Tropical Institute Of Community Health And Development(TICH)

The Institute is unique in its focus in the health and development of disadvantaged communities. All the academic and professional programs offered respond to the current situation in Africa demanding capacity building in order to address health and development issues in the African context. OFFICIAL TICH WEBSITE

Programs

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 - 1730-2030Hrs- (Post Basic): 3 semesters
Diploma in Community Nutrition: Full time (Direct Entry): 4 semesters

Certificates:

Certificate in Community Nutrition: Full time (Direct Entry): 2 Semester
Certificate in Community Health: Health Information Systems and Surveillance : 12 units
Certificate in Community Health:  Agribusiness option: 12 Units

Short courses

The short courses seek to focus on the peculiar and common problems that graduates are likely to confront in their practice and are based on contemporary issues such as:
• 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


Research capabilities

TICH has engage in research within and outside the region. In improving the performance of district health systems in Kenya, the Institute was involved in spearheading the development of the community strategy for Kenya which was tested in six pilot districts in Nyanza Province, Kenya before it was scaled up in the whole country in Kenya as a policy.

The research activities of the Institute aim at developing new and creative approaches for responding to systemic and conceptual issues in health and development. To ensure relevance in its research activities the Institute focuses on participatory action research and develops, tests and replicates models, approaches and innovations at various levels of health and development systems.

Through its partnership program and using its Essential Elements of Dignified Livelihood (EEDL) model, the Institute undertakes and implements, in collaboration
with communities and institutions various community and institution-based health and development programs that contribute to poverty alleviation and combating ill health.

Current research projects

The university is currently engaged in various research projects.

1. Scale up of Community Strategy for accelerated maternal and neonatal and child health in Siaya and Homabay counties
The project 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 significantly reduce the current burden of disease, and contribute to the achievement of MDGs. This is a UNICEF supported project.


2. Strengthening The Health System Through Collaborative Research
The project aims to strengthen uptake and functionality of Community Health Strategy by building capacities of the community to establish and maintain Community Units for health and development. It endeavors to produce evidence on; uptake of the Community Health Services elements; cost-effectiveness of CHS; and task shifting to level one. It is being implemented in 3 districts (Kisumu, Butere and Garrissa). This is a Consortium National Health Research (CNHR).

3. Linking Community Based Health Information System And Institutional Health System For Effective Decision Making
The project aims at strengthening and testing effectiveness of CBIS-HIS linkage and the effect to service uptake. It is being implemented in 3 districts (Kisumu, Butere and Garrissa). This is an IDRC funded project

4. Budget monitoring and advocacy for improved efficiency in health resource utilization

A project aiming at training community health committee members on health budget monitoring and advocacy for improved efficiency in health resource utilization. It is currently running in 5 districts in Nyanza and Western Provinces. This is a WEMOS funded project.

5. Liberating vulnerable communities from abject poverty through training for livelihood and cash transfer support.
This is a project aiming at liberating vulnerable communities from abject poverty through training for livelihood and cash transfer support. It targets Peri-urban area of Nyalenda. This is a concern funded project.

6. Revitalizing the Stall in fertility decline.
This is a project to support sensitization of the community on family planning. The project aim to produce a model for community based family planning system. It covers 4 district drawn across Western and Nyanza Provinces. This is an APHRC funded project

7. scaling up Community Health Services
The project aims at scaling up Community Health Services in 25 districts across the country. This is a SIMAVI funded project

8. Promoting the uptake of PMTCT services among pregnant mothers
The project aims at promoting the uptake of PMTCT services among pregnant mothers in the Greater Nyamira. This is a CDC funded project

9. Building the capacity of CBOs in partnering communities through trainings
The Project aims at building the capacity of CBOs in partnering communities through trainings on governance, management and resource mobilization for health and development activities. The project’s main objective is to build the capacity of Community Units to become sustainable, so far 15 Community Units drawn from 7 districts in Nyanza and Western are beneficiaries. This is a SIMAVI funded project

10. Improving the nutrition status for the under fives in the Peri-urban slum
The project aims at improving the nutrition status for the under fives in the Peri-urban slum of Nyalenda. This is a concern funded project.


Collaboration and networking

The training and education at the Institute is enriched by collaborative programs with various universities. Current 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, and Emory University.

FEE STRUCTURE

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT THE  OFFICIAL TICH WEBSITE