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Prof Alison Kinengyere launches book Supporting Systematic Reviews and Other Evidence Synthesis Methodologies: A Librarian’s...

This September 2026, our very own Prof. Alison Kinengyere launches book titled: Supporting Systematic Reviews and Other Evidence Synthesis Methodologies: A Librarian’s Toolkit. The launch was graced by Prof. Robert Wamala, the Director, Directorate...

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Rachel Wangi participates in the DESTINY Hackathon and Train-the-Trainer programme at the d-school Afrika, University...

Ms Nante Rachel Wangi, a Research Fellow at the Africa Centre for Systematic Reviews and Knowledge Translation, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, participated in the DESTINY Hackathon and Train-the-Trainer...

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Africa Centre MakCHS develops new strategic plan 2022 – 2027

Dr Ekwaro Obuku, Dr Alison Kinengyere, Dr Eve Namisango and Mr Robert Apunyo at the face-to-face strategic plan conception phase. Since its founding in 2013, the Africa Centre for Systematic...

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Articles published by science journalists following the CoVPRES/THRiVE Training on scientific reporting

Between September and November 2020, CoVPRES and THRiVE with supported from Makerere University Research and Innovations Fund (MakRIF) conducted a training for science journalists. The aim of the training was...

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COVID-19 and Decent Work Policies: Safety first

CoVPRESS decent work team has come up to investigate the health care workers who have succumbed to COVID 19 infections and deaths during their work. This also looks efforts to...

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Priorities for COVID-19 control in Uganda and Africa

The COVID-19 Pandemic Rapid Evidence Synthesis (CovPRES) group conducts rapid evidence synthesis to support evidence based decision making on policies aimed at controlling COVID-19 in Uganda. CoVPRES is supported by...

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Africa Centre awarded MakRIF Covid-19 grant

Dr. Moses Ocan is the Principal Investigator of the MakRIF Covid-19 grant awarded to the Africa Centre for Systematic Reviews and Knowledge Translation (Africa Centre, MakCHS). Dr. Ocan is a...

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COVID-19 evidence team established at the Africa Centre MakCHS

The Africa Centre MakCHS has established the COVID-19 Pandemic Rapid Evidence Synthesis Group (COVPRES). This is a group of multidisciplinary scientists in East Africa who have come together in a synergy...

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EPPI-Reviewer 4 Training

As part of capacity building, the Africa Centre Mak-CHS organized a two days training in EPPI-Reviewer. The latter is a multi-user web-based application for managing and analyzing data for use...

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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Stakeholder’s visit

A visit by stakeholders from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on 7th February 2020 at College of Health Sciences, Makerere university Kampala, to discuss the newly launched Women’s Empowerment Evidence...

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Uganda central organizing committee planning meeting for Evidence to Action conference 2020

L-R; Dr. Ekwaro .A. Obuku (Director, Africa Centre Mak-CHS), Mr. Mathew Kato (Innovations for Poverty Action), Ms. Caroline Otike (Graduate Research Fellow, Africa Centre Mak-CHS), Mr. Lubanga Timothy (Commissioner Monitoring & Evaluation( M&E),Office of the Prime Minister ), Ms. Josephine...

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The Evidence to Action Conference and Exhibition 2020

The African Union (AU) Member States in 2013 crafted an African driven vision, Agenda 2063: the Africa We Want, to define how the African continent should look in the next...

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