Great Lakes University of Kisumu

Great Lakes University of Kisumu (or GLUK) is a Kenyan private chartered university. The idea of establishing the Great Lakes University of Kisumu originated in the Tropical Institute of Community Health and Development (TICH) in Africa, which spearheaded the application for authority to operate as a university. The establishment of TICH in 1998 was inspired by a number of sources expressing the need for a formal course in Community Based Health Care leading to a recognized academic qualification.

Academics

GLUK runs on a tri-semester academic calendar with admissions in January, May and September. Holiday classes are conducted during April, August, and December – on a ministry-based learning program.

Department of Nursing

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Full-time) - 12 trimesters

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Upgrading) - 9 trimesters

Department of Midwifery

Masters of Science in Nursing (Part-time) - 6 trimesters

Department of Clinical Medicine

• Diploma in Clinical Medicine, Surgery and Community Health - 12 trimesters
• Bachelor of Clinical Medicine and Community Health - 12 trimesters
• Bachelor of Clinical Medicine and Community Health (Upgrading) - 9 trimesters

School of Public Health

Masters:

• Masters in Community Health and Development: Full-time: 5 semesters
• Masters in Community Health and Development: Part-time (Saturday-Sunday): 8 semesters
• Masters in Community Health and Development: Distance Learning: 7 semesters

Higher Diploma:

• Higher Diploma in Community Health Development: Full-time: 2 Semesters
• Higher Diploma in Community Health and Development: Part-time (Saturday-Sunday): 4 Semesters
• Higher Diploma in Community Health and Development: Distance Learning: 3 Semesters

Bachelors:

• Bachelors in Community Health and Development: Full-time (Direct Entry): 8 Semesters
• Bachelors in Community Health and Development: Full-time (Upgraders): 5 Semesters
• Bachelors in Community Health and Development: Distance Learning (Upgraders): 6 Semesters
• Bachelors in Community Health and Development: Part-time (Upgraders) (Saturday-Sunday) : 6 Semesters
• Bachelor of Science in Community Nutrition: Full-time (Direct Entry): 8 Semesters
• Bachelor of Science in Community Nutrition: Part-time (Upgraders) (Saturday-Sunday) : 6 Semesters
• Bachelor of Science in Community Nutrition: Distance Learning (Upgraders): 5 Semesters

Diplomas:

• Diploma in Community Health and Development: Full Time (Direct Entry): 6 Semesters
• Diploma in Community Health and Development: Part-time (Post Basic) (Saturday-Sunday) : 3 Semesters
• Diploma in Community Health and Development: Evening classes - 1730-2030 hrs - (Post Basic): 3 semesters
• Diploma in Community Nutrition: Full-time (Direct Entry): 4 semesters

Certificates:

Certificate in Community Nutrition: Full-time (Direct Entry): 4 Semester

Certificate in Community Health and Development: 4 Semesters

Short courses:

• International Health
• Health care in complex, chronic emergency situations
• Health economics, financing and poverty reduction
• Health, ethics and human rights
• Reproductive and child health

Health policy analysis and development.

Communication and Technology

Advanced Research Methods

Current research projects

University research projects include:

'Scaling up of community strategy for accelerated maternal and neonatal and child health in Siaya and Homabay counties' aims to scale up and accelerate maternal and neonatal and child health indicators in Homabay and Siaya counties in Kenya. It is hoped that this will reduce the burden of disease, and contribute to the achievement of MDGs. It is a UNICEF supported project.

The 'Strengthening The Health System Through Collaborative Research' project aims to strengthen the uptake and functionality of the Community Health Strategy by building the capacity of the community to establish Community Units for health and development. It produces evidence on uptake of the Community Health Services elements; cost-effectiveness of CHS; and task shifting to level one. It is being implemented in Kisumu, Butere and Garissa. It is a Consortium National Health Research (CNHR).

The 'Linking Community Based Health Information System And Institutional Health System For Effective Decision Making' project aims to strengthen the effectiveness of CBIS-HIS linkage and the effect to service uptake. It is being implemented in Kisumu, Butere and Garissa. It is an IDRC funded project

'Budget monitoring and advocacy for improved efficiency in health resource utilization' is a project that trains community health committee members on health budget monitoring and on improved efficiency in health resource utilization. It is running in five districts in Nyanza and Western Provinces. It is a WEMOS funded project.

'Liberating vulnerable communities from abject poverty through training for livelihood and cash transfer support' is a project that aims to liberate communities from abject poverty through training for livelihood and cash transfer support. It targets the Peri-urban area of Nyalenda. It is a concern-funded project.

Revitalizing the halt in fertility decline is a project to support sensitization of the community on family planning. The project will produce a model for community based family planning system. It covers four districts across Western and Nyanza Provinces. It is an APHRC funded project.

'Scaling up Community Health Services' project aims to scale up Community Health Services in 25 districts across the country. It is a SIMAVI funded project.

'Promoting the uptake of PMTCT services among pregnant mothers' project promotes the uptake of PMTCT services among pregnant mothers in Greater Nyamira. It is a CDC funded project

'Building the capacity of CBOs in partnering communities through training' project aims to build the capacity of CBOs in partnering communities through trainings on governance, management and resource mobilization for health and development activities. The project objective is to build the capacity of Community Units to become sustainable. So far 15 Community Units drawn from seven districts in Nyanza and Western are beneficiaries. It is a SIMAVI funded project.

Collaboration and networking

The training and education at the institute has collaborative programs with universities.

External collaborations are with:

• Cheng’ Kung University of Taiwan
• Stellenbosch University of South Africa
• University of Amsterdam
• University of Ottawa
• l’Université Libre des Pays Grands Lacs (ULPGL) in Goma (DRC)
• The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
• Emory University

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