Makerere University acknowledges that funds received from SIDA under the bilateral Research Cooperation enable Ugandan public universities to conduct impactful research, research capacity strengthening, institutional advancement, generate knowledge and promote research uptake for regional development, which is partly supported as part of the EDCTP programme supported by the European Union.

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372-2014 Quality improvement of Makerere University’s population-based health and demographic surveillance site: maximizing the potential of the research platform for capacity development & generation of valid population data to inform policy formulation

Research Phase

Research Phase: 
Phase 4

This project will strengthen Makerere University’s Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (HDSS) to become a stronger research support platform for community-based research, and for research training for students and members of staff at Makerere University and other stakeholders.

A plan to transform the legal status and organizational structure of the HDSS is currently under review, and final approval is expected by early 2015. The primary objectives over the coming funding phase will be:

  1. To strengthen the organizational and staffing structure, improving current procedures and introducing operating procedures and guidelines;
  2. To improve data quality generated by the site through a transition from manual to digital field data capture, and improvement of the data management procedure;
  3. To diversify the sources of funding through the creation of a research grants management capacity for diversification research grants sources and research activities;
  4. Improve knowledge translation from research evidence to policy.

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