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-unded 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
- Improving the nutrition status for the under fives in the Peri-urban slum project aims to improve the nutrition status for the under fives in the Peri-urban slum of Nyalenda. It is a concern funded project.
| GRANTS DONE BY GREAT LAKES UNIVERSITY OF KISUMU | |||||||
| 2016 Projects and Research | |||||||
| S. No | Project Name | Lead Evaluator | Objectives | From | to | $ | KShs |
| 1 | APHRC | Prof. Stephen Okeyo | To increase contraceptive prevalence rates in Busia and Siaya counties with an aim of improving maternal and child health | 1st Feb 2016 | 17-Jan | 27,841.00 | 2,784,100.00 |
| 2 | 3ie | Dr. Careena Otieno | To test immunization intervention | 23rd Dec 2015 | 15th Feb 2017 | 199,879 | 19,987,900 |
| 3 | HERA | Dr. Margaret Kaseje | To improve Maternal and Neonatal Health | 16-Jan | 5,000 | 500,000 | |
| 4 | HERA | Dr. Margaret Kaseje | 16-May | 20,023 | 2,002,300 | ||
| TOTAL | 252,743 | 25,274,300 | |||||
| 2015 Projects and Research | |||||||
| S.No | Project Name | Lead Evaluator | Objectives | From | To | $ | KShs |
| 1 | SIHCLIC | Dr. Margaret Kaseje | 1-Jan-13 | 31-Dec-17 | 16,901.62 | 1,690,162.00 | |
| 2 | IOWA | Dr. Jane Mumma | 1-Aug-15 | 30-Sep-16 | 9,708.43 | 970,843.00 | |
| 3 | MATHETICA | Prof. Gonzo Manyasi | 13-Oct-15 | 27-Jan-16 | 57,291 | 5,729,180 | |
| 4 | APHRC | Prof. Gonzo Manyasi | To increase contraceptive prevalence rates in Busia and Siaya counties with an aim of improving maternal health | 1-Feb-15 | 31-Jan-16 | 31,880 | 3,188,022 |
| 5 | BAKRI BALOON | Prof. Gonzo Manyasi | 2015 | 17,959 | 1,795,935 | ||
| 6 | GEO HEALTH | Kevin Ocholla | 2015 | 2,435 | 243,500 | ||
| 7 | London Sch of Hygiene-CHEPSA | Prof. John Alwar | To develop capacities for schools of public health in health systems research and policy analysis | 2015 | 24,308 | 2,430,874 | |
| 8 | SIMAVI ASK | Dr. Charles Wafula | to improve access to Sexual Reproductive Health to young pple | 2015 | 326,344 | 32,634,400 | |
| 9 | SIMAVI UFBR | Dr. Charles Wafula | To strengthen and scale up community health strategy | 2015 | 80,835 | 8,083,519 | |
| 10 | SIMAVI-0R | Dr. Charles Wafula | To access Meaningful Youth participation in Health Systems Management | 2015 | 28,831 | 2,883,103 | |
| 11 | university of Ottawa | Prof. Dan Kaseje | 15-Aug | 16-Aug | 9,780 | 978,069 | |
| 12 | KCDF | Dr. Margaret Kaseje | 15-Apr | 4,319 | 431,951 | ||
| 13 | Sanitation and Hygiene Applied Research Equity SHARE 1 (London Sch. Of Hygiene & Trop. Med) | Dr. Jane Mumma | To assess the relative importance of different multi-level factors in predicting the contamination of different exposure pathways, and to characterize high-risk population sub-groups in relation to WASH-related disease burden. | 2015 | 44,480.74 | 4,448,074 | |
| 14 | University of IOWA | Dr. Jane Mumma | To understand the spatial patterns by which fecally transmitted microbes are dispersed across an environment impacted by open feces disposal and to identify environmental and social drivers of those patterns | 15-Aug | 16-Aug | 9,708 | 970,842 |
| TOTAL | 664,781 | 66,478,474 | |||||
| 2013 Projects and Research | |||||||
| S.No | Project Name | Lead Evaluator | Objectives | From | To | $ | KShs |
| 1 | SIMAVI | Scaling-up the youth and women SRH service utilization | 1-Jan-13 | 31-Dec-15 | 370,588 | 37,058,800 | |
| 2 | Consortium for National Health Research (CNHR) | Strengthening health systems through research | 1-Apr-13 | 31-Jul-13 | 240,395 | 24,039,500 | |
| 3 | SIMAVI | Inception Phase: Capacity development for youth participation | 1-Nov-13 | 28-Feb-14 | 126,289 | 12,628,900 | |
| TOTAL | 737,272 | 73,727,200 | |||||
| 2012 Projects and Project | |||||||
| S.No | Project Name | Lead Evaluator | Objectives | From | To | $ | KShs |
| 1 | Consortium for Health Policy and Systems Analysis in Africa (CHEPSAA) | Consortium for Health Policy and Systems Analysis in Africa | 15-Mar-12 | 30-Sep-15 | 154,735 | 15,473,500 | |
| 2 | IntraHealth International Inc. (USAID)- FUNZO | Developing a training strategy for the community health workforce | 15-Mar-12 | 30-Sep-14 | 345,187 | 34,518,700 | |
| 3 | World Health Organization (WHO) | Kenya Service Availability and Readiness Assessment and Mapping (SARAM) in all health care facilities – Nyanza and Western Regions | 5-Apr-12 | 31-May-13 | 116,891 | 11,689,100 | |
| TOTAL | 616,813 | 61,681,300 | |||||
| 2011 Projects and Projects | |||||||
| S.No | Project Name | Lead Evaluator | Objectives | From | To | $ | KShs |
| 2 | CHRESS | Supporting the development of hubs for research and training | 1-Mar-11 | 30-Sep-14 | 318,149 | 31,814,900 | |
| 2 | United Nations International Children’s Fund(UNICEF) | Acceleration of Material, New born and child survical and development | 1-Aug-11 | 31-Jul-12 | 252,817 | 25,281,700 | |
| TOTAL | 570,966 | 57,096,600 | |||||
| 2010 Projects and Projects | |||||||
| S. No | Project Name | Lead Evaluator | Objectives | From | To | $ | KShs. |
| 1 | SIMAVI | TICH CBO | 1-Jan-10 | 31-Dec-11 | 186,551 | 18,655,100 | |
| 2 | University of Ottawa/IDRC- TEASDALE | Documenting Capacity Strengthening Approaches and best practices across the Teasdale-Corti Team Grants | 5-May-10 | 31-Dec-12 | 2,346 | 234,600 | |
| TOTAL | 188,897 | 18,889,700 | |||||
| 2009 Projects and Projects | |||||||
| S.No. | Project Name | Lead Evaluator | objectives | From | To | $ | KShs |
| 1 | University of Ottawa/IDRC – TEASDALE | Strengthening Nurses’ capacity in HIV policy Development in Sub-Saharan Africa and Caribean | 19-Jan-09 | 31-Dec-12 | 247,641 | 24,764,100 | |
| 2 | Africa Health Systems Initiative/ IDRC (AHSI) | Linking Community Based Health Information System and Institutional Health System for Effective Decision Making | 18-Dec-09 | 19-Jun-13 | 278,436 | 27,843,600 | |
| TOTAL | 526,077 | 52,607,700 | |||||
| GRAND TOTAL | 3,557,549 | 355,755,274 | |||||
