Projects at MakSPH

Project Name Funder Department
The Countdown to 2030 for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ health African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) Health Policy Planning and Management
Research and Technical Assistance Centre University of Chicago’s NORC (Prime: USAID) Disease Control and Environmental Health
Reducing human rights-related barriers to HIV services among key populations TASO (Prime: Global Fund) Disease Control and Environmental Health
Impact of increased praziquantel frequency on childhood fibrosis in persistent Schistomiasis morbidity hotspots (FibroScHot) European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership Programme (EDCTP2) Disease Control and Environmental Health
Testing the feasibility of preconception care implementation in Uganda: a pilot on policy and program context in Uganda March of Dimes Health Policy Planning and Management
Erasmus+ 2018 Key Action 107, Higher education student and staff mobility between Programme and Partner Countries European Commission (Prime: Nottingham Trent University) Disease Control and Environmental Health
Support capitalization of experiences (systematic and documentation) of ICB II and PNFP health projects Enabel Health Policy Planning and Management
Service Delivery Points (SDP) Survey to assess availability of Reproductive Health commodities and services United Nations Population Fund Community Health and Behavioural Sciences
Statistical analysis of district level coverage and other indicators to inform the mid-term review of Health Sector Development Plan (HSDP) 2015/2016-2019-2020 African Population and Health Research Centre Health Policy Planning and Management
Partnership to Enhance Technical Support for Analytical Capacity and Data Use Global Fund Disease Control and Environmental Health
Assessment of the Global Gag Rule and US Funding cuts on Sexual and Reproductive Health Services and Outcomes in Uganda Johns Hopkins University (Prime: Guttmacher Institute and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation) Epidemiology and Biostatistics
To support the National HIV and Tuberculosis reduction strategy TASO (Prime: Global Fund) Disease Control and Environmental Health
Using Score Cards to Improve the Utilization and Quality of Maternal and Newborn Care Services in Kibuku and Iganga District, Uganda. A feasibility study UNICEF Health Policy Planning and Management
Conduct and roll out of HIV stigma index for KPs, vulnerable groups, to undertake a national size estimation for KPs and to support differentiated service delivery models rollout MoH/Global Fund Disease Control and Environmental Health
Exploring how to increase access to healthcare services for border resident communities in East Africa (CB-HAPP) Medical Research Council Health Policy Planning and Management
Improving Understanding of Drowning in Africa National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Inc., Atlanta Disease Control and Environmental Health
A multicenter Phase III double-blind, randomized, controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of VPN1002 in comparison to BCG European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) Epidemiology and Biostatistics
AREF Excell Researcher and Leadership Development Programme Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF) Epidemiology and Biostatistics
A Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Assessment in Kampala (CFSVA) United Nations World Food Program Community Health and Behavioral Sciences
Priorities for Local AIDS Control Efforts Study in Uganda 2017/2018 (PLACE III) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH)(Prime; USAID) Health Policy Planning and Management
Monitoring and Evaluation of Interventions Implemented Under the Road Safety Legislative Action Plan The World Bank Group Disease Control and Environmental Health
Tobacco Control Capacity Programme The University of Stirling (Prime: Medical Research Council) Disease Control and Environmental Health
Increasing Community Participation in Health Sector Priority Setting and budgeting during the government planning cycle UNICEF Health Policy Planning and Management
Partnership for HIV-free survival patient-level data collection (PHFS) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) (Prime; USAID) Health Policy Planning and Management
Strengthening the community health worker programme in Wakiso District, Uganda Nottingham Trent University (Prime-Tropical Health & Education Trust (THET) Disease Control and Environmental Health
Developing and piloting a low cost and scalable intervention to promote early childhood nutrition and development in rural Uganda University College of London Health Policy Planning and Management
CISMAC Project (The case-control with follow-up design: An efficient and ethically justifiable alternative to the randomized control trial?) University of Bergen Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Modelling, Analysis and Innovation for Health Systems Integration in Refugee Emergencies (MAIHSIRE) Save the Children Fund (R2HC/DFID/Wellcome Trust Community Health and Behavioral Sciences
Strengthening the national Task Force on the development of emergency medicine and on the creation of an operative ambulance system in Uganda Malteser International Disease Control and Environmental Health
Strengthening Emergency Medical human capacity in post-crash care along roads servicing oil rich districts in Uganda Transaid Worldwide Services Ltd Disease Control and Environmental Health
Changes in paediatric malaria hospitalization in Kenya, Uganda, Malawi 2004-2017 University of Oxford Disease Control and Environmental Health
International Credit Mobility Programme Erasmus+ International Disease Control and Environmental Health
Community Access to Rectal Artesunate for Malaria (CARAMAL) Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute Community Health and Behavioral Sciences
Maternal Health Academic Consortium: Women and Health Initiative Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (Prime: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation) Health Policy Planning and Management
