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We strive for an Africa where children's wellbeing is realized for sustainable development.
The AfriChild Centre exists to generate research that informs policy and practice for the wellbeing of children.
In the last five years, our approach to research focused on capacity development for researchers and primary research to deepen understanding on particular issues. AfriChild in collaboration with key agencies spearheaded the development of a child-focused national policy research agenda to guide the focus of research, and ensure that the evidence generated was relevant to facilitatingachievement of national objectives relevant tochild wellbeing.
LESSONS LEARNED (2015-2020)1. Development and dissemination of policy briefs does not guarantee that issues get onthe policy agenda. Ongoing engagement of policymakers is required to facilitate use ofresearch evidence.2. Integration of a monitoring and evaluation mechanism is necessary to assess progress andfollow up on the use of evidence in policy and practice.3. The AfriChild Centre needs to align its research dissemination and uptake strategy to theneeds and agendas of policy actors.4. Selection of NGO partners requires consideration of their capacity and willingness tocommit for sustainability.
The AfriChild Centre will work towards strengthening resources and reforming systems to ensure seamlessand efficient organizational processes.We will ensure that governance frameworks and administrative support required to efficiently and effectively implement the strategic plan are available.The organization will attract and retain fit-for-purpose talent to deliver the anticipated results; continuous investment will be made to develop the human resources to ensure motivation and retention.AfriChild will develop and implement a fundraising strategy, and integrate a financial management system that ensures efficient use of resources,for maximum impact andsustainability. We will developand integrate a Monitoring,Evaluation, Accountabilityand Learning (MEAL) systemas a major tool for continuousimprovement and learning frominterventions.
The Inter-University Programme aims at strengthening inter-university collaboration and training in child-focused research skills. Under this program, AfriChild takes on mid-level child-focused researchers from seven universities in Uganda and equips them with skills in child-focused research methods, grant acquisition, and publication. The seven Universities the Centre works with are Makerere University, Kyambogo University, Nsamizi Training Institute, Uganda Martyrs University, Uganda Christian University, Gulu University, and Muni University.
The GST-S study is a pilot trial implemented by AfriChild and Raising voices with support from The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The aim of this pilot study is to learn more about how the Good Schools Toolkit works in secondary schools following the successful implementation of GST-P in 42 primary schools in Uganda. The study will be implemented 8 secondary schools in Kampala and Wakiso districts.
The AfriChild Centre is running a research fellowship with Together For Girls that focuses on strengthening individual and institutional in-country research capacity to generate and utilize evidence for policy and programming for prevention and improved response to violence against children.The focus of the research examines sexual violence and its effects on education, mental health, and HIV infection among females in Uganda using findings from the Uganda Violence Against Children Survey (VACs) data.
CHUSS hosts to The AfriChild Centre, is the largest of the nine Colleges of Makerere University, with five schools and one institute. The University is the lead public university in Uganda and one of the oldest on the African continent, having been established in 1922. It has a vibrant local, regional and international student community currently standing at approximately 40,000 while CHUSS has the largest student body of a total of 8,350 students. Close to 30% of the students are at graduate level. Her research and partnerships portfolio is very rich with groundbreaking work in fields like child protection, HIV&AIDS as well as policy impacting work.
Read Morehttps://www.childfund.org/ChildFund International is one of the oldest Non-Governmental Organizations in Uganda in operation since 1980 on development as well as emergency relief and disaster mitigation programs focusing on children. ChildFund is a global alliance for children driven by children’s inherent potential to thrive. ChildFund focuses on working with children throughout their life, from birth to young adulthood, as well as with families, local organizations and communities globally to create the environment children need to thrive
Read MoreMoGLSD is the line Ministry responsible for championing the development and implementation of initiatives aimed at advancing knowledge and improving the effectiveness of responses targeting children in adversity. In the execution of its mandate, the Ministry works with multiple actors in the field of child protection providing support where possible and directly getting involved.
Read MoreColumbia University, New York, is a world-renowned university in the United States of America. The University currently serves as the secretariat of the global Child CPC Learning Network—a constellation of over 250 agencies working in 32 countries on the development of an evidence base for efficacious child health and protection programming. The CPC Network works to strengthen and systematize childcare and protection in crisis settings through collaborative action of humanitarian agencies, local institutions, and academic partners.
Read MoreThe United Nations Children’s Fund is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized. UNICEF aims to overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease, and discrimination place in a child’s path. Together with the Government of Uganda (GOU) and partners, UNICEF works towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals, the objectives of the Uganda National Development Plan II (NDPII), and the planned outcomes of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework.
