Tag: prevention

Group photo of Study team and Participants at the Dissemination meeting.

Researchers call for interventions to support HIV/AIDS prevention among University Students

Researchers at Makerere University College of Health Sciences have given recommendations on how the education and health sectors can support HIV/AIDS prevention among students. The researchers...

Call For Applications: Masters Support in Reducing Stroke Risk Factors. Deadline: 8th August 2022.

Health7 months ago

Call For Applications: Masters Support in Reducing Stroke Risk Factors

The Makerere University College of Health Sciences and Case Western Reserve University, partnering with Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) are implementing a five-year project,...

An Aerial View of CEDAT Old and New Buildings and Kikoni area as shot by a drone hovering above the Department of Physics, College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS), Makerere University, Kampala Uganda.

Innovation10 months ago

Seedstars, Lima Expresa & ProInnóvate Global Smart Cities Challenge

Seedstars World has joined forces with Lima Expresa, a VINCI company and with ProInnóvate Perú to organize a Global Smart Cities Challenge. The goal is to...

Participants that attended the hybrid symposium on Transport and Covid-19 organised by CAES in collaboration with CEDAT pose for a group photo in the College of Computing and Information Sciences (CoCIS) Conference Room, Makerere University on 22nd February 2022.

Agriculture & Environment11 months ago

Researchers Invent Shield to Curb Spread of COVID-19

The College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) in collaboration with the College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology (CEDAT), Makerere University hosted a hybrid virtual...

The Study PI-Prof. Nelson Sewankambo (2nd R) and members of his team; Dr. Daniel Semakula (C) and Dr. David Kaawa-Mafigiri (2nd R) chat with Mak-RIF’s Ms. Harriet Adong (L) after the research dissemination on 3rd August 2021, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University.

Health1 year ago

New Research Affirms Need to Engage Communities During Pandemics

By Racheal Ninsiima Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, anecdotal reports in popular media suggested that there was low risk perception of the disease among communities...

An image from the cover page of the NIHR Global Health Research Group on Stillbirth Prevention and Management in Sub-Saharan Africa, Uganda Report 2021.

Health1 year ago

Stillbirth Prevention & Management in SSA: Uganda Report 2021

Globally, around 2 million stillbirths occur every year – one baby dies every 16 seconds leaving behind a grieving mother and family. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) accounts...

Cover page of the "Understanding and Preventing Drowning in Uganda" Report 2020 by the Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH).

Health2 years ago

Understanding & Preventing Drowning in Uganda

Drowning is the third leading cause of unintentional injury death; accounting for 7% of all injuries. Over 90% of the estimated 322,000 annual global drowning deaths...

The Minister of Health-Hon. Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng washes her hands after the CCP launch on 16th September 2020 using the Touchless Handwashing Kit (TW-20) developed with support from the Government of Uganda through Mak-RIF

Health2 years ago

COVID-19: Handwashing Adherence Drops by 93% in Kampala Hotspots

By Joseph Odoi As Uganda continues to fight tirelessly to control the spread of COVID-19, results from a field-based survey in Kampala’s informal settlements have indicated...