak on 2 August, triggering a nationwide...
Makerere Unveils Hub to Advance Health Systems Thinking
In a world increasingly shaped by overlapping crises, from recurring climate shocks and health emergencies to economic disruptions, health systems must adopt applied systems thinking to respond effectively to...
Ugandan Study Flags Girls and Senior Students as a Mental Health High-Risk Group
Based on research led by Max Bobholz and colleagues from Makerere University in Uganda, Essentia Institute of Rural Health, and the Medical College of Wisconsin in the United States....
Makerere Hailed for Its Leadership in Health Policy and Knowledge Systems
Dean Prof. Rhoda Wanyenze highlighted MakSPH’s deep policy engagement, with 80% of staff serving on national and global technical committees. She urged researchers in East African Universities to ensure...
Core Functions
Health Training
Our approach to teaching is hands-on to ensure acquisition of competencies that are relevant to the market and to deliver services to the various communities.
Research
Our research projects have grown from 40 just under a decade ago to 114 as at the end of the 2016/2017 academic year.
Service Delivery
We participate in disease outbreak investigations, disaster management and implementation research in health facilities and communities across Uganda and Africa.
PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT
Masters in Health Informatics (MHI)
Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) jointly with the College of Computing and Information Sciences -Makerere (CoCIS) most especially the School of Computing and Informatics Technology (CIT) are offering a Masters degree in Health Informatics (MHI) as a fulltime program. The program is designed for individuals who desire to be trained to identify constraints in health information flow and design innovative automated systems to solve them in the shortest time possible to aide timely decision making
