Category: Sub-Saharan Africa

8-10 October Radiographers’ Scientific Conference (RASCO) The fourth Radiographers’ Scientific Conference will be hosted by The Society of Radiography in Kenya (Sork). The theme this year is Radiography: Clinical and Environmental Safety’ and the venue is the Elementaita Country Lodge which is about 120 kilometers from Nairobi and located on the shores of the flamingoe…

The 3rd Casualty Care Course was conducted by Willem Grool, a MeduProf-S expert, and 2 local teachers – Faith Njeru and Maurice W. Ogotti. The 10 participants of this course arrived at Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) on Monday 13th September for the week long course. Students initially expressed their concern about ‘knowing how to…

From 6-10 September 2010, Module 6 of the Hospital management Training in Kenya was conducted by Marc van Heijst. The first days the module concentrated on Primary Healthcare, planning and monitoring; subsequently there were lectures and group discussions about financial management. Guest lecturer Dr Bill Martin Osumba, MPH gave a presentation, named Kenya Quality Management…

The first Module of 6 for Medical Engineers was conducted from September 13 – 17 by Roel de Wilde. Twelve Medical Engineers were present. The theory lessons took place in the morning and in the afternoon the practical lessons were conducted at the department of Engineering of KMTC. The broad objective for Module 1 was…

MeduProf-S is pleased to welcome Henk and Boudewien Sikking as members of our team. They are both based in Maputo, Mozambique. Henk is our local co-ordinator in Mozambique developing healthcare education in collaboration with ISCETEM (Instituto Superiour de Ciencias e Tecnologia de Mocambique) and Boudewien will start to conduct communication lectures also at ISCETEM.

From August 2nd to 12th Ultrasound training for the Batch 2 hospitals under the ORET project was conducted. This is the 5th module of a total of 6 and the 32 students present were active and eager to learn. The skills lab, where scanning skills can be practised, has been moved to a villa just…

The third Ultrasound Module of 4 was conducted from August 16 – 27 at Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) in Nairobi. Again, the same 21 participants that were present during modules 1 and 2 attended. On the first Monday the participants handed in their practical portfolio assignment for the previous module. The teaching team gave…

Joint Training School Graduation was organised at Mengo hospital in Kampala, Uganda. During this graduation ceremony a total of 476 graduates consisting of Nurses, Midwives, Laboratory assistants and technicians, Ultrasonographers, Medical Radiographers and Pattern Recognition technicians received their certificate or diploma. Among the graduates were 16 students, who studied Ultrasound under the ORET project. This…

From July 5-9 the second of six Casualty Care Nursing Courses was conducted by Tineke Sportel in Nairobi, Kenya. This time, the trainers Robert Makori and Jane Achola were there to present the course. Tineke’s role was to provide support and guidance to them when neccesary. The training was a great success and the participants…

From 5-9 July 2010, Module 5 of the Hospital Management Training in Kenya was facilitated by Winny Koster. The title of this module was Medical Anthropology and International Health Policies with a guest lecturer, Benson Mulemi, presenting ‘Ethnography of the Cancer Ward in Kenyatta Hospital’. The majority of participants had no previous experience with anthropology…