MakSPH Initiates and Hosts a Network on One Health in the African Region

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OHCEA

One Health Central and Eastern Africa (OHCEA) is a network of fourteen Public Health and Veterinary Higher Education Institutions that are located in six countries in the Eastern and Central Africa region, a region that includes the Congo Basin that is considered to be a “Hot Spot” for emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases.

 

The OHCEA partner countries and their institutions are; Democratic Republic of Congo (University of Kinshasa, SPH and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lubumbashi), Ethiopia (Jimma University College of Public Health and Medical Sciences and Jimma University College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, and College of Veterinary Medicine Mekelle University), Kenya (University of Nairobi School of Public Health and Moi University School of Public Health, and University of Nairobi Faculty of Veterinary Medicine), Rwanda (National University of Rwanda School of Public Health and Umutara Polytechnic Faculty of Veterinary Medicine), Tanzania (Muhimbili University School of Public Health and Social Sciences and Sokoine University of Agriculture Faculty of Veterinary Medicine), Uganda (Makerere University School of Public Health and Makerere University School of Veterinary Medicine).

 

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LINQED Education Network Tackles Student Assessment and E-Learning

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LINQED

In March 2011, Dr. Elizabeth Nabiwemba attended a Quality in Education workshop organized by LINQED (Learning together on Quality in Education in International Health) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia which focused on student assessment for learning, e-learning and exchange of teachers, students and pedagogical staff between partner institutions to strengthen training capacity.

 

The LINQED Educational Network is an association of higher education institutions delivering post graduate training in tropical medicine, public health and international health. 

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Urban, Peri-Urban and Regional Food Dynamics: Towards an Integrated and Territorial Approach to Food (PUREFOOD) Project

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PUREFOOD

PUREFOOD is a three-year project with a 7 University Consortium partnership housed by the Department of Community Health and Behavioural Sciences. It is hosting a Doctorate student, Thais Bassinello from Brazil, who is undertaking research on public procurement and food systems. PUREFOOD is a Marie Curie Initial Training Network funded by the European Union. The objective of PUREFOOD is to train a pool of early-stage researchers in the socio-economic and socio-spatial dynamics of the (peri-) urban and regional foodscape. Increasing urban food-related health and environmental problems are raising an urgent need for action.

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Assessing the Feasibility and Acceptability of the Implementation of TB Infection Control Measures in Health Facilities of Mukono and Wakiso Districts

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This study that just concluded assessed the feasibility and acceptability of implementation of TB infection control measures in resource limited setting like Uganda with health workers and patients as the key beneficiaries. For example; implementing timeliness in TB diagnosis, attitudes of patients towards some of the measures like wearing masks, and how feasible it is for health workers to test for HIV and be provided with other prevention and care services.

It was a one-year comparative cross-sectional study with Mukono district as the intervention and Wakiso district the control district.

Preliminary findings show that: Some patients understand that there in need to prevent TB transmission with majority mentioning that TB patients should be separated. Some patients don’t like being separated or be made to wear a mask as they feel this makes them look infectious. Others say that they can accept to wear a mask or be separated if the health workers communicated well and made them understand why they have to practice these measures. Health facility challenges of lack staff and space in addition to lack of community awareness about TB were also mentioned as problems in trying to implement masking and separation of TB patients.

This work was led by Dr. Esther Buregyeya for her PhD research.

 

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