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Bwaga’s Journey from Humble Beginning to Healthcare Leadership
By Okeya John Dr. Ibrahim Bwaga’s remarkable journey from humble beginnings to being at the forefront of healthcare leadership is a testament to his resilience and relentless pursuit of...
Strengthening Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Through Collective Stakeholder Engagement
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is increasingly making common medicines ineffective, turning once-treatable diseases into serious health risks. This troubling trend is partly fueled by healthcare workers prescribing antibiotics inappropriately and...
Leadership and Management Fellowship for Health Managers in Wakiso District, Uganda
Following a 3-day intense leadership and management workshop for health managers in Wakiso District held in June 2024 for the project titled: Enhancing leadership and management of local government...
Four MakSPH Faculty inducted as Prestigious UNAS Fellows
By Davidson Ndyabahika Four Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) faculty have been inducted for the 2024 Uganda National Academy of Sciences (UNAS) fellowship, a preeminent nation’s most...
Four Early-Career Researchers Receive Seed Grants in MakSPH’s Sixth Round of Awards
Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) has awarded its sixth round of seed grants during the end-of-year staff party and the School’s 70th anniversary dinner on Friday, December...
The 70 Years of MakSPH Excellence in Research and Training
On December 13, 2024, the Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) commemorated its 70th anniversary, celebrating remarkable contributions to public health education, research, and service. From its humble...
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
