Hello from the PI,

Greetings from Research Task 4!

This newsletter will interest you if you use Ugandan

roads! Which is just about everyone in the country!

How did you get to work today? How will you get

back? What about your school going kids? Our

concern for road safety is behind our rather strange

name, RT4.

We are part of CEBHA+, a research network that

deals with many health problems, and we in

Research Task 4 are the only ones that focus on

road safety. We are concerned that while it is now

common knowledge that our roads are very hazardous, there is no consensus on what to do

to make them safer. We plan to spend the next four years conducting very focused research

on what interventions or solutions are being used, why despite them we still have some of

the most unsafe roads in the world, and what it is that can and should be done to make these

notorious roads safer. So – our sleeves are rolled up and we are busy working.

Every 3 months we shall let you know what we have found out, and what else we have lined

up. We already work with a broad range of partners in sectors as diverse as health, policing,

engineering, urban planning, local government, education, and legislation. We are excited to

have this opportunity to work with you on such an important subject, and we are grateful for

your cooperation.

PS1: Those of you who like statistics, I promise you there will be plenty of numbers in the

next newsletter. Our maiden edition is simply to introduce the project and its team.

PS2: This work is made possible by funding from the Federal Government of German

Ministry of Education.

May 2018

Issue 1

Inside this issue:

Highlights on CEBHA+ in Uganda

2

Meet the Research task 4 team

3

CEBHA+ PhD fellows 7

Editorial team

1. Dr. Olive Kobusingye

2. Ms. Biribawa Claire

3. Ms. Namatovu Stellah

4. Ms. Magambo Grace

CEBHA+ NEWSLETTER

Collaboration for Evidence-Based HealthCare and Public Health in Africa

Collaboration for Evidence-Based Healthcare and Public Health in Africa (CEBHA+)

emerged from the Collaboration for Evidence-Based Health care in Africa (CEBHA)

(www.cebha.org).

Uganda & Rwanda are conducting projects on, “Finding the evidence for improved

implementation of road traffic injury prevention interventions”

The main objective for this project is to contribute to the reduction of road traffic injury-

related deaths and ill-health by identifying implementation opportunities, providing

tools and mechanisms for the collection and management of quality road traffic data for

monitoring and evaluation of road safety interventions in Uganda.

The specific objectives are:

1. To collect and assess the quality of currently available data to describe the patterns of

road traffic injuries in Uganda.

2. To identify key policy and programmatic aspects in the process of design, implementa-

tion, monitoring and evaluation of existing interventions to reduce traffic injuries in Ugan-

da.

3. To evaluate the effectiveness of international pedestrian targeted- interventions to pre-

vent the occurrence of pedestrian road traffic injuries in Uganda.

4. To evaluate the implementation of current interventions to prevent pedestrian road

traffic injuries in Uganda.

Collaboration for Evidence Based Health Care and Public Health in Africa (CEBHA+) in Uganda

“Research Task 4”

Namatovu Stellah

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“The project will

contribute to the

reduction of road

traffic injury-

related deaths by

identifying

implementation

opportunities, &

providing tools

and mechanisms

for the collection

and management

of quality road

traffic data“

Research Task 4 team at a Networking meeting at Speke Resort Munyoyo, Uganda

We conducted a dissemination meeting of the results from the research study to

stakeholders. These involved officials from the Ministry of Health, Uganda Police, Non-

governmental organizations, Academia, Ministry of Works & Transport, Mortuaries

and Health facilities.

Olive worked as a lecturer at the Depart-

ment of Surgery - Makerere University, a

Surgeon at the Accident & Emergency

Department —Mulago National Referral

Hospital, and founding Executive Director

of the Injury Control Center–Uganda.

She trained and supervised trauma care

teams comprising health workers in differ-

ent specialties, and set up the first hospital-

based injury surveillance system in sub-

Saharan Africa.

She has authored many papers and book

chapters on injury surveillance systems, im-

proving emergency trauma care, injuries

and violence, and road safety in low-income

countries, especially in Africa.

Olive is a surgeon and injury epidemiolo-

gist. She is a Senior Research Fellow at

Makerere University School of Public

Health.

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Dr. Olive Kobusingye, Principal Investigator (Team lead—Research task 4)

Stakeholders at a dissemination meeting

Prof . David Guwatudde (BStat, Msc. PhD),

is an Associate Professor in the Depart-

ment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at

Prof. Patrick Kyamanywa is the Deputy Vice Chancellor at Kampala International University’s Western Campus in Ishaka Bushenyi Uganda.

He is a professor of general surgery and an active player on the global health scene. His current interest is in the area of innovations in development of human resources for health in resource-limited settings. He is currently involved in injury prevention and epidemiology research, gastrointestinal surgery and has a passion for medical education. These roles and responsibilities have continued to sharpen his skills in building collaborations for medical education, management, advocacy, team building, communication, scientific writing and the design, implementation and evaluation of health interventions within both clinical and community settings in resource-limited settings.