Read MoreTPO Uganda is a national Ugandan Non-Governmental Organization that has been operating in Uganda since 1994. TPO-Uganda services are delivered through a community and family-oriented intervention model, which mainly focuses on identifying existing community support structures, traditional circles of support and systematically building their capacity to identify and participate in supporting the needs of: children in need of protection, survivors of gender-based violence, children and families infected and affected by HIV & AIDS; improving livelihoods of rural households and families whose socio-economic wellbeing has been incapacitated by conflict and/or any other disasters.
Read MoreTimothy Opobo is the Executive Director of the AfriChild Centre based at Makerere University that convenes academics, policymakers, and practitioners to promote innovative research, nurture communities of learning, build the next generation of researchers, and contribute to policy and practice on the wellbeing of the African child. In this role, he provides strategic leadership, and coordinates the research and policy advocacy work.With experience of over 15 years, he has contributed significantly to influencing child wellbeing landscape in the region. He is a member of the national multisectoral task force on violence against children, and has served on several national committees including: the National steering committee on justice for children, national child protection working group, and the joining forces network.Mr. Opobo was instrumental in the inception of the AfriChild Centre serving as the interim Executive Director from March 2014 to December 2015, where he set up organisational structures and systems, and coordinated the National Violence Against Children Survey. He served as the Manager of Child Protection and Advocacy in ChildFund International Uganda, where he was also a member of the senior management team, and was also the focal person of the Africa region, within the organisation. He served as the Coordinator of the Global Child Protection in Crisis Network in Uganda (CPCN), a global learning mechanism to strengthen and systemize child protection in crisis-settings through the collaborative action of humanitarian agencies, local institutions, and academic partners. In the regional African Network for Prevention and Proterction Against Child Abuse and Neglect (ANPPCAN), Mr Opobo was also the Research, Information and Policy Advocacy Manager in both Uganda and Liberia, providing technical and management leadership, and working closely with other advocacy agencies and governments to influence policy. His areas of focus are social research, project/program design, planning and management, policy advocacy, as well as networking with state and non-state agencies. Over the years, he has gained valuable experience in fundraising and dealing with donors including USAID, European Commission, Irish Aid, DFID, KOICA, BMZ, UNICEF, UNFPA as well as a number of foundations.He received his Social Work Degree from from Makerere University, Kampala and his master’s degree in Development Studies from the University College of Dublin. He also hold a Post Graduate Diploma in Leadership in Community Development from the Eastern and Southern Africa Management Institute in Arusha, Tanzania. Mr. Opobo is a Global Research Fellow on Child Behaviarol Health in Sub-Saharan Africa, a graduate of the Future Leaders Program, Resource Alliance at Wolfsen College, Oxford University and a recipient of the MASHAV scholarship in Development of Children, Social-Emotional Support and Wellbeing, from Haifa University, Israel.
Read MoreMathew Amollo is a researcher and monitoring and evaluation specialist with over 12 years’ experience in the research and evaluations fields. Most of his work has been in the field of health (reproductive health and health services research); social research and education. Mathew has experience in evaluating public health programs in Uganda and internationally, notably he was lead evaluator of socio-economic program for People Living with HIV/AIDS in Lesotho, Ending Child marriages program in Western Tanzania. He has experience working with international Donors such as USAID through his past engagements with USAID Cross Boarder Initiative and USAID Maternal and Child Health program in 4k Districts implemented by ABT Associates among others. He has also worked on DFID grants through Ministry of Finance Planning and Economic development. In research, Mathew possesses vast experience in quasi experimental studies such as randomized control trials, panel surveys, cross-sectional studies, and process evaluations. His skills spread through project design, participatory MEL approaches, outcome monitoring and evaluations. He has enormous expertise in both quantitative and qualitative evaluative research approaches in evaluation design and data analysis (using SPSS, Nvivo, Atlas ti, SPSS, Stata), report writing and research/knowledge translation. At AfriChild, Mathew has been responsible for successful implementation of scaling up positive parenting practices project, an implementation science study conducted in Lira in Partnership with LACCODEF; He oversaw the successful implementation of the inter-university and PPURE First Cohort capacity building program. Mathew is currently the Research Manager for the Good School Tool Kit for Secondary Schools, a Co-principal Investigator AfriChild study on effects of COVID-19 on the Wellbeing of Children in Uganda and Co-Investigator for the Formative Research on the impact of Men’s Active Positive Presence on the Lives of Children.
