Table 1 Summary of each school of public health capacity self-assessment process
| Â | Year established | No. of faculty | Self-administered section of assessment tool | Key informant interviews | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Â | No. of respondents | Type of respondents | No. of respondents | Type of respondents |
Jimma University College of Public Health and Medical Science, Ethiopia (CPHMS, Ethiopia) | 2009 | 285 | 26 | Purposive selection based on seniority: office holders (department heads) and relevance to research (research office holders) | 10 internal | Faculty, senior management |
| Â | 6 external | Ministry of Health | ||||
| Â | World Health Organization | |||||
Oromiya Regional Health Bureau | ||||||
JHPIEGO | ||||||
EHNRI | ||||||
EPHA | ||||||
Kinshasa School of Public Health, DRC (KSPH, DRC) | 1985 | 38 | 35 | Professors, Head of departments, lecturers | 8 internal | Faculty |
|  | 26 external | 13 – Ministry of Health senior officers | ||||
|  | 9 – Donor representatives | |||||
4 – National NGO officers | ||||||
Makerere University College of Health Sciences School of Public Health, Uganda (MakSPH, Uganda) | 1974 | 58 | 15 | Full time SPH faculty only. No part time lecturers from NGOs or MOH | 1 internal | Faculty |
|  | 6 external | 2 – Members of parliament | ||||
|  | 2 – District health officers | |||||
1 – Desk officer Ministry of Gender | ||||||
1 – Executive Director at Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau | ||||||
Moi University School of Public Health, Kenya (MUSOPH, Kenya) | 1997 | 35 | 22 | College of Health Sciences Faculty – Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry and Public Health | 6 internal | Dean |
| Â | Â | Deputy Vice Chancellor | ||||
|  | 2 – AMPATH | |||||
2 – Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) | ||||||
15 external | 6 – Ministry of Health (National and District levels) | |||||
2 – National Teaching and Referral Hospitals (Head research and Ag. deputy director) | ||||||
3 – Development partners (WHO, MSH and JICA) | ||||||
2 – Universities (GLUK and University of Nairobi) | ||||||
1 – NGOs (AMREF) | ||||||
1 – Research institution (KEMRI) | ||||||
Muhimbili School of Public Health, Tanzania (MUSPHSS, Tanzania) | 1991 | 43 | 16 | SPH faculty (Junior and senior, fulltime) | 1 internal | SPH-Dean |
|  | 4 external | 2 – MoH (Director for Policy and Planning and Head of HSR Unit) | ||||
1 – National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) Director of Research | ||||||
1 – World Health Organization | ||||||
National University of Rwanda School of Public Health, Rwanda (NURSPH, Rwanda) | 2000 | 19 | 4 | SPH faculty | 4 external | 1 – US Centers for Disease control (CDC) |
1 – Belgian Technical Corporation | ||||||
|  | 1 – MoH (Acting head of Maternal and Child Health) | |||||
|  | 1 – MoH (Head of Research and planning) | |||||
University of Nairobi School of Public Health, Kenya (SPHUoN, Kenya) | 2010 | 18 | 5 | Faculty who teach some aspect of health services management, policy, health economics, primary healthcare | 16 internal | 4 – Leadership (Director, SPH and thematic heads) |
|  | 12 – Junior and senior faculty | |||||
12 external | 1 – Ministry of Medical Services | |||||
(Accessed easily due to attendance at a leadership and health services management course) | 1 – Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation | |||||
3 – Universities (Great Lakes University, Strathmore University) | ||||||
4 – Development partners (World Bank, JICA, MSH, GIZ) | ||||||
2 – National Medical Training and Referral Centers (Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya Medical training college) | ||||||
|  |  | 1 – Institute of Health Policy Management and Research | ||||