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UGANDA: COUNTRY PROFILE
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| Uganda FETP | Zimbabwe FETP | South Africa FELTP |
| West Africa FELTP |
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UGANDA FETP
Established: 1994
Affiliation: Makerere University Institute of Public Health,
Kampala
Director: Dr. George Pariyo
Tel: +256-41-53-902-91
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Makerere University was established in 1922 and its medical school was founded in 1923. Some thirty years later, preventive medicine was introduced as an academic discipline of the health sciences in the medical school’s Department of Preventive Medicine. By 1974, the department had doubled in size and scope and eventually evolved into the Institute of Public Health. In 2000, the institute was granted full autonomy and became the Makerere University Institute of Public Health (MUIPH) .
MUIPH is headed by a director and an associate director. It has four departments:
- Department of epidemiology and biostatistics
- Department of health policy, planning, and management
- Community health and behavioral science department
- Department of disease control and environmental health
MUIPH’s main responsibility is training in public health, carrying out research, and providing service delivery. MUIPH strives to help and work with the Government of Uganda and all those that provide health and medical care in the country and to furnish them with practical solutions to problems associated with healthcare delivery.
MUIPH collaborates with the Ministry of Health, Districts, Ministry of Local Government, international organizations, and non-government organizations to plan and implement health programs.
Faculty at the institute manage both research and interventional projects of a large scale, in collaboration with local and international partners such as the World Bank, European Commission, Division for International Development, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USAID, UN agencies, WHO, UNHCR, and WFP.