Read MoreClare is a development researcher and Evaluation practitioner with a blend of competencies in research, program development, and monitoring and evaluation. In particular, Bangirana has focused on issues of vulnerable children, child protection for children in different contexts including street-connected children refugee children, and children in post-conflict settings. She has 15 years of expertise in research particularly leading, managing, and coordinating complex qualitative and quantitative research projects in Uganda and the East African Region. In addition to being involved in the Uganda VACS, other studies she has managed include; A qualitative study of risks and protective factors for violence against children in three regions of Uganda by AfriChild, Violence Against Children Outside Family Care; on the Streets and in Residential Care Institutions. She has also been involved in a systematic review on risk factors for Violence Against Children in Low and Middle-Income Countries, a UNHCR/Columbia University/TPO Uganda study on measuring the impact of child protection systems using a child protection index in two refugee settlements in Uganda as well as a host of other child-related research projects cutting across social protection, public health, and justice. She holds a Master’s degree and Post-Graduate Diploma in Monitoring and Evaluation as well as a bachelor’s degree in Development Studies.
Read MoreEmmanuel Akuti is currently the Capacity Building Assistant at the AfriChild Centre. This role involves administrative, procurement and logistical support to the inter university training project specifically: administering of the Training Needs Assessment (TNA) for practitioners, organization of learning symposiums, managing small grants awards and identification of relevant potential funding opportunities. He is also in charge of routine ICT support at the Centre. Emmanuel is an IT professional with hands on experience in data entry, computer networking, troubleshooting, software installations and social media management. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Technology, CCNA (level IV and Google Digital Skills Certificate).
Read MoreJohn is a community development worker holding a Bachelor’s degree in Adult and Community Education from Kyambogo University. He has over 8 years’ experience in carrying out quantitative and qualitative studies and has expertise in study tools development, training of study teams, data management and analysis. At AfriChild Centre, he has successfully coordinated research projects such as impact assessment for WASH interventions in schools and communities, The National Survey on Violence against Children (VAC) – Both Household and Street components, The Impact of men’s Active, Positive Presences in the lives of children in Uganda. He has also coordinated Community Based Child Protection Systems mapping in more than 8 Districts of Uganda in partnership with Colombia University and Child Fund International. He also vast experience in participatory research techniques such as free listing cartographic interviews, auto-photography and place perception. He supports qualitative data analysis for the Good Schools Toolkit Trial Pilot Study and The effect of COVID-19 on the Wellbeing of Children in Uganda. John is currently pursuing a Post-graduate Diploma in Monitoring and Evaluation at Uganda Management Institute.
Read MoreEmily is a Monitoring, Evaluations and research practitioner, with several years of experience working with humanitarian, development and research institutions. She is the M&E focal person at the AfriChild Centre and also supports program implementation functions. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, a Post-Graduate Diploma in Monitoring and Evaluations and is currently finalizing a Master’s in Management Studies (specializing in Monitoring and Evaluation) from Uganda Management Institute. She is a Programs Assistant at AfriChild Centre.
Read MoreMaria Ndibalekera supports the AfriChild Centre work in two major arms. First as an Administrative Assistant an area in which she has proved herself a great player. Working together with the administration and finance departments, Maria ensures smooth running of the day today planned activities by timely provision of the required logistics and all the necessary administration support. On the other hand, Maria too is a key asset to the research component of the Centre. Drawing from her educational background and passion for social research, the Centre has provided a platform for her to grow in research knowledge and skills thus enriching her potential. Similarly, she too has participated in the implementation of several research studies at the Centre. She is a key player in seeking for ethical reviews for upcoming studies, a great asset in field preparations and an excellent mixed methods data collector who is well informed of the several child-focused methods. Her zeal and passion for research and children are tailored well with the Centre’s vision and mission. Maria holds a first class bachelors degree in Social Work and Social Administration from Makerere University and looks forward to a career in family and child social work.
Read MoreEunice supports the Finance and Administration team at AfriChild. She is CPA Level II student at The Institute Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU).
Read MoreLinda Kairaba is a child focused researcher and social worker. She is passionate about childhood development, parenting and supporting families cope with problems in their daily lives.