Delivering Oral Cholera Vaccines Effectively (DOVE III) Johns Hopkins University (Prime: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation) Community Health and Behavioral Sciences
Costing the Drug Benefit Plan (DBP) Cardno Emerging Markets Ltd (through USAID/Uganda Private Health Support Program) Health Policy Planning and Management
A Correlation Study on Sanitation Related Diseases Uganda Ministry of Health Community Health and Behavioral Sciences
Determinants of mothers’ health seeking behavior in Rukungiri and Kanungu Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University Disease Control and Environmental Health
Understanding the value of Health in Uganda University of North Carolina Health Policy Planning and Management
Strengthening social innovation research hubs in low-and middle-income countries (SIHI 2) World Health Organization Community Health and Behavioral Sciences
Exploring Health Accountability and Intersectionality in Maternal and Newborn Health Among Adolescents and Disabled Mothers in Kibuku District, Uganda Johns Hopkins University (Prime: DFID) Health Policy Planning and Management
Depression Care to Improve Adherence to PMTCT Care Continuum & Pregnancy Outcomes RAND Corporation Disease Control and Environmental Health
Turning Data from the INDEPTH Network Sites to Drive Newborn Programs and Policy New Venture Fund for Global Policy and Advocacy Health Policy Planning and Management
Uganda Epilepsy Center of Excellence Duke University Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Risk of Hospital Acquired Maternal and Neonatal Infections Associated with Poor Water Emory University Disease Control and Environmental Health
Analysis of newborn care in Karamoja and West Nile to inform sustainable programming with impact UNICEF Health Policy Planning and Management
Long Lasting Insecticide treated Nets (LLINs) campaign process assessment UNICEF Disease Control and Environmental Health
IMNCI – ICATT implementation assessment UNICEF Community Health and Behavioral Sciences
Developing and Testing a synchronized e-partograph to improve management of intra-partum care and support the referral system for emergency obstetric care among refugee hosting communities in Adjumani district, Uganda Grand Challenges Canada Community Health and Behavioral Sciences
Saving 1000 babies and 100 mothers in Eastern Uganda (Training and mentorship of health workers in newborn care in Busoga region) The ELMA Foundation Health Policy Planning and Management
Mobile phone surveys for non-communicable disease risk factors in Uganda John Hopkins University (Prime: NIH) Health Policy Planning and Management
Community in which Mothers and Newborns Thrive (COMONETH) Comic Relief & Big Lottery Fund Assoc Prof Peter Waiswa
PMA Plus Johns Hopkins University (Prime: Bill and Melinda Foundation) Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Institutionalization of the HIV/AIDS Resource Tracking in Uganda UNAIDS Health Policy Planning and Management
Forecasts for Anticipatory Humanitarian Action (FATHUM) Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and Department for International Development (DFID) through Univ of Reading Community Health and Behavioral Sciences
NeMo (Neonatal monitoring) Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design, Johns Hopkins University Health Policy Planning and Management
Uganda-specific desk research and Qualitative Research Living Goods Health Policy Planning and Management
Epilepsy Prevalence Study Duke University Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Accessibility and reliability of electricity in health facilities and service delivery outcomes, in particular at the primary care level World Health Organization Disease Control and Environmental Health
A feasibility study evaluating a reservoir storage system for continuous oxygen delivery University of California Health Policy Planning and Management
A randomized Control Trial on the integrated approach to malaria prevention in rural communities in Wakiso Medical Research Foundation through Cardiff University Disease Control and Environmental Health
Maternal and Newborn Scale Up Social Initiative ideell forening (SI) Health Policy Planning and Management
Supporting Operational AIDS Research (SOAR) Johns Hopkins University (Prime: USAID) Health Policy Planning and Management
Scaling up the Distance/ E-learning Certificate Course in Disaster Resilience Leadership (DRL) Humanitarian Leadership Academy Disease Control and Environmental Health
Strengthening education and training capacity in sexual reproductive health and rights programs NUFFIC/NICHE Programme (The International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University) Community Health and Behavioral Sciences
Creating Architecture for Sustainable Immunization Financing Johns Hopkins University Health Policy Planning and Management
BCG Study (Early Versus Late BCG Vaccination in HIV-1 Exposed Infants in Uganda) University of Bergen Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Social Innovations for Health (SIHI) World Health Organization Community Health and Behavioral Sciences
Scaling up Packages of Interventions for Cardiovascular disease prevention in selected sites in Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa: an implementation research project (SPICES) European Union Disease Control and Environmental Health
Integrating Counseling to Transform HIV Family Planning Services RAND Corporation (Prime-NIH) Disease Control and Environmental Health
Adherence to 3TC/TDF PREP as a Bridge to Art: A pilot evaluation The Uganda Academy for Health Innovation and Impact (IDI) Epidemiology and Biostatistics
mHealth for TB-Tobacco: An approach to reduce tobacco use among TB patients National Academy of Sciences (NAS) (Prime: USAID) Health Policy Planning and Management
Data for Health Initiative Johns Hopkins University Health Policy Planning and Management
