Table 1.
Stakeholder groups engaged during formation and organization of UINCD
| Initial round of engagement | Subsequent round of engagement |
|---|---|
| Academia | |
| Makerere University College of Health Sciences | |
| Department of Medicine, School of Medicine | Departments of Psychiatry and Surgery, School of Medicine |
| School of Public Health | |
| Medical Education Partnership Initiative-Cardiovascular Linked Award (MEPI–CVD) | |
| Infectious Diseases Institute | |
| Government | |
| Uganda Ministry of Health NCD Programme and Director General Clinical Services | Parliamentary Forum on NCDs |
| Mulago National Referral Hospital | |
| Uganda Cancer Institute | |
| Uganda Heart Institute | |
| Non-governmental organizations | |
| Uganda NCD Alliance | Uganda Muslim Medical Bureau |
| Uganda Heart Research Foundation | Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau |
| Uganda Diabetes Federation | Uganda Protestant Medical Bureau |
| Uganda Cancer Society | Management Sciences for Health |
| Danish Civil Society Fund | Center for Tobacco Control in Africa |
| Alliance for Stroke Awareness and Prevention Project | |
| Bilateral/multilateral institutions | |
| USAID | United Nations Development Program |
| WHO-Uganda NCD Country Advisor and Country Representative | |
| World Medical Association | |
| Health informatics | |
| OpenMRS software developer | |
MEPI–CVD: Medical Education Partnership Initiative–Cardiovascular Disease Linked Award; NCD: non-communicable diseases; OpenMRS: Open Medical Record Software; USAID: United States Agency for International Development; WHO: World Health Organization.