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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.[2][3][4]Table of ContentsAcademics[edit]School of Nursing and Midwifery[edit]Department of Nursing[edit]Department of Midwifery[edit]School of Clinical Medicine and Allied Sciences[edit]Department of Clinical Medicine[edit]School of Public Health[edit]School of Education[edit]School of Business Administration[edit]Faculty of Arts and Science[edit]Department of Agribusiness Management[edit]Department of Pastoral Theology[edit]Courses[edit][edit]Department of Information Technology[edit]Tropical Institute of Community Health and Development (TICH)[edit]Programs[edit]Research[edit]Current research projects[edit]Collaboration and networking[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Academics[edit]GLUK runs on a tri-semester academic calendar with admissions in January, May and September. Holiday classes are conducted during April, August, and December \u2013 on a ministry-based learning program.[5]School of Nursing and Midwifery[edit]Department of Nursing[edit]Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Full-time) – 12 trimestersBachelor of Science in Nursing (Upgrading) – 9 trimestersDepartment of Midwifery[edit]Masters of Science in Nursing (Part-time) – 6 trimestersSchool of Clinical Medicine and Allied Sciences[edit]Department of Clinical Medicine[edit]Diploma in Clinical Medicine, Surgery and Community Health – 12 trimestersBachelor of Clinical Medicine and Community Health – 12 trimestersBachelor of Clinical Medicine and Community Health (Upgrading) – 9 trimestersSchool of Public Health[edit]Masters:Masters in Community Health and Development: Full-time: 5 semestersMasters in Community Health and Development: Part-time (Saturday-Sunday): 8 semestersMasters in Community Health and Development: Distance Learning: 7 semestersHigher Diploma:Higher Diploma in Community Health Development: Full-time: 2 SemestersHigher Diploma in Community Health and Development: Part-time (Saturday-Sunday): 4 SemestersHigher Diploma in Community Health and Development: Distance Learning: 3 SemestersBachelors:Bachelors in Community Health and Development: Full-time (Direct Entry): 8 SemestersBachelors in Community Health and Development: Full-time (Upgraders): 5 SemestersBachelors in Community Health and Development: Distance Learning (Upgraders): 6 SemestersBachelors in Community Health and Development: Part-time (Upgraders) (Saturday-Sunday)\u00a0: 6 SemestersBachelor of Science in Community Nutrition: Full-time (Direct Entry): 8 SemestersBachelor of Science in Community Nutrition: Part-time (Upgraders) (Saturday-Sunday)\u00a0: 6 SemestersBachelor of Science in Community Nutrition: Distance Learning (Upgraders): 5 SemestersDiplomas:Diploma in Community Health and Development: Full Time (Direct Entry): 6 SemestersDiploma in Community Health and Development: Part-time (Post Basic) (Saturday-Sunday)\u00a0: 3 SemestersDiploma in Community Health and Development: Evening classes – 1730-2030 hrs – (Post Basic): 3 semestersDiploma in Community Nutrition: Full-time (Direct Entry): 4 semestersCertificates:Certificate in Community Nutrition: Full-time (Direct Entry): 4 SemesterCertificate in Community Health and Development: 4 SemestersShort courses:International HealthHealth care in complex, chronic emergency situationsHealth economics, financing and poverty reductionHealth, ethics and human rightsReproductive and child healthHealth policy analysis and development.Communication and TechnologyAdvanced Research MethodsSchool of Education[edit]School of Business Administration[edit]Faculty of Arts and Science[edit]The Faculty of Arts and Science departments are:Department of Agribusiness ManagementDepartment of Theology and CREDepartment of Information TechnologyDepartment of Hospitality and TourismDepartment of Business AdministrationDepartment of EducationDepartment of Agribusiness Management[edit]The department focuses on improving agribusiness innovations based on existing technologies. Agriculture is the major source of livelihood to 80% of the Kenyan population. It contributes 25% of GDP and 70% of Kenyan’s employment. Agribusiness encompasses the supply of agricultural inputs, the production and transformation of agricultural products, and the distribution of goods to consumers.