Health Partnership Scheme Knowledge Exchange & Sustainability Grant Nottingham Trent University/ Tropical Health and Education Trust Disease Control and Environmental Health
Development and Use of the Lives Saved Tool (LiST) Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Health Policy Planning and Management
Sub-Saharan Africa Advances Training Programme for Leadership and Excellence in Biostatistics Wits Health Consortium LTD (WHC) (Prime Donor-Wellcome Trust) Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Baseline data collection for an Impact evaluation of the Cross-Border Health Integrated Partnership Project (CB-HIPP) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) in partnership with USAID Health Policy Planning and Management
(CEBHA+ Research) Collaboration for Evidence -Based Healthcare and Public Health in Africa The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH Disease Control and Environmental Health
Performance Monitoring and Accountability for Schistomiasis in Uganda (PMA Schisto) Johns Hopkins University Epidemiology and Biostatistics
INDEPTH Maternal and Newborn Working Group (MNWG) (ENAP Project) INDEPTH Network (Prime: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) Health Policy Planning and Management
Violence against Children Survey in Uganda (VACS): A retrospective household survey of 13-24-year-old females and males Child Fund International (Prime donor: CDC) Disease Control and Environmental Health
Enhanced Linkage to HIV Care Following Home-Based HIV Testing in Rural Uganda San Diego State University Research Foundation (Prime Donor – NIH, National Institute of Mental Health) Disease Control and Environmental Health
HIV Self testing for partners of women attending prenatal care in central Uganda: Uptake and Linkage to Care Post-test International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3 ie) Disease Control and Environmental Health
OHCEA (One Health Central and Eastern Africa) USAID/Respond Disease Control and Environmental Health
Future Health Systems; Delivering Effective Health Services John Hopkins University School of Public Health (Prime: DFID) Health Policy Planning and Management
GeoHealth 2-Project University of Addis Ababa (Prime: NIH) Community Health and Behavioral Sciences
Decade of Vaccine Economics IV (DOVE IV) “Primary Data Collection; Cost of Treatment and Productivity Loss for Vaccine Preventable Diseases” Project Johns Hopkins University (Prime Donor: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation) Health Policy Planning and Management
(Peri Peri Disaster Risk Reduction) Regional Disaster risk and Vulnerability reduction capacity development Stellenbosch University Community Health and Behavioral Sciences
Self-Management Approach and Reciprocal Transfer of Type 2 Diabetes (SMART 2D) Project European Union/Karoliska Instituet Epidemiology and Biostatistics
CISMAC Project University of Bergen Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Chlorohexidine Study University of Bergen Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Support (METS) to strengthen monitoring and Evaluation, disease surveillance and the capabilities of District Health Teams in Uganda Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Disease Control and Environmental Health
PMA 2020; Performance Monitoring and Accountability Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation through Johns Hopkins University Epidemiology and Biostatistics
(NOURISH) Nutrition and Treatment Outcomes Irish AID (through College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin) Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Masters of Health Services Research (MHSR) Joint Clinical Research Centre Epidemiology and Biostatistics
TB Cosonet study (Community Transmission of TB in Urban Africa) University of Georgia Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Enhanced Surveillance in the Republic of Uganda and Presidents Emergency Plan Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Disease Control and Environmental Health
Crane Survey Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Disease Control and Environmental Health
(CDC Fellowship) Strengthen Uganda Ministry of Health Capacity to execute its Essential Public Health Functions Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Disease Control and Environmental Health
(CDC-Fellowship) Provision of comprehensive HIV/AIDs services and developing National Capacity to manage HIVAIDs programs in Uganda Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Disease Control and Environmental Health
TRIAD (Chronic Consequences of Trauma, Injuries, Disability Across the Lifespan; Uganda) Johns Hopkins University Disease Control and Environmental Health
Determinants of use of safer conception strategies among HIV clients in Uganda RAND Corporation (Prime Donor: Eunice Kennedy Shriver Nati’l Institute of Child Health and Development) Disease Control and Environmental Health
fhi360-HIV Prevention Trials Network Leadership Group FHI 360 (Prime Donor – NIH) Disease Control and Environmental Health
Supporting Policy Engagements for Evidence Based Decisions (SPEED) European Union Health Policy Planning and Management
Community Health Workers Project Tropical Health & Education Trust (THET) Disease Control and Environmental Health
Saving New Born lives/ Maternal & New Born Centre for Excellence Save the Children International in Uganda (Prime: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation) Health Policy Planning and Management
Strengthening Health Systems in Low income countries through improving their Priority Setting Processes McMaster University Health Policy Planning and Management
Rebuild (A post conflict Health Systems Research) Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (Prime-DFID) Health Policy Planning and Management
Centre for Tobacco Control in Africa CTCA African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) Disease Control and Environmental Health
Preterm Birth Initiative study (PTBi) University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Health Policy Planning and Management