Read MoreIvan is a dynamic Finance and Administration professional with more than 13 years of experience in a wide range of areas, including financial management and administration, grant management, accounting system development and assessments, internal control system setup, budget preparation and monitoring, risk analysis and management, and more. Ivan has previously held comparable positions with organizations such as Uganda Child Rights NGO Network for six years and Uganda Development Services, as well as SOS Children's Villages in other capacities.He holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Ndejje University and a Uganda Diploma in Business Studies (UDBS) from Makerere University Business School (MUBS). Ivan is now pursuing his Master of Business Administration (MBA), as well as his CPA certification studies.
Read MoreThe AfriChild Centre is committed to generation of research evidenceto ensure relevant policies for children in Africa. The COVID-19 pandemicand the subsequent government lock-down response are unprecedented. This situation demanded empirical evidence to provide a basis for informed action. In line with its mission, the AfriChild Centre conducted a scientific study to generate evidence on the effect of COVID-19 on the wellbeing of children in Uganda. This study was premised on the emerging challenges presented by the pandemic including; limited, inaccurate, inappropriate, and non-inclusive information on COVID-19, possible escalation of violence against children leading to increased pressure on the already limited social protection services.
Read MoreThe State of Uganda Father&rsquo's report 2021 is the inaugural report of its kind in Uganda. The report is a product of the AfriChild Center and is inspired by ‘ State of The World’s Fathers’ Produced by Promundo-US. The first-ever “State of the World’s Fathers” report was published in 2015 and followed by subsequent editions published in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021. This report aims to impact power structures, policies, and social norms around care work and to advance gender equality. It joins a growing set of related country- and region focused reports on men’s caregiving around the world
Read MoreAt least 60 percent of the estimated 10,000 homeless children in Uganda reside in Kampala. These childrenare vulnerable to sexual violence—from peers, strangers and even law enforcement personnel. Sexual violenceexperienced ranges from rape to sexual exploitation can inflict adverse health consequences. Addressing thehealth needs of sexually abused street children is critical for ensuring the survival of children who live outside ofboth family and residential care.
Read MoreThe number of residential care institutions (RCIs) in Uganda increased during the past 20 years. As more institutions have been established, issues regarding the quality of care received by children have risen. RCIs are not onlycharacterised as being overcrowded and unhygienic but have also been accused of failing to ensure their primaryrole of protecting vulnerable children. RCIs have also been characterised by sexual, physical, and verbal abuse fromboth caregivers and other children. The calls for regular supervision and monitoring of existing RCIs as well aspromotion of de-institutionalization of alternative child care in Uganda.
Read MoreDespite the 1995 Constitution establishing the duty of parents to care for their children, Ugandan children continue to experience multipleforms of violence at home. In addition to physical violence, other forms of violence faced by children include sexual violence eitherthrough forced sex, inappropriate touching or sexual harassment. Furthermore, children experience economic violence—through denialof school fees, money for uniforms or health care—as a form of punishment. Previous research shows that 98 percent of children inUganda experience harsh forms of disciplining—such violent experiences can affects future wellbeing
Read MoreA large number of Ugandan children are employed as domestic workers in households i.e. work in households other than their own undertaking domestic duties such as child care, domestic chores, and looking after livestock. Due to informal working relationship and the prevalence of live-in arrangements, domestic workers in Uganda have traditionally experienced discrimination and exploitation and children are most vulnerable to abuse and exploitation. They are exposed to exploitation through little pay or payment in kind as well as long working hours. In addition, they are exposed to seclusion, dependency, corporal punishment and sexual abuse.
Read MoreMrs. Kakande is the head of the budget monitoring and accountability unit in Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development. She holds a Master’s degree in Development Economics from the University of East Anglia in UK; Bachelors of Statistics from Makerere University and a Post Graduate Diploma in Feminist Development Economics from the Institute of Social Studies in the Netherlands. Kakande has lectured at Makerere University and served the government as a Social Infrastructure Economist and Social Policy Advisor.Her strengths pivot on poverty analysis; monitoring and evaluation; national budget processing and mainstreaming gender and equity issues into development projects.
Read MoreProf. Atuyambe is an associate professor at Makerere University’s School of Public Health. He holds a PhD in Public Health Sciences from Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden; Master’s degree in Public Health and Bachelors of Arts.Dr. Atuyambe is the managing facilitator for an international course entitled Public Health in Complex Emergencies run annually by the School of Public Health together with International Rescue Committee, World Education Inc. USA. He is a trainer in qualitative research methods, data collection techniques and analysis.
