COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES

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1 UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES Fred N Were EBS Professor of Newborn Medicine & Dean SOM 19 th AMCOA Conference

2 Historical Evolution of the primary teaching units 1967 SOM with Dentistry/Pharmacy/Nursing as Departments 1995 School s of Phar & Dental Sc separate 2004 School of Nursing established 2010; School of PH is born

3 Evolution of additional units 2006 Centre for HIV prevention & Research KAVI Institute of Clinical Research 2.Africa Coordinating Centre for Abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation 2014; East African Kidney Institute

4 Governance & Organizational Structure Principal CHS Schools Deans/Directors Institutes Directors Dean Medicine Dean Dental Sciences UNITID KAVI Dean Pharmacy Director Public Health EAKI CHIVRI Director Nursing Sciences

5 Vision & Mission Vision An internationally recognised centre committed to scholarly and professional excellence in healthcare Mission To provide quality medical education and training through creation, preservation, integration, transmission and utilization of health knowledge.

6 College Mandate Train high caliber health-care professionals. Conduct research. Offer consultancy services. Offer health-related services to the community. Inform health policy formulation.

7 Students Enrolment Total 4,163 students 51 at PhD level (F-24, M-27) 1 at MD level ( M-1) 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)

8 InternationalStudents COUNTRY No. COUNTRY No. Benin 1 Ivory Coast 1 Botswana 4 Korea 1 Burundi 5 Liberia 1 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

9 International Students COUNTRY NO COUNTRY NO Sierra Leone 2 USA 2 Somalia 20 Zambia 13 South Sudan 49 Zimbabwe 1 Sudan 1 Zaire 1 Swaziland 2 Tanzania 21 Uganda 7

10 Academic Programs 79 high end programs regulated by various professional statutory boards PhDs/MD - 21 Masters - 41 Bachelors - 8 Diplomas - 5 Fellowships - 5 (Apprentice-based)

11 Staff Complement: 1112 Academic staff Professors - 52 Associate Professors - 66 Senior Lecturers - 73 Lecturers Assistant Lecturers - 2 Tutorial Fellows - 56 Part Time Lecturers - 1 Graduate Assistants - 2 Technical & Administrative Research projects (Contracts) - 331

12 Research (Multidisciplinary / collaborative research) Financial year Grants in KShs. Publications (no.) 2011/2012 1,330,000, /2013 1,383,000, /2014 1,415,002, /2015 1,503,845,

13 Research.. Impact on policy and practice e.g. Paediatric HIV care National HIV Vaccine Research Guidelines Prevention of mother to child HIV transmission guidelines Male circumcision practices in communities Reduction of HIV transmission amongst most at risk populations

14 Teaching and Research Facilities 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 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

15 Facilities... Library resources (Total 109,132) Print books 24,881 Journals 31,251, e-books 50,000 e- journals 3,000 ICT Wired access ports 961 Wireless networks PCs 622, Laptops 60, Non-institutional Computers 400

16 Collaborations & Linkages 46 active collaborations including: Teaching hospitals (Pumwani, Mathari, KNH) 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) etc.

17 CSR Contribution Created employment through grants Clinical & other specialized services at UONDental Hospital and collaborating hospitals Facilitated provision and fitting of > 20,000 hearing aids in partnership with Starkey Foundation, USA. The MARPSprogram 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)

18 Major challenges facing the College 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 institutions: Competition for teaching sites Potential for loosing staff Risk of reduced international links, collaborations and research funding.

19 College of Health Sciences in Pictorial

20 Location of CHS Administration & Main Teaching Hospital

21 The School of Dental Sciences & Hospital

22 Pre-clinical lecture theatre (500 pax)

23 Lecture Theatre III (350 pax), School of Medicine

24 Lab Work in Pre-Clinical Years

25 Pre & Clinical Teaching Lab III (350 pax)

26 Nairobi Surgical Skills Centre

27 Nairobi Surgical Skills Centre, Laboratory

28 Multi-purpose skills laboratory

29 Student in dental prosthetic laboratory

30 Postgraduate student in a dental clinic

31 KAVI Research laboratory, Dept. of Medical Microbiology

32 Our Motto Ensuring Health Care in Safe Hands Thank you