Research and Innovation

School of Health and Society

Global Health

Led by Professor Louise Ackers, our work has critiqued the very concept of global health encouraging a more genuinely transdisciplinary approach to respond to health system challenges in Low- and Middle-Income Countries [is there a link to a report or publications for this]. A significant body of our research on professional voluntarism and student mobilities has informed national and international policy and created an evidence base to support more sustainable and democratic approaches to foreign engagement in Overseas Development Assistance. KHP works closely with our Operational Partner, Knowledge for Change, a UK and Ugandan registered NGO to co-create and mobilise knowledge on the Ugandan health system. This includes substantive projects on maternal and new-born health; bio-medical engineering; anti-microbial resistance and rehabilitation services underpinned by a constant emphasis on health systems. 

Click below to view research projects related to this research theme:

Implementing the anti-microbial resistance (AMR) national action plan in hospital settings in western Uganda
Using technology to enhance partnerships: developing cervical screening (‘see and treat’) services in western Uganda
Fit-for-purpose upper limb prosthetics



 Using Technology to Improve Access to Contraceptive Services in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
 What Price a Welcome? The Role of Respect in the Improving Access to Midwifery Care in Uganda