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MakSPH Raises Student Awareness on Flood and Landslide Resilience in Mbale, Uganda
As the occurrence of extreme weather events such as floods and landslides occasioned by climate change increase, several efforts are needed to contribute to building resilience in communities. MakSPH...
Uganda Needs to Take Decisive Actions to Stem Alarming Newborn Deaths
By Okeya John Uganda faces the daunting task of reducing newborn deaths. The challenge emerges as one of the key highlights from the recent Accelerating Newborn Survival and Thrival...
Dr. David Musoke Elected President of International Federation of Environmental Health
Dr. David Musoke, a distinguished Senior Lecturer at Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH), has been elected President of the International Federation of Environmental Health (IFEH) for the...
MakSPH Graduates 7 Infection Prevention and Control Fellows
By John Okeya The seven fellows are part of the inaugural 2023 cohort of the Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Program, a yearlong fellowship training offered by Makerere...
EDCTP Fellow disseminates research findings on Integrated Malaria Prevention in Wakiso district, Uganda
On Wednesday 17th April 2024, over 70 researchers, faculty, students and other stakeholders converged at Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) and online for a research dissemination by...
First-Ever Harmonized Health Facility Assessment by MakSPH and MoH Reveals Improvements in Uganda’s Overall Health Services
The first ever Harmonized Health Facility Assessment (HHFA) jointly conducted by MakSPH and the Ministry of Health (MoH) has illuminated significant advancements in Uganda’s healthcare landscape. This ground-breaking survey,...
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
