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Wakiso District Health Managers gain Leadership and Management Skills
More than 50 health managers from Wakiso District in Central Uganda obtained invaluable skills from a three-day transformative workshop training in leadership and management through a project titled “Strengthening...
Power Outages, Costly Internet and Devices Hinder Community Health Worker Mobile Health Services Delivery in Banda – New Study
By Carolyne Nansubuga and John Okeya Evidence from a new study conducted in Banda parish, Nakawa Division, Kampala, has confirmed that community health workers, commonly referred to as village health teams, are facing...
Transforming Health Services Through Crisis – Ghana’s Gains Amid COVID-19
By Christine Awor The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching consequences on various aspects of society, including the provision of essential health services in Africa. The continent...
Inconsistent definitions downplay Equitable Family Planning Access in Uganda -Study
By Okeya John Guaranteeing equitable access to quality family planning services is known to have the effect of improving health outcomes, empowering women, reducing poverty, and promoting social justice...
Dr. Musinguzi will be remembered for coordinating efforts to promote HIV Response in Uganda
Dr. Joshua Musinguzi, was a seasoned public servant whose dedication to end HIV/AIDS in Uganda spanned decades. He was called to be with the Lord on Friday 7th June...
Reflections from Kampala: Agency for All’s Inaugural Interactive SBC Course
In April 2024, USAID’s Agency for All Project hosted an interactive course, “Social and Behavior Change (SBC) Programming: Integrating Agency, Social Norms, and Gender.” Enthusiastic participants came to Kampala,...
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
