Project Leader: Dr Siu Godfrey (gsiu@chdc.mak.ac.ug)
Rationale and aims of the project
The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2015-2030 have defined several goals pertaining to Violence against Children (VAC). It is critical that this objective becomes a clear priority and a prominent issue…
Project Leader: Dr Siu Godfrey (gsiu@chdc.mak.ac.ug)
Rationale and aims of the project
The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2015-2030 have defined several goals pertaining to Violence against Children (VAC). It is critical that this objective becomes a clear priority and a prominent issue…
Institutional care for vulnerable children may be inevitable in certain circumstances and can result in some positive benefits. However, institutional care is increasingly being scrutinized in many countries, and recommended as a last resort. Children growing in institutional care are prone to…
The purpose of the study is to find out whether vaccination against some types of the germs that causes cancer of the mouth of the womb (cervical cancer) and/or a contagious wart of the private parts decreases the chance of catching the germ that causes AIDS. Both germs are very common in Uganda.…
The Population Council in collaboration with Child Health and Development (CHDC) Makerere University will conduct research in Uganda to support uptake of key HIV services and prevention behaviors by male sexual partners of adolescent girls and young women (AGYW, i.e. women ages 15-24). This…
CHDC in collaboration with the Population Council are evaluating an intervention led by Community Health Alliance Uganda (CHAU), Marie Stopes-Uganda (MSU) and Mildmay consisting of peer-led community outreaches to generate demand among Young people living with HIV/AIDS for integrated SRH/HIV…
Funded by Grand Challenges Canada the research started in September 2012. This is a 3 year intervention research project being implemented in the Districts of Gulu, Nwoya and Amuru. It aims to; Increasing access to care and utilization of mental health services for people with common mental…
The Link Up consortium is a global HIV and sexual reproductive health (HIV/SRH) integration project carried out in five countries: Bangladesh, Burundi, Ethiopia, Myanmar, and Uganda led by the International HIV/AIDS Alliance (IHAA). Studies conducted under Link Up aim to identify and evaluate…
This study examines equitable and inequitable gender attitudes and their consequences on behavioral outcomes – including intimate partner violence (IPV), and SRH knowledge, attitudes and practices – among young people in Uganda. A quantitative household survey to investigate gender attitudes and…
This is a 21 session community-based parenting programme jointly implemented by the Child Health and Development Centre, Makerere University, and The Medical Research Council/UVRI, for the early prevention of gender based violence and child maltreatment in Uganda. It addresses four familial…