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Joint Advanced Seminar 4: Building critical skills in CARTA fellows
August 31, 2021The three-week in-country residential training for the JAS 4 began on August, 23. This is the second phase of the training where the fellows who are from different countries including Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, South Africa, and Malawi are accommodated at a common facility in......
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Planning a Joint Advanced Seminar 4: What it Takes
August 31, 2021John Bosco Isunju is a CARTA focal person at Makerere University and is central to the planning of the Joint Advanced Seminar 4. He spoke to us about what goes into it. Tell us about the Joint Advanced Seminar 4 (JAS4). What is it about......
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The JAS 4 contribution to my doctoral and academic journey
August 31, 2021JAS 4 has been a unique experience for me. The lead-in was quite challenging, the questions around scheduling, direction of the COVID pandemic, recovering personally from experiencing COVID, and post-illness sequelae. But there was the motivation of ticking off this final stage, the promise of......
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Kaitesi Batamuliza: My quest to put hearing loss in Rwanda’s health agenda
August 20, 2021The genesis I had just received an acceptance letter to pursue a largely online postgraduate diploma in Medical education, which was to begin in 2014, and I was actively working on what would have been my project and a deliverable of the course. To rest......
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What my PhD accomplishment means: Marie Claire Uwamohoro
August 11, 2021On my graduation day, my workmate posted my photo on her social media together with these words which powerfully resonated with my storyline “from CPP (in charge of professional practice) to doctorate level! it is a big journey”. I actually entered the academic world when......
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CARTA news: Our January-July newsletter is now out!
August 2, 2021In this issue of the semi-annual newsletter, we take an in-depth look at how CARTA adapted to going virtual and local to keep the program moving. We talk to our co-director, Catherine Kyobutungi, about CARTA’s journey during the pandemic, the Program’s foray into the virtual......
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Transforming Knowledge and dreams into meaningful skills: Anitha Philbert’s PhD story
July 30, 2021I am a female scientist, a lecturer at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and a proud beneficiary of the CARTA Cohort three PhD fellowships awarded in 2012 to 23 students from across Africa. Receiving the CARTA fellowship was a privilege that led me......
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Conquering milestones: Reflections from my PhD journey
July 19, 2021Upon receiving my Masters in Health Economics from Australia in 2013, I was enthusiastic to begin my PhD at the earliest possible time. My passion for pursuing a PhD was mainly to assist in the capacity building of the Pharmacy Department at the University of......
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How CARTA is building African universities’ capacity to solve population and public health problems in Africa
June 30, 2021CARTA fellows who attended the fourth JAS in 2018, published an article in PLOS ONE on their experiences at CARTA. The article titled ‘Experiences of doctoral students enrolled in a research fellowship program to support doctoral training in Africa (2014 to 2018): The Consortium for Advanced....
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The intrigues and rigours of a PhD Journey
June 29, 2021For the #CARTA100 series, Alexander Kagaha (Cohort Seven Graduate, Makerere University) starts us off by sharing the interesting story of his PhD journey. Read on. Getting started It began with an interest in discourses and discursive power and practice and its effects on population health.......
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Mobile Phone Use and Acceptability for the Delivery of Mental Health Information among Perinatal Adolescents in Nigeria
May 27, 2021Teenage mothers, their peculiarity and perinatal depression Teenage pregnancies occur in every country globally, but the prevalence is highest (56%) in Sub- Saharan Africa. In Nigeria, the majority of teen age’s live birth before age 18 years is 31%. WHO’s documents further report that 39% o...
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Hearing loss is a neglected hazard for miners in South Africa
May 25, 2021South Africa’s mining industry has long been an important part of the country’s economy. In 2020 alone, despite COVID-19, mining contributed R361.6 billion (almost 20 billion US dollars) towards South Africa’s gross domestic product, a share of over 8%. The industry employs 451,000 people. But...
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