MNCH Centre 2018 Annual Report
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MAKERERE UNIVERSITY CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR MATERNAL NEWBORN AND CHILD HEALTH Contact us:- Dr Peter Waiswa - Associate Professor and Centre Team Leader Email: [email protected], Tel: +256 772405357/0414530291 Contents Abbreviations ........................................................................ 2 From our Leaders ................................................................ 3 Achievements for 2018 ....................................................... 5 Advancing research and innovation in key priority MNCH areas ......................................................................... 8 Research ................................................................................. 8 Communications .................................................................. 9 Centre in the media ........................................................... 9 Social media engagement: ................................................... 9 Conferences, Seminars and presentations ......................... 10 Policy engagement..............................................................12 A regional approach to improving MNCH quality ..... 14 World Prematurity Day commemoration in Uganda 16 Publications ...........................................................................................20 Partners ..................................................................................................21 Annual Report 2018 1 Abbreviations EQUIST Equitable Impact Sensitive Tool MaKSPH Makerere University School of Public Health MDGs Millennium Development Goals MNCH Maternal, Newborn and Child Health NGO Non-Governmental Organisation SDGs Sustainable Development Goals 2 Annual Report 2018 From our Remarks from the School DEAN leaders Teaching & learning, research and service delivery are at the The Department very core of Makerere Head speaks University, and we are inspired by these At the Department of core responsibilities in Health Policy Planning and our quest to become Management we believe the leading centre of in harnessing science to excellence in providing improve service delivery Public Health leadership. and influence policy and practice. At Makerere University School of Public Health We are doing this through (MakSPH), we aim to create a vibrant innovation our core mandate of environment and developing solutions to benefit our teaching, conducting communities. Over the years, MakSPH has made a research, and engaging in tremendous contribution to public health training, research, and to the development of public health community service through partnerships with several policies in Uganda and beyond. stakeholders. We not only teach in class but also influence in- The Maternal Newborn and Child Health Centre of service health workers, districts and communities as Excellence is one of the avenues through which we demonstrated in our research work through which execute our responsibilities. This has been done through we have built synergies with critical entities ranging several implementation science research studies that from communities to the Ministry of Health and other have contributed to improving health services and strategic stakeholders. subsequently to the development of the country. Yet again, our MNCH Centre annual report demonstrates This annual report showcases the activities of the centre our aspirations through the work that has been done in and partnerships that have resulted into success during the course of the year. As management we pledge to the year 2018. These developments have been reached continue supporting this work and we thank you for with your support and we hope to continue working your continued support. We look forward to another together. Thank you! fruitful year. Dr Elizabeth Ekirapa-Kiracho, Dr Rhoda Wanyenze Head, Department of Health Policy Planning and Professor and Dean, Makerere University School of Management Public Health Makerere University School of Public Health Message from the Centre Lead built capacity for MNCH not save mothers, newborns, children and adolescents exists but only to deliver healthcare challenges in operationalizing the evidence still exist. It is not a but also for evidence-based one size fit all. We are thus compelled to soldier on motivated decision making. We have by our need to reduce the preventable deaths, motivated by taken accelerated bold steps the need to see children not only survive but also thrive. in building a regional model But we are not without hope, the vibrant team at the Centre for MNCH care, published, will continue working tirelessly to deliver the evidence and disseminated and engaged innovations and are not about to slow down now! I am in knowledge translation, to confident that you too are actively engaging in this struggle in mention but a few. one way or another. I also take this opportunity to appreciate Greetings! We have But even as we end 2018 our partners and collaborators for your contribution to this come to an end of, on a high note, we cannot success and the continued support, confidence and positive yet another year and underestimate the task ahead criticism you give. Together, we make a formidable team! our star still shines of us. Very many mothers, May you have a prosperous 2019. brightest! We have newborns, children and grown our grant adolescents are still dying Dr Peter Waiswa portfolio and have in our communities largely Associate Professor and Centre Team Leader brought new partners because of preventable Makerere University Centre of Excellence for Maternal on board. We have causes. The knowledge to Newborn and Child Health Annual Report 2018 3 About Us Who we are The Makerere University Centre of Excellence for Maternal Newborn and Child What we do? Health (MNCH) is a one stop centre for MNCH focused We are engaged in MNCH research, innovation and research and innovation, capacity building in Uganda capacity building for MNCH, as and the region. Established in well as knowledge management 2013 at the Makerere School and translation in order to of Public Health, we strive impact daily practice and policy. to meet the ever-growing demand of increasing access and availability of reliable knowledge and information to Our goal stimulate action and service delivery through a collaborative To build champions for MNCH and multidisciplinary approach. through health innovation, We are a multidisciplinary team capacity building, evidence and work in partnership with generation and influencing a multitude of stakeholders at policy. both community and health facility to implement lifesaving interventions for mothers, Vision newborns and children. A Uganda and region where high quality evidence drives policy and practice for MNCH 4 Annual Report 2018 Achievements Building Capacity for for 2018 MNCH in Uganda 2018 marks our sixth anniversary and we are proud that our star and beyond continued to shine. The Centre continued its upward trajectory with growth in finances, human resources, In line with our strategic objective of building internal and partnerships and collaborations, external capacity for MNCH, the Centre conducted several capacity development and more capacity building activities including trainings for health workers, projects. capacity building through placements and career development • The centre has mobilised a among its staff. multidisciplinary team of thirty Among the trainings conducted in 2018 were: The Ultrasound highly trained and self-motivated Scan training for midwives, PRONTO simulation training for researchers who form its core obstetric emergencies, Advanced newborn skills training team and are engaged in its day among others. We also conducted mentorships and support to day activities around research, supervision for our trainees to ensure that the knowledge they capacity building and knowledge acquired during the trainings was retained and being applied. management. The details of the trainings are highlighted below: • Our researchers produced over 20 publications in 2018 and Ultrasound scan training for currently run projects spanning midwives all areas of research from discovery, delivery to policy at a Eleven health workers including nurses, midwives and two local and a global level. medical officers were trained in ultrasound imaging at Iganga Hospital. The training conducted in October was delivered • Outside Makerere University, through lectures and practicum sessions based on the we are currently working Objective Structured Clinical Exam (OSCE) and Ultrasound with partners in Uganda like Simulation Training curiculum. It was facilitated by trainers Ministry of Health, KCCA, from the University of Carlifonia San Francisco and a Ugandan UNICEF, WHO, Living Goods based ultrasound advisor. This trainning was to equip health to mention but a few. Our workers with basic skills to conduct an ultra sound scan during other work partners include triage of pregnant women in labour with the aim of improving African Population Health outcomes and quality of care for mothers and newborns Research Center, and globally through identification of potentially complicated cases during including 5 Health Demographic triage. The same training was also due to be extended to three Surveillance sites (Matlab high volume Health Centre IVs that regularly refer to Iganga in India, Dabat in Ethiopia, Hospital. Kintapo in Ghana, Bandim , and Iganga Mayuge, Kyamulibwa HDSS in Uganda) and over 7 Universities around the globe such as University College London, London School of Tropical medicine, John Hopkins University,