Internationally engaging

10 December 2008

Our International Engagement Awards fund projects that encourage public engagement with health research in developing countries. After an impressive response to the first ever round of funding, we funded 15 projects. Of these, three are in Uganda, complementing other projects underway to build strong public engagement practice in the East Africa region.

In Uganda, the awards were made to: Pontiano Kaleebu (Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe), to address communication gaps and needs in HIV prevention research within Lake Victoria fishing communities; Dan Kaye (Makerere University, Kampala), to engage the public in global health research and help the university become a leading institution for public engagement; and Duncan Dallas and Patrice Mawa (Cafes Scientifiques UK and Uganda Virus Research Institute), to establish cafes scientifiques for adults and for schools in Uganda.