PARTICIPATING RESEARCHERS
Jitta Jessica (Dr.) is Director of CHDC. She is a medical doctor with specialisation in paediatrics and holds also position as Senior Lecturer at Makerere University. She is the Chairperson of the Committee on Health Research under the National Council for Science and Technology. Her research interests include: nutrition, mothers' perception and management of children's illnesses, and health care systems.
Kaharuza Frank (Dr.) is Head of Research at CHDC. He is a medical doctor specialising in obstetrics and gynecology. His research has been primarily focused on sexually transmitted infections and maternal and child health.
Katahoire Anne (Dr.) is Head of Department,Adult Education and Communication Makerere Uinersity acts as Coordinator between her department and CHDC (part-time secondment). Her fields of interest incude the relation between education and health, communication, community studies, mother and child health, and project evaluation.
Nshakira Nathan (Dr.) is a medical doctor with a specialisation in public health. He has carried out several projects with CHDC and is currently on contract .His research concerns sexually transmitted infections, quality of care, and helth care systems.
Lwanga John Baptist is the Information Technology officer at CHDC. He has experience in designing surveys, data entry and analysis and acts as advisor/consultant/teacher on many aspects of IT.
Twebaze Jenipher is the secretary for TORCH at CHDC. She is a Graduate in Social Sciences. Her interests are communication and quality of health care services. She works on correspondence, data management, reports, and day-to-day administrative matters.
Mutumba Augustine is the Administrator at CHDC. He is a graduate in Social Work and Social Administration and has worked as project manager on several large national studies. He advises researchers on project management, budget development, and accounting.
Kristensen Mogens Brandt (Dr.) is a medical doctor specialising in internal medicine. He was Project Coordinator for the Uganda Essential Drugs Management Programme and has served as consultant to Danida and WHO. He was head of a medical department at a Danish hospital for 13 years and is currently Editor of the Danish Catalogue of Pharmaceuticals. His research interests include health care systems and use of medicinal drugs.
Flemming Scheutz is Docent at the Department of Oral Epidemiology and Public Health, Royal Dental College, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus University. He holds a doctorate in odontology and a Ph.D. in public health. He has carried out projects and consultancies in Asia and Africa, and has research interests in oral health care and maternal and child health in developing countries.
Svend Sabroe is lektor (associate professor) at the Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Aarhus University. He is a medical doctor with a specialisation in epidemiology and public health. He has wide teaching experience and has supervised Ph.D projects in several developing countries. His research interest is social and occupational predictors of health and disease.
Whyte Michael A. is lektor and Chairman at the Institute of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen. He has a Ph.D in anthropology and has done extensive community research in Uganda and Kenya, with emphasis on household and family structure. His research interests include agriculture, food security, community organisation, and development.
Whyte Susan Reynolds Ph.D., is a professor at the Institute of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen. She has done long term ethnographic research in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania in the areas of gender, family organisation, and health. Her work in medical anthropology focuses on disability, pharmaceuticals, changes in health care systems, and local practices concerning misfortune. She is concerned with applying anthropology.
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