1. Training Partnership–Makerere University
Dr. Phyllis Awor
IAWG RH - Training Partnership Initiative
Annual General Meeting
Dec 2nd 2010
Geneva

2. Overview General information on Uganda
Recovery/post conflict situation
Makerere University
PhD partnership

4. General Information - Uganda

5. Northern Uganda: Recovery/post conflict situation
20 year long conflict in northern Uganda between the rebel Lord's Resistance Army and the Ugandan government ( )
Thousands of people dead
25,000 children abducted and forced to fight
Two million people living in overcrowded camps

6. Northern Uganda: Recovery/post conflict situation
An internationally brokered ceasefire since August 2006
Ended 20 years of hostilities
Amnesty and dialogue used to ensure restoration of peace and stability in the region
The 14 points include the re-establishment of stability in the whole region, provision of essential services like safe water, repair and rebuilding of schools, provision of relief to affected people, health services, immunization of children and intensive health education against diseases, especially the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
Other issues: sudan refugees (20 years of SPLA, sudan government civil war
Karamoja insurgency
All areas of northern Uganda covered in the PRDP
What is the PRDP ?
The PRDP is a combination of things: i) first, it is a special plan of action, adapted to the conflict contexts
in the north, to strengthen coordination, supervision and monitoring of national and internationally
supported activities to better achieve a common set of results.
The overall goal of the PRDP is stabilization in order to regain peace, recovery and development in
Northern Uganda. This is to be achieved through four core strategic objectives:
• consolidation of state authority;
• rebuilding and empowering communities;
• revitalization of the northern economy; and
• peace building and reconciliation;
ii) second, it is a resource mobilizing tool in recognition that additional resources are required to achieve
these objectives over the next three years; iii) third, it will be represented by an implementation
mechanism responsible for coordination of all peace recovery and development activities in northern
Uganda. The detailed structure and functions of this mechanism, and particularly whether it will be a
channel of funding, are still being discussed with key stakeholders

7. Northern Uganda: Recovery/post conflict situation
Peace Development and Recovery Plan for northern Uganda in place ( )
For strengthening, coordination, supervision & monitoring of development activities
A resource mobilization tool

8. Background - Makerere University
1959 – Medical School
1957 – Department of Preventive Medicine
1975 – Institute of Public Health
2007 – School of Public Health

9. Mak- School of Public Health
Departments
Health Policy Planning and Management
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Community Health and Behavioural Sciences
Disease Control and Occupational Health
Centre
Regional Centre of Quality of Health Care

10. Mak- School of Public Health
Courses
PhD programme
MPH programmes (full time and distance)
Master of Health Services Research (2007)
Master of Public Health Nutrition (2008)
Master of Public Health Disaster Management (upcoming)

11. Mak- School of Public Health
Courses
Bachelor of Environmental Health Sciences
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
All courses have a significant research component

12. Short courses (selected)
PHCE
Nutrition in Complex Emergencies
Monitoring and Evaluation of Maternal and New born Health Programs

13. PhD student involvement in the Training Partnership
Useful to involve PhD students
Can be involved in three ways:
Identify potential candidates with interest in reproductive health in crises (proposals/concepts)
PhD topics identified within the IAWG/TPI framework
Framework activities developed into PhD
(e.g. training modules/outreach activities)

14. PhD student involvement in the Training Partnership
Attracting PhD students
Support major PhD expenses (research, equipment, travel, publications)
Assurance of support over entire PhD duration

15. Mak School of public Health
Obstacles/constraints
Finances
Man power
Materials/books/journals
Transport for students field work

16. Thank you