Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS) is a constituent college of Makerere University, Uganda's oldest university. The schools of the college offer undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the biomedical sciences, health sciences, human medicine and public health, covering a broad range of disciplines and specialties.[2]
Location
The College's campus is located on Mulago Hill, in northeast Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city, approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north of the city's central business district.[3] This is about 2.5 kilometres (2 mi) northeast of Makerere University Main Campus.[4] The schools of the college are spread across the southern, western, northern and eastern parts of Mulago Hill and include Mulago Hospital Complex, the college's teaching hospital. The coordinates of the college are: 00°20'18.0"N 32°34'38.0"E (Latitude:0.338333; Longitude:32.577213).[5]
Overview
Makerere University College of Health Sciences, formerly named the Faculty of Medicine, Makerere University's medical school was established in 1924 as the oldest medical training institution in East and Central Africa https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36321129/ and https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14287327/. Its training programs expanded to include all health care professionals such as Radiographers, Nurses, Pharmacists, Dental Surgeons, Optometrists, biomedical Engineers, Speech and Language therapists, Cytotechnologists, bioinformaticians etc with 70 academic programs (undergraduate and graduate). Makerere University College of Health Science is headed by a Principal and a Deputy Principal. It consists of five schools, School of Medicine with 14 Departments, School of Biomedical Sciences with 9 departments, School of Public Health with 4 Departments, School of Health Sciences with 3 Departments and School of Dentistry. Each school is headed by a Dean.[6] The Makerere Universiity College of Health Sciences has a mission to improve the health of the people of Uganda through innovative teaching, research and provision of services resoonsive to society needs
Schools
As of June 2016, the following schools comprised the Makerere University College of Health Sciences:[6]
The following undergraduate courses are offered at MakCHS. Instruction in most courses is carried out across several different schools within the college. The school responsible for awarding a particular qualification is indicated in bold letters.
Bachelor of Science in Dental Laboratory Technology - MakSHS
Bachelor of Environmental Health Sciences - MakSPH
Graduate Courses
The following postgraduate courses are offered at MakCHS. Instruction is offered across several schools of the college. The school that is ultimately responsible for awarding the postgraduate degree is indicated in bold ink.
In addition to the postgraduate degree courses, the College of Health Sciences at Makerere University offers several postgraduate courses including:
Postgraduate Diploma in Anesthesiology - MakSOM
Postgraduate Diploma in Quality of Health Care - MakSPH
Albert Cook Memorial Library
The Albert Cook Memorial Library, also Albert Cook Medical Library is the main library of Makerere University College of Health Sciences. The library, named after Sir Albert Cook (22 March 1870 – 23 April 1951), the founder of Mulago Hospital and Mengo Hospital, was established in 1924, by Dr. Cook. The library houses an archive of Dr. Albert Cook's original handwritten patient notes dating back to 1900.[8]
The library underwent a renovation in 1968 and another major renovation in 2018; the last one funded by a USh197 billion (US$52,000) grant from Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited,[8] Uganda's largest commercial bank by assets.[9]
