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From June 21 – July 2 the second Ultrasound module of 4 was conducted at Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) in Nairobi. As this is a continuation of the Ultrasound Training, the same 21 participants that attended module 1 were present. The overall objective of module 2 was to teach the normal anatomy of the…

Sierd Hoekstra presented the first of a series of countrywide Hospital Waste Management Training courses. This course took place in Nairobi, Kenya in June and follows on from the Train the Trainers course in February and April. Sierd was assisted by local trainers who took part in the Train the Trainers course.

Age Froma represented MeduProf-S from 3-14 May to conduct a Radiography training course. Here is Age’s ‘story’: “For the first two weeks of May I went to Uganda as a teacher from MeduProf-S. It was my 5th time in this beautiful country: the people are nice and so is the weather. The next thing I…

From 10–14 May, module 4 of the Hospital Management Training in Kenya was facilitated by Michel Duinkerke and Martin Osumba. This module, entitled ‘Epidemiology and Public Health’ addressed topics which included measures of disease frequency, measures of burden of disease, study designs, measures of determinant-disease association, international frameworks and commitments to health, the health system…

Erik van Roon, a specialist Casualty Care Trainer from Fontys University of Applied Sciences in The Netherlands, has recently completed a Train the Trainer course in Nairobi, Kenya. The course was conducted as part of the Institutional Development program in our rehabilitation project. Erik trained 10 nurses to assist in the country wide courses which…

Willem van Prooijen presented the second part of the Hospital Waste Management Train the Trainer workshop from the 21-23 April. The course participants continued to play a very active part as each individual gave a presentation to the group as well as each participant being involved in one of four group presentations. Willem also incuded…

Module 1 of the Ultrasound Training Courses in Kenya for the ORET Project took place from April 12- 23. This is the first Ultrasound module of a total of 4 and was conducted at Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) in Nairobi. 16 hospitals are involved in the first phase of the ORET project and 21…

Wim van Grieken is an experienced Engineer and teacher and has been to Africa on two occasions on behalf of MeduProf-S. Read about Wim’s experiences as a teacher in Africa: Wim’s visits to Africa