ICHAD Formalizes Partnership with the Uganda Ministry of Health
The International Center for Child Health and Development (ICHAD) formalized their partnership with the Uganda Ministry of Health. On June 28, 2024,... Read More
Dr. Fred Ssewamala Awarded the Brown School 2024 Distinguished Faculty Award
Congratulations to Dr. Fred Ssewamala, who was honored with the Brown School’s 2024 Distinguished Faculty Award on August 27, 2024. This award... Read More
Ugandan Women’s Autonomy Key to Safer Sex
Ugandan women’s ability to negotiate the conditions and timing of sex, such as refusing sex and asking for condom use with their... Read More
New Publication: HIV and tuberculosis in Uganda: are we neglecting poverty?
Tuberculosis is the leading cause of death among people living with HIV and, despite being curable, is responsible for over one-third of... Read More
Ssewamala awarded $3.3 millions in grant fund research for adolescent girls transitioning into young adulthood in Uganda
Fred Ssewamala, the William E. Gordon Distinguished Professor at the Brown School and Founding Director of the International Center for Child Health and... Read More
Dr. Fred Ssewamala to receive WashU’s 2024 Faculty Achievement Award!
ICHAD’s Founding Director, Dr. Fred Ssewamala has been chosen to receive the Washington University in St. Louis’ 2024 faculty achievement award, Chancellor... Read More
Daily Monitor Article: Janet roots for more research on diseases affecting children
First Lady and Minister of Education Janet Museveni has stressed the need to strengthen the country’s research capacity in addressing health challenges... Read More
NewVision Article: ICHAD impacts over 70,000 children in 300 schools in Greater Masaka
On HIV/AIDS, which has been devastating to the communities where ICHAD works, Dr. Ssewamala says they now see that young people are... Read More
NewVision Article: Health minister commends ICHAD for promoting children, adolescents’ welfare
Prof. Ssewamala, by the display of the New Vision leading headline that indicated that over 50% of Uganda’s population was below 17... Read More
Adolescent Girls’ Vulnerability to Child Labor and Migration in Ghana
Dr. Ozge Sensoy Bahar, Research Associate Professor and Co-Director of the International Center for Child and Health Development (ICHAD) at the Brown... Read More