THRiVE has emerged as one of the few institutions who have won Makerere University’s Research and Innovations Fund (RIF) grant to conduct a community study on COVID-19. The new achievement comes on the heels of a proposal that was submitted by the consortium in April following a call for proposals. THRiVE’s project is titled: ‘Owning […]
In his PhD study titled: ‘Detecting mycobacterium TB in stem cells in latent infection,’ Dr. Mayito is proposing to develop a new innovative diagnostic test for TB infection. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines Latent TB infection as a state in which individuals harbor TB-causing bacteria without evidence of manifestation of symptoms of active disease. […]
The African Academy of Sciences is awarding 10 travel grants to research managers and administrators in Africa to attend the INORMS 2020 conference. The conference provides the opportunity to meet, learn and discuss issues of research management and to develop professionally through networking. The Research Management Programme in Africa (ReMPro Africa) is an initiative of […]
This is a two weeks research methods course suitable for health researchers, social scientists and students undertaking professional training (MSc, MMed, MPH, and PhD). Facilitators for this course are highly experienced researchers from the Tanzania National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) Mwanza Centre, Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit (MITU) and the London School of Hygiene & […]
Gerald Mboowa a THRiVE PhD fellow successfully defended his PhD before a fully packed videoconference room on 24 August 2019 at the Makerere University College of Health Sciences. Gerald is one of the sixteen PhD fellows supported by THRiVE and his research has been on “Functional Host-Genetic Loci associated with Paediatric HIV-disease progression in Uganda […]
Dear Reader, This year, 2019, marks half a century since that incredible feat when the first astronauts landed on the moon. This happened because a group of thinkers (scientists, technocrats, policy makers and politicians) in the USA had a vision and planned how to achieve it. Similarly, Africa has a vision. Agenda 2063 which is […]
THRiVE holds an annual scientific conference which is intended to review the program and scientific progress in a particular year. These meetings rotate within the African partner institutions (Gulu University, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College, National Institute of Health mwanza, Makerere University, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology and Uganda Virus Research Institute). It’s during […]
