African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC)

Led by Dr. Gloria Seruwagi and a team of Centre researchers, CHASE-i is lead research institution for the Health, Wellbeing and Nutrition (HWN)

Consortium is funded by FCDO and led by The University of Manchester’s Global Development Institute with strategic cross-sectoral partnerships (Consortium Partners) in different African Cities Consortium Partners  including Accra, Addis Ababa, Bukavu, Dar es Salaam, Freetown, Harare, Kampala, Lagos, Lilongwe, Maiguduri, Mogadishu, Nairobi. Visit webpages for the ACRC cities

ACRC Training Workshop

ACRC Training Workshop

ACRC Report Launch

ACRC Report Launch 

About the Research Team

Dr Gloria Kimuli Seruwagi

Principal Investigator (PI)

Florence Basiimwa Tushemerirwe

Co-Principal Investigator

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Maureen Nabatanzi

Research Fellow

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Maria Ssematiko

Project Administrator

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Mentors/Partners

Dr Stefanie Vandevijvere, PhD

Sciencsino, Belgium

Dr Gershim Asiki, PhD

APHRC/Nairobi

Dr Jose Luis Peñalvo, PhD

Institute of Tropical Medine, Antwerp/Belgium

Dr Henry Wamani

School of Public Health, Makerere University

Project Contacts

  1. Gloria Seruwagi, Makerere University, PI

            gloria.seruwagi@mak.ac.ug 

  1. Florence Basiimwa Tushemerirwe, School of Public Health, Makerere University, Co-PI

            ftushemerirwe@musph.ac.ug, ftusht01@gmail.com. 

Publications and Presentations

ACRC Health, Nutrition and Wellbeing (HWN) domain report

Project Partners

Established in 2017, CHASE-i seeks to improve health and socioeconomic outcomes through multidisciplinary research, innovation, implementation and partnership. 

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Catherine Nakidde Nzesei

BSc. | MA | MPH | PhD ongoing

Associate Director of Programmes

Catherine Nakidde Nzesei is the Centre’s Associate Director of Programmes – providing leadership and support to the Programmes Unit across all projects, teams and associates.

Catherine is a public health specialist with graduate training in public health, health promotion and international development. A recipient of the 2022 Commonwealth Scholarship, she embarked on a PhD in public pealth at UCL which is driven by her passion for health system strengthening – and building on previous work around Strengthening Health Professional Regulation in Uganda and Kenya. Catherine’s PhD examines systems and processes for continuous quality improvement of healthcare professional training.

Catherine’s professional interests revolve around leveraging impact from effective systems and empowering vulnerable population categories to enable them to fulfil their potential – whether in a professional, community or personal setting. Some of her previous work has focused on understanding the experiences of refugees and slum dwellers in the COVID-19 pandemic as well as health system resilience. Since inception, Catherine has directly supported for several Centre projects including those on Reproductive Maternal Newborn Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH), refugee health and wellbeing, Quality Improvement (QI) and livelihoods.