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UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI

COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES

Fred N Were EBSProfessor of Newborn Medicine & Dean SOM

19th AMCOA Conference

University of Nairobi ISO 9001:2008 Certified http://chs.uonbi.ac.ke

1967

SOM with Dentistry/Pharmacy/Nursing as Departments

Historical Evolution of the primary teaching units

1995

School s of Phar & Dental Sc separate

2004

School of Nursing established

2010; School of PH is born

University of Nairobi ISO 9001:2008 Certified http://www.uonbi.ac.ke

2006

Centre for HIV prevention & Research

2013

Evolution of additional units

2013

1.KAVI Institute of Clinical Research

2.Africa Coordinating Centre for Abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation

2014; East African Kidney Institute


Governance & Organizational Structure

SchoolsDeans/Directors

InstitutesDirectors

PrincipalCHS


DeanMedicine

DeanDental Sciences

DeanPharmacy

DirectorPublic Health

DirectorNursing Sciences

UNITID KAVI

EAKI CHIVRI

Vision

∗ An internationally recognised centre committed to scholarly and professional excellence in healthcare

Vision & Mission

Mission

∗ To provide quality medical education and training

through creation, preservation, integration,

transmission and utilization of health knowledge.


∗ Train high caliber health-care professionals.

∗ Conduct research.

College Mandate

∗ Offer consultancy services.

∗ Offer health-related services to the community.

∗ Inform health policy formulation.


Total 4,163 students

∗ 51 at PhD level (F-24, M-27)

∗ 1 at MD level ( M-1)

Students’ Enrolment

∗ 903 at Masters level (F-489, M-414)

∗ 3642 at undergraduate level (F-1855, M-1787)

∗ 15 at Diploma level (F-6, M-9)

∗ 18 at Fellowship level (F-8, M-10)


COUNTRY No. COUNTRY No.

Benin 1 Ivory Coast 1

Botswana 4 Korea 1

Burundi 5 Liberia 1

Cameroon 1 Malawi 18

International Students

Cameroon 1 Malawi 18

Canada 1 Mali 1

Congo DRC 6 Mauritania 3

Cote D’Ivore 1 Mozambique 5

Eritrean 1 Nepal 1

Ethiopia 6 Nigeria 7

Ghana 1 Pakistan 1

India 3 Rwanda 31


International Students

COUNTRY NO COUNTRY NO

Sierra Leone 2 USA 2

Somalia 20 Zambia 13

South Sudan 49 Zimbabwe 1


South Sudan 49 Zimbabwe 1

Sudan 1 Zaire 1

Swaziland 2

Tanzania 21

Uganda 7

∗ 79 high end programs regulated by various

professional statutory boards

� PhDs/MD - 21

Academic Programs

� Masters - 41

� Bachelors - 8

� Diplomas - 5

∗ Fellowships - 5 (Apprentice-based)


� Academic staff - 425

�Professors - 52

�Associate Professors - 66

�Senior Lecturers - 73

�Lecturers - 172

Staff Complement: 1112

�Lecturers - 172

�Assistant Lecturers - 2

�Tutorial Fellows - 56

�Part Time Lecturers - 1

�Graduate Assistants - 2

∗ Technical & Administrative - 360

∗ Research projects (Contracts) - 331


Research (Multidisciplinary / collaborative research)

Financial year Grants in KShs. Publications (no.)

2011/2012 1,330,000,000 338


2011/2012 1,330,000,000 338

2012/2013 1,383,000,000 315

2013/2014 1,415,002,140.00 324

2014/2015 1,503,845,553.98 422

∗ Impact on policy and practice e.g.

� Paediatric HIV care

� National HIV Vaccine Research Guidelines

� Prevention of mother to child HIV transmission

Research…..

� Prevention of mother to child HIV transmission

guidelines

� Male circumcision practices in communities

� Reduction of HIV transmission amongst most at risk

populations


∗ KNH (National Referral and Official Teaching Hospital) and

Mathari, Pumwani, Tigoni and Mbagathi Hospitals

∗ Nairobi Surgical Skills Centre

∗ Multipurpose Skills and Teaching Laboratories

∗ Enhanced Level III Bio-containment Laboratory

Teaching and Research Facilities

∗ Enhanced Level III Bio-containment Laboratory

∗ Telemedicine and Telepathology studios

∗ WHO Regional Training Center for Ophthalmology

∗ Main Lecture Theaters (1*500 pax, 1*350 pax, 3*150 pax, 1*100 pax, 2*40 pax)

∗ Laboratories (1*350 pax)

∗ Seminar Rooms

∗ Decentralized sites for students attachment


∗ Library resources (Total 109,132)

� Print books 24,881

� Journals 31,251,

� e-books 50,000

Facilities ....

� e-books 50,000

� e- journals 3,000

∗ ICT

� Wired access ports 961

� Wireless networks

� PCs 622, Laptops 60, Non-institutional Computers 400


∗ 46 active collaborations including:

� Teaching hospitals (Pumwani, Mathari, KNH)

� Research partners (KEMRI, Institute of Primate

Collaborations & Linkages

� Research partners (KEMRI, Institute of Primate

Research, AMREF, Welcome Trust)

� Universities (Maryland, Baltimore, USA; Washington,

Seattle, USA; Manitoba, Canada; Maryland, Baltimore,

USA; Oxford, UK; Ludwig-Macmillan, Munich, Germany)

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∗ Created employment through grants

∗ Clinical & other specialized services at UON Dental Hospital and collaborating hospitals

∗ Facilitated provision and fitting of > 20,000 hearing aids in partnership with Starkey Foundation, USA.

∗ The MARPS program has contributed to reduction of HIV

CSR Contribution

∗ The MARPS program has contributed to reduction of HIV infection

∗ Quality assurance of medicines

∗ Community outreach

� Promotive (awareness on health issues)

� Preventive (HIV vaccine development, cervical & breast cancer screening)

� Treatment (eye surgery, cleft lip/palate surgery)


� Lack of adequate physical space which restricts:

� Expansion of teaching facilities

� Student enrolment to meet national demands for medical education and better health care

� The rapid rise in the number of health care training

Major challenges facing the College

� The rapid rise in the number of health care training institutions:

� Competition for teaching sites

� Potential for loosing staff

� Risk of reduced international links, collaborations and research funding.


College of Health Sciences College of Health Sciences in Pictorial


Location of CHS Administration & Main Teaching Hospital


The School of Dental Sciences & Hospital


Pre-clinical lecture theatre (500 pax)


Lecture Theatre III (350 pax),School of Medicine


Lab Work in Pre-Clinical Years


Pre & Clinical Teaching Lab III (350 pax)


Nairobi Surgical Skills Centre


Nairobi Surgical Skills Centre, Laboratory


Multi-purpose skills laboratory


Student in dental

prosthetic laboratory


Postgraduate student in a

dental clinic


KAVI Research laboratory,Dept. of Medical Microbiology


Ensuring Health Care in Safe Hands

Our Motto

Hands

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