Child
Health and Development Centre - Makerere University
LINKAGES As mandated by the University Senate, the centre has
developed and maintained linkages with the University, Government
and some Communities. These include:
Makerere University Established Departmental
Linkages
Department of Social Work and Social
Administration
Ministry of Finance, Planning and
Economic Development www.finance.go.ug
Government of Uganda District Linkages
Tororo
Busia
Rukungiri
Mbarara
Ntungamo
Bushenyi
Bundibugyo
Local Community Linkages Active community
linkage exist with;
Kapuwai, Pallisa District through
PACODET (Pallisa Community Development Trust)
Kiyeyi through the Kiyeyi Health
Centre
Zirobwe in Luwero District
Kisiizi and Nyakibale communities
in Rukungiri district through piloting of community haealth financing
and insurance scheme
Tororo and Busia districts through
TORCH (Tororo Community Health Project)
Five Southwestern districts monitored
by the Nutrition and Early Childhood Project.
Three Inactive community linkages developed (Mulago II Village
and Kamwokya II in Kampala,and Mpigi district) have a potential
to be reactivated.
CLIENTS Initially, institutional linkages and collaborations
were made with the African University Consortium, Department
of Social Anthropology, University of Hull, England, and Pacific
Institute for Womens' Health, USA.
Present linkage collaborations:
- Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of
Aarhus, Denmark
- Institute of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark,
www.anthro.ku.dk/torch/
- Common wealth Regional Health Secretariat (CRHCS) for East Central
and Southern Africa
- International Science and Technology Institute, Inc., USA.
Past linkage collaborations: - Institute of Anthropology, University of Stockholm, Sweden
- International Health Care Research (IHCAR), Karolinska Institute,
Sweden
- Mannheim League for Child Welfare, Finland
- Pacific Institute for Womens' Health, USA
- Scientists for Health And Research for Development (SHARED),
Netherlands www.shared.de/sharedhome.html
- Adolescent Reproductive Health
Network (ARHNe)
Other than supporting University
staff and students in training and research, CHDC has carried
out numerous activities for many different international and national
agencies which include;
AMREF- Uganda, CARE International
Uganda, Christian Children Fund (CCF), DANIDA, Delivery of Improved
Services for Health (DISH), Department For International Development
(DFID), GOAL (Ireland), GTZ, OXFAM, RUWASA, Pathfinder, SIDA,
Support for Analysis and Research in Africa (SARA/AED), USA, UNICEF,
USAID, WHO/TDR, World Bank www.worldbank.org,
Women Infant Nutrition (WINS/AED) www.research.utk.edu,
World Vision www.world
vision.org
Government Ministries that have used
our expertise include Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education
and Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development.