THRiVE Newsletter March 2022
Dear Reader, Through different communication channels like this newsletter, our website emails, social media, workshops, and progress review sessions, THRiVE has repeatedly notified her stakeholders regarding the imminent end of our DELTAS – 1 grant funding in July 2022. At all levels, we must avoid late andincomplete submissions of required documents from both the prime […]
Prof. Sewankambo charms online listeners with moving talk
RACHEAL NINSIIMA It was a virtual audience of over 600 people. The occasion – seventh series of the Association of Surgeons of Uganda mentorship talk. The speaker – Prof. Emeritus Nelson Sewankambo. The topic – ‘Living a life of significance and building a lasting legacy.’ At 3:30PM, the prayer drum rolled and the show started. […]
THRiVE Newsletter Dec 2021
Dear Reader, The end of 2021 is here and yet it feels like the year started yesterday. That is a reminder that though time is an ever present resource, it is an irreplaceable perishable good. Within the limits of what is humanly possible we should complete the work that should be completed today. We should […]
THRiVE Newsletter Sept 2021
Dear Reader, Welcome to THRiVE News which connects stakeholders to what is happening within HRiVE Consortium. In this issue there are accounts of faculty, doctoral and postdoctoral researchers sharing research results with the public, practitioners, and policy makers to inform policy and practice. The policy makers and funders alike expect research to end into knowledge […]
Repeat adolescent births among teenagers worrying
The wellbeing of thousands of girls in Uganda, particularly Eastern Uganda, is at risk with reports of high repeat adolescent births in nearly three decades. A repeat adolescent birth is a second or more live birth before age 20 following a first birth before age 18 years! According to a study conducted by Dr. Dinah […]