Read MoreKyoyagala is the current National Program Officer for adolescents and youth at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFP). She holds two Masters Degrees in Public Health Leadership and Development Studies. She acquired the latter from the University of Leeds in UK. She also holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work and Social Administration from Makerere University and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management of Community Based HIV Programs from Galille College in Israel.Kyoyagala is an experienced program management specialist with vast skills in coordinating program planning and program monitoring and evaluation.
Read MoreGakiza is a senior legal counsel with Capital Law Partners and Advocates. She holds a Masters in Business Administration; Post-Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice and Bachelor of Laws. Her specialties are as a corporate lawyer with broad experience in banking and finance, business strategy, contracts and commercial transactions, and negotiations of contracts, among others.Gakiza also has experience in governance and regulatory compliance for both corporate firms and NGOs. She has been at the senior management level for over 14 years and gained an appreciation for business, risk, operations, management, and strategy.
Read MoreKamani currently works as an independent consultant. She holds a Master’s Degree in Peace and Justice Studies and a Bachelors of Arts. She is a social development, gender equality and governance specialist. Under her forte are 40 years of work experience in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.
Read MoreProf. Edward K. Kirumira is the Principal of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Makerere University. He was the Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences since 2003 for eight years and before that was the Head of Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, for five years.Prof. Edward K. Kirumira trained at Makerere University, Exeter University (UK), the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and the University of Copenhagen Denmark in collaboration with Harvard University USA. Prof. Kirumiraspecialised in Population and Reproductive Health with extensive research work in HIV/AIDS, emergent diseases and international health issues, family relationships, health seeking behaviour, poverty and rural development studies. He is a Professor of Sociology.At University level, Prof. Kirumira has served as a member of Makerere University Senate and varied sub-committees of Senate including Quality Assurance, Academic Programmes and Library Committee. He has also served on the University Council and Vice Chancellor and Deputy Vice Chancellors’ Search Committees. He was a member of the Steering Committee for Sida/SAREC Programme Support to Makerere University between October 2002 to October 2010. Between 2005 to August 2006 he served as a member of the Makerere University HIV/AIDS Policy Development Committee. And the Chair, Makerere University NUFU Programmes Assessment Committee from 2006 to date. From July 2009 to September 2010, Prof Kirumira served as Chair, The Makerere-MazruianaOrganising Committee (charged with the establishment of a Chair and Endowment Fund and the East African Ali A. Mazrui Centre for Global Studies).He is a founder member and chair of the Programme for African New Generation of Academics (PANGeA) network currently involving Makerere University, Stellenbosch University, University of Nairobi, Dar es Salaam University, University of Malawi and University of Botswana. He is a member, Board of Directors (representing Makerere University) on the Makerere University Private Sector Forum. He is also a member, NORHED Institutional Development Committee for the new Norwegian support programme proposal. At National and International level, Prof Kirumira is a member of the Partnership Committee for HIV&AIDS, Malaria and TB National Response of the Uganda AIDS Commission; Government Representative, Board of Governors Uganda Management Institute (UMI); and member of the UMI Appointments Board and Quality Assurance Committee. He is the Government Representative, Board of Governors Makerere College School – and Chairman Finance & Planning Committee. Prof. Kirumira is the Treasurer, Uganda National Academy of Sciences (UNAS), UNAS Fellow and Council member, and Chairperson of the Uganda National Academy of Sciences Forum on Health and Nutrition. He chairs the Resource Mobilization and Planning Committee of Uganda Central Coordinating Mechanism for the Global Fund for HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria country programme and has offered technical advisory role to national, regional and international bodies.
Read MoreDr. Lindsay Stark is an Associate Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health in Columbia University’s Program on Forced Migration and Health. She has over a decade of experience leading applied research on protection of women and children in humanitarian settings. Dr. Stark’s particular area of expertise is measuring sensitive and difficult-to-measure social phenomenon. Dr. Stark has led assessment and evaluation projects in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. She has also helped pioneer the development of new methodologies such as the Neighborhood Method to assess incidence of human rights violations, a Participatory Ranking Method that has been included in a recent World Health Organization assessment toolkit, and the Child Protection Rapid Assessment in Emergencies Toolkit developed by the global Child Protection Working Group. Dr. Stark is the author of multiple publications on the rehabilitation and resiliency of former child soldiers and survivors of sexual violence, and previously served as the Director of Research and Curriculum at the Center on Child Protection, a teaching and research center jointly established by Columbia University, the University of Indonesia, UNICEF and the Government of Indonesia. Dr. Stark currently serves as Principal Investigator and Executive Director of the Child Protection in Crisis (CPC) Learning Network, a consortium of agencies and academic institutions that work together on global learning associated with children in disaster and war settings.
