ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2024
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 52,000+ young leaders applied to join the Class of 2024 on 6,000+ campuses across 170 nations. 280+ campuses worldwide (just 5%) were selected to host the 4,000+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT ATWIINE KATO CHRISTOPHER, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.
Mbarara University of Science and Technology Town Campus | Mbarara, Uganda | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 2
" Leadership skills have guided my way through campus and with the knowledge I will obtained from the Millennium Fellowship class of 2024/25, I will be able to ensure ugandans and Africans at large have access to affordable and good quality health care that well aligns with SDG 3 as per World Health Organization. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Macare Mobile Based Application
We are developing MaCare, a hybrid information & referral platform: to avail information to mothers & for improved follow up, referral linkage and timely MCH Education. The information platform shall run on mobile phones and shall consist of the following;
Prerecorded voice messages (packaged as health education and reminders) and an SMS platform that shall run on a weekly basis; tailored to the gestation week. User-friendly; based on local dialect. A toll-free Helpline (24/7) on which mothers call for queries or to alert on any complications, for which case referral shall be arranged. A mobile Application that hosts the above features. Customizable: Health facilities can tailor message as per gestation age and pregnancy needs, using voices of health workers to whom pregnant mothers are accustomed to. The platform shall use existing structures like Village Health Teams (VHTs) with emphasis on male partner involvement.
We have engaged health workers at lower health facilities to establish current ANC practices and they have acknowledged that such an intervention would go a long way in improving follow up.
About the Millennium Fellow
Atwiine Kato Christopher is an aspiring pharmacist currently doing a bachelor of pharmacy degree at Mbarara University of Science and Technology. He comes from Bushenyi district in the southwest region of Uganda and a munyankole by tribe. He is passionate about leadership, good health and patient centered care. He is currently serving as the president Mbarara University Pharmacy Students' Association as well as the deputy Head Health department at Africa Young Leaders Foundation.
