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Institutional linkages
As mandated by the University Senate, the centre has developed and maintained linkages with the university, government and some communities. These include;
National University Departmental Linkages
  • Department of Social work and Social Administration
  • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  • Department of Sociology
  • Department of Paediatrics and Child Health
  • Department of Food Science and Technology
  • Department of Psychology
  • Institute of Public Health
  • Institute of Adult and Continuing Education
  • Makerere Institute of Social Research

Government Ministries

  • Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries
  • Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development
  • Ministry of Health
  • Ministry of Local Government
  • Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development

Community and district                                                        

  • Tororo and Busia Districts through TORCH (Tororo Community Health project).
  • 6 Southwestern districts monitored by the Nutrition and Early Childhood project (Mbaraara, Ntungamo, Bushenyi, Rukungiri, Kanungu, and Bundibugyo).
  • 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 health financing and insurance scheme.

Some of  the partnerships are not active but can easily be rejuvenated.
Foreign Linkages
Institutional linkages and collaborations that the centre has had include; the African University Consortium, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Hull, England, and Pacific Institute for Womens’ Health, USA.  Others are;

  • Commonwealth Regional Health Secretariat (CRHCS) for East Central and Southern Africa

 

  • Institute of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Aarhus, Denmark
  • Institute of Anthropology, University of Stockholm, Sweden

 

  • International Health Care Research (IHCAR), Karolinska Institute, Sweden

 

  • Mannerheim League for Child Welfare, Finland

 

  • Scientists for Health And Research for Development, Netherlands
  • International Science and Technology Institute, Inc., USA
  • Adolescent Reproductive Health Network

 

 

 

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