Read MoreMr Onyango is a Development Worker and presently the Country Director of TPO Uganda. Mr. Onyango possesses a Master of Science in International Development from University of Bristol, UK; a Post graduate Diploma in Monitoring and Evaluation Methods from University of Stellenbosch in South Africa and a post graduate Diploma in Humanitarian Action and Conflict from Oxford Brookes University, UK. Mr. Onyango brings to AfriChild high level strategic management experience in the NGO sector. A board member on several local boards, he is also active on global boards such as; an Advisory Board member of the CPC Learning Network at Columbia University; a Steering Committee Member of the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance in Washington DC and an International Editorial Board Member of the intervention journal published by War Trauma Foundation, Netherlands. Mr. Onyango’s recent interests in the child protection sector cut across; strengthening formal and informal CP systems, practice oriented evidence building and developing a professional child protection work force. As a practitioner, Mr. Onyango brings to the AfriChild Centre close to 20 years of experience designing and delivering a broad range of interventions that protect children from abuse and exploitation and improve their livelihoods. These linkages will further provide AfriChild an opportunity to engage with civil society in further inquiry of promising practices, learning and developing an evidence base on what works for children.
Read MoreSimba is currently the national Director of ChildFund International in Uganda. He has over 23 years of international development experience having also worked for Plan International for many years. With 15 years as a national director in a variety of countries including, Togo, Malawi, El Salvador and Zimbabwe, he therefore has quite a rich experience in program development and management at community, national, regional and international level. Simba has led country programs through periods of political turmoil, such as Togo under Eyadema in the 1990s, natural disasters such as floods and earthquakes, and most recently political and economic crisis in Zimbabwe. Simba also holds a varied educational background, he holds a Master’s of Science in Social and Economic Statistics from George Washington University, USA, a Bachelor of Science in Geography and Economics, from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, as well as a diplomas in Demography and Human Resources Management.
Read MoreDiego brings over 14 years of diverse experience in research and development in economics, including poverty monitoring and analysis, budget policy and evaluation, aid effectiveness and public financial management with international agencies and government institutions in Uganda, Malawi, Laos, Vietnam and Bangladesh. Diego is a seasoned economist holding a doctorate, masters and bachelor’s degrees in Economics.
Read MoreFred Ssewamala leads innovative, interdisciplinary research that informs, develops and tests economic empowerment and social protection interventions aimed at improving life chances and long-term developmental impacts for children and adolescent youth impacted by poverty and health disparities in low resource communities. He holds a joint appointment in the Washington University School of Medicine, and directs the International Center for Child Health and Development (ICHAD) and SMART Africa Center. Currently, Ssewamala is conducting five large-scale, NIH-funded longitudinal randomized control trials across sub-Saharan Africa: Kyaterekera Project, Suubi+Adherence-R2, Suubi4Her, SMART Africa, and Suubi4Stigma. Another project, Suubi4Cancer, explores care for children living with HIV with suspected cancers. In addition, he is a co-principal investigator on several training projects including the R25 RRT, T37 LEAD, and D43 CHILD-GRF that focus on training early-career researchers committed to careers in child behavioral health. Ssewamala has over 100 peer-reviewed articles in journals including the Lancet, American Journal of Public Health, Social Science and Medicine, Journal of Adolescent Health, PLos One, Prevention Science, and Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Adolescent Health and co-edits the Global Social Welfare journal. He is a member of the Society for Social Work and Research, American Public Health Association, and the Siteman Cancer Center. Ssewamala is also a fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare.
Read MoreThe late Kaboggoza Ssembatya James (RIP), was a former Assistant Commissioner in charge of children affairs in the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development and he had over 30 years experience in child protection programming, social sector planning and management, child rights training, project planning and management, social policy analysis and orphans and other vulnerable children programming. He held an honors degree of Makerere University in social work social administration and a post graduate diploma from Victoria University, Canada in youth and children studies. Mr. Kaboggoza was involved in various research projects related to child protection; violence against children, situational analysis of OVC, situational analysis of the elderly persons and people with disability, child poverty analysis, and assessment of the implementation of the UN convention on the rights of children and other international instruments on children which have been ratified by Uganda. He passed on in 2021.
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The AfriChild Centre exists to generate research that informs policy and practice for the wellbeing of children.