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Staff from IDI and the Ministry of Health engage in Personal Protective Equipment demonstrations after a two-day progam to spearhead the rollout of COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) guidelines on 27th April 2020 at the IDI-McKinnell Knowledge Center, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda.

AFREhealth Competitive Funding Award call 2022-1

Supporting Health Professions Interprofessional Research and Education for AFREhealth Member Institutions, Using Funds from NIH Grant R25TW011217-3 Background: Starting 2018, The infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) at...

The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe (6th R) together with the ED UNBS, Mr. David Livingstone Ebiru (5th R), Principal CAES, Dr. Gorettie Nabanoga (6th L), the INSBIZ Project team and representatives from the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) and Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) after the launch of edible insect products and standards on 28th March 2022.

Agriculture & Environment3 years ago

Mak-CAES, UNBS Launch Edible Insect Products & Standards

Edible insects have the potential to fill the nutrition and income gaps in Uganda and Kenya. They are rich in protein and cheaper to manage. However,...

(Front Row) African partners: Prof Ahmadou Ally Mbaye of Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar (4th Left): Prof Umar Kakumba of Makerere University (4th Right); Prof Abdelwahed Mokni of University of Sfax, Tunisia (3rd Right); Prof Zeblon Vilakazi of University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (2nd Right) and Prof Orlando Antonio Quilambo of Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique (Right). 2nd Row extreme right is Ms. Martha Muwanguzi.

General3 years ago

Mak signs Agreement with CIVIS-An Alliance of 10 European Universities

Introduction The Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic Affairs), Associate Prof. Umar Kakumba, together with the Deputy Director Directorate of Research and Graduate Training (DRGT), Associate Prof. Robert...

R-L: The Ambassador of Japan to Uganda, H.E. Fukuzawa Hidemoto, DVCAA, Associate Prof. Umar Kakumba and Dr. Charlotte Mafumbo pose for a group photo after the function on 23rd March 2022, CTF2 Auditorium, Makerere University. Plans by the Department of History, Archeology and Heritage Studies to start a collaboration with Kyoto University Japan to enhance human capacity development in Africa’s SDGs were discussed.

Humanities & Social Sciences3 years ago

Mak & Kyoto University to advance human capacity in Africa’s SDGs

The Deputy Vice Chancellor in charge of Academic Affairs (DVCAA) Associate Prof. Umar Kakumba was speaking during the second day of the JICA Chair and Japan...

Assoc. Prof. Paul Bukuluki, Department of Social Work and Social Administration, College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS), Makerere University.

Research3 years ago

Mak & Partners Win 5Year US$38M “Agency for All” Project

Makerere University and a consortium of partners led by the University of California San Diego have won a five-year global health study project worth US$38 Million....

Right-Left: Prof. Jan Mulder from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences; Prof. Samuel Kyamanywa, PI of the NORHED II CSA; Dr Mildred Ochwo Semakula, Head Department of Agricultural Production, CAES; and Prof. Vegard Martinsen at the project meeting at CAES

Agriculture & Environment3 years ago

Mak-CAES research projects to boost food security through climate smart innovations

Food insecurity and malnutrition are on the rise in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The slow progress towards food security is partly attributed to demographic pressure, soil quality...

TOPOWA Project PI-Dr. Monica Swahn (7th R) and Co-PI-Dr. Catherine Abbo (5th R) with the Project Team at the Launch on 8th March 2022 in Kampala.

Health3 years ago

Study to Address the Social drivers of Mental Illness Launched in Uganda by Kennesaw State University & Makerere University

A new 5-year study has been announced to determine the link between social drivers and mental health among young women who live in the slums of...

Prof. Samuel Kyamanywa (C) with the team from Norway on the NORHED II and ClimSmart projects.

Agriculture & Environment3 years ago

CAES Guest Lectures: Climate Smart Agriculture in Uganda

The Coordinator of the Climate Smart and NORHED II projects at the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES), Makerere University invites you all to the...

MaRCCI PI-Dr. Richard Edema (4th Right) with students that took part in the 15th RUFORUM AGM poster and exhibition session at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) in Ghana from 2-6 December, 2019.

General3 years ago

Press Release: RUFORUM awards grants to 10 Post-Doctoral Fellows

Kampala, Uganda – The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), a consortium of 147 Universities in 38 African Countries, is pleased to announce...

The School of Food Technology, Nutrition and Bioengineering, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES), Makerere University, Kampala Uganda

Agriculture & Environment3 years ago

InnoFoodAfrica Project Implementation Takes Root

The InnoFoodAfrica project in full “Locally driven co-development of plant based value chains towards more sustainable African food systems with healthier diets and export potential” is...