Services - Health Policy, Planning & Management
Departmental staff members also offer services on consultancy basis, in addition to getting involved in other community service activities. The department is working with other partners like the Ministry of Health, Health Communication Partnership of the Johns Hopkins University of USA and Family Health International to disseminate facts about Medical Male Circumcision (MMC) for HIV Prevention. Click here to access a copy of the MMC brochure and other resources on MMC. At the request of the Makerere University School of Graduate Studies, HPPM successfully established and is and managing the Iganga/Mayuge Demographic Surveillance Site (DSS) on behalf of the University. The site collects information from a defined population at regular intervals on vital statistics like deaths, births, marriages, as well as in and out migrations. The DSS uses hand-held computers to collect and update DSS data
Visit the DSS web site for details at www.igangamayuge-hdss.mak.ac.ug