Page 4 Prof. David Guwatudde, Co-Investigator RT4

Makerere University School of Public

Health.

Prof. Guwatudde's recent research

interests have been in the area of non-

communicable diseases, especially re-

search on the epidemiology of diabetes,

hypertension and injuries in Uganda.

He brings a wealth of experience in re-

search methods design and statistical

analysis, and he will work closely with

PhD students on RT4.

Prof. Patrick Kyamanywa, Co-Investigator RT4

Ms. Namatovu’s research interests focus on reducing the burden of pedestrian in-juries and deaths in Uganda. She is currently working under the CEBHA+, a consortium involving sev-en African universities, and funded by the German Ministry of Education. Here she coordinates a multi-country study titled, “Finding the evidence for improved im-plementation of road safety interven-tions to reduce pedestrian injuries and deaths. Ms. Namatovu hopes to enhance her ca-reer in injury research as part of the CEBHA+ team that aims at reducing road traffic –related morbidity and mortality through identification of opportunities for implementing selected interventions

Ms. Stellah Namatovu is a study coordinator in the Department of Disease Control and Envi-ronmental Health at Makerere University, School of Public Health. She obtained her undergraduate degree in So-cial Sciences majoring in Social Administration from Makerere University and completed her Master’s program in Health Services Research from Makerere University, School of Public Health.

Milton is a global health Research and an Injury,Violence and Disability Prevention specialist with specific interest in Child and Adolescent Health.

He has expertise and experience in program development, management, monitoring and evaluation, develop-ment of surveillance systems and management information systems. He has managed a number of multi country studies and country capacity building projects. Milton also has extensive experience in conflict settings in the Horn of Af-rica and Uganda and a special interest in local innovations that address practical challenges facing post-conflict communities. Milton will work closely and mentor PhD stu-dents on RT4.

Dr. Milton Mutto, Co-Investigator RT4

Stellah Namatovu, CEBHA + Coordinator

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Grace Magambo has a 10 years’ experi-

ence in Finance and Administration,

Albert holds a Bachelor in Computer Engi-neering from Busitema University and a Post Graduate Degree in IT Management from the University of Johannesburg.

He has 4 years of experience working in both Public health and Clinical research.

He has participated in five national surveys within Uganda.

Albert is currently the data manager at the Trauma Injury and Disability Pro-gramme and manages the RT4 research study data.

He spends his time developing and set-ting up data systems for surveys and co-ordinating research teams.

He is passionate about data systems and data visualisation through which he seeks to fulfil his childhood dream of contributing towards a healthier commu-nity.

Page 6 Grace Magambo, Program Administrator

and has worked with Makerere Uni-

versity school of Public health since

2013 as a Program Administrator for

the Trauma, Injury and Disability

program.

Albert Ningwa CEBHA + Data Manager

Her PhD work focuses on post-crash care for the road traffic injured victim. She holds a Master of Health Services Research and Bachelor of Biomedical Laboratory Technology.

Aside from her PhD work, she volunteers with the Road Traffic Injury Research Network whose secretariat is at Makerere University at the moment. She was a Johns Hopkins — Makerere University School of Public Health Chronic Trauma, Injuries and Disabilities project fellow for the year 2013-2014.

Her research interests are road safety injury research with a focus on post-crash care and emergency response both in the pre-hospital and hospital phase.

Ms. Esther Diana Bayiga, one of the CEBHA+ fellows, is a PhD candidate in the Department of Disease Control and Environmental health at the Makerere School of Public Health.

Jimmy Osuret (BEHS, MSc) is a PhD Research Fellow with CEBHA+ under the TRIAD program at Makerere University School of Public Health. Mr Jimmy’s PhD research focuses on child pedestrian safety.

He has been involved in teaching Environmental and Public Health pro-fessionals at Makerere University School of Public Health since 2013. He has been involved in multiple research projects and consultancies with leading practitioners such as WHO, Ministry of Water and Environment, UNACOH, Rotary foundation, NETWAS, Ministry of Health among others.

Jimmy Osuret, CEBHA+ pHD Fellow

Esther Bayiga CEBHA + pHD Fellow

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Kennedy Muni is a 2017-2018 Fogarty

Fellow and PhD Candidate in the

Epidemiology Department at the Uni-

versity of Washington.

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Mr. Kennedy Muni, PhD Candidate

Kennedy's research focuses on helmet

use and road traffic crashes and injuries

among Boda Bodas in Kampala, Uganda.

Kennedy graduated with a BA in Biology

from Macalester College in Minnesota

and an MPH from University of North

Carolina-Chapel Hill.