[5]Department of Pastoral Theology[edit]Great Lakes University of Kisumu (GLUK) is an interdenominational evangelical Christian institution. It is a product of the Tropical Institute of Community Health and Development. The Department of Theology draws students mainly from Christian evangelical churches in Africa and beyond.Courses[edit]Certificate in Theology (2 Semesters-Minimum units 12): KCSE with a mean grade of C\u2212 or its equivalentDiploma in Theology (4 Semesters-Minimum units 24): KCSE with a mean grade of C or its equivalentBachelor of Theology (8 Semesters-Minimum Units 48): KCSE with a mean grade of C+ or Diploma in Theology with distinction or credit from a recognized theological college.Bachelor of Theology – Christian Counseling OptionBachelor of Theology – Chaplaincy Studies OptionBachelor of Arts \u2013 Christian leadership optionMasters in Theology (6 Semesters) (offered in collaboration with the Great Lakes University of Goma-DRC)Areas of teaching include:Practical Ministry – Systematic TheologyChurch History – Biblical Studies (OT emphasis or NT emphasis)Masters of Arts in Christian Ministry – with the following options:Practical Ministry – LeadershipChristian Counseling[edit]The department is concerned with planning foods and supplements for maintenance of individual and community health (infancy, childhood, adulthood and old age), and during different illnesses. It also deals with the assessment of nutritional status of individuals and communities.Graduates of community nutrition program are employed in hospitals, hotels, universities, schools and other catering facilities. They are also self-employed as consultants.Department of Information Technology[edit]The department addresses the need for Africa to harness IT for increased productivity and effectiveness in all sectors of the economy.Tropical Institute of Community Health and Development (TICH)[edit]The institute focuses on the health and development of disadvantaged communities.Programs[edit]Masters:Masters in Community Health and Development\u00a0: Full-time: 5 semestersMasters in Community Health and Development: Part-time (Saturday-Sunday)\u00a0: 8 semestersMasters in Community Health and Development\u00a0: Distance Learning: 7 semestersHigher Diploma’:Higher Diploma in Community Health Development\u00a0: Full-time: 2 SemestersHigher Diploma in Community Health and Development: Part-time (Saturday-Sunday): 4 SemestersHigher Diploma in Community Health and Development\u00a0: Distance Learning: 3 SemestersBachelors:Bachelors in Community Health and Development: Full-time (Direct Entry): 8 SemestersBachelors in Community Health and Development: Full-time (Upgraders): 5 SemestersBachelors in Community Health and Development: Distance Learning (Upgraders): 6 SemestersBachelors in Community Health and Development: Part-time (Upgraders) (Saturday-Sunday)\u00a0: 6 SemestersBachelor of Science in Community Nutrition: Full-time (Direct Entry): 8 SemestersBachelor of Science in Community Nutrition: Part-time (Upgraders) (Saturday-Sunday)\u00a0: 6 SemestersBachelor of Science in Community Nutrition: Distance Learning (Upgraders): 5 SemestersDiplomas:Diploma in Community Health and Development: Full Time (Direct Entry): 6 SemestersDiploma in Community Health and Development: Part-time (Post Basic) (Saturday-Sunday)\u00a0: 3 SemestersDiploma in Community Health and Development: Evening classes – 1730-2030Hrs- (Post Basic): 3 semestersDiploma in Community Nutrition: Full-time (Direct Entry): 4 semestersCertificates:Certificate in Community Nutrition: Full-time (Direct Entry): 4 SemesterCertificate in Community Health and Development: 4 SemestersShort courses:International HealthHealth care in complex, chronic emergency situationsHealth economics, financing and poverty reductionHealth, ethics and human rightsReproductive and child healthHealth policy analysis and development.Communication and TechnologyAdvanced Research MethodsResearch[edit]The Tropical Institute of Community Health and Development (TICH) engages in research in- 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 as a policy.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, community and institution-based health and development programs that contribute to poverty alleviation and combating ill health.Current research projects[edit]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.‘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.Collaboration and networking[edit]The training and education at the institute has collaborative programs with universities.External collaborations are with:Cheng\u2019 Kung University of TaiwanStellenbosch University of South AfricaUniversity of AmsterdamUniversity of Ottawal\u2019Universit\u00e9 Libre des Pays Grands Lacs (ULPGL) in Goma (DRC)The London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineEmory UniversityReferences[edit]External links[edit]  "},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/great-lakes-university-of-kisumu\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Great Lakes University of Kisumu"}}]}]