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Rio da Huila Hospital is 35 km from Lubango, the capital of the Huila Province. It is a rural general hospital of 10 beds, including ophthalmology and dentistry services, plus a 48 bed Tuberculosis Ward and a Community Health Program. It is a wholistic medical outreach to the Ovamwila people, mostly very poor, dependent on the local weather to be favourable to grow enough corn, millet and beans for the year. The Hospital team shares the Good News of God's love through medical care, dentistry, evangelistic outreach and prayer. The Ovamuila are coming to the Lord, which is very exciting. The Ovamuila believers themselves are sharing Jesus reaching out to villagers far from the main roads. Those are the very ones who also need access to community health care. Come and join us share the love of God. He is our Healer.
Rio da Huila Hospital offers electives for medical students which will include participation in ambulatory consultations, laboratory work and community health mobile clinics. Knowledge of Portuguese is beneficial. A good grasp of Italian, Spanish or French helps in bridging to Portuguese.
Banso Baptist Hospital is the oldest and second largest hospital of the Cameroon Baptist Convention. The CBCHS provides holistic healthcare services, integrating physical and spiritual care, including preventive, curative and rehabilitative medicine. Special services and programs include the HIV/AIDS Care and Prevention Program, central pharmacy, Private Training School for Health Personnel, Life Abundant Primary Health Care, Maternal-Child Health, technical services department (building projects), health care technology unit, chaplaincy services, residency programs in surgery and internal medicine and Services for People with Disabilities. Banso Baptist Hospital is located in the Northwest Region (province) of Cameroon. It is a 315 bed facility which provides services to over 94,000 outpatients and 8,000 in-patients annually. English, French and Pidgin English are the primary languages spoken at the hospital. Interpreters are available for patient interaction.
Electives - Offer medical elective placements via UFM worldwide. Offer medical elective placements via Medical Centres of West Africa. Students can be involved with ward rounds, assist in theatre, do deliveries as well as public health and community outreach work. Depends on language ability and level of training.
They have a 3-year nurse training program so are always looking for teachers who could do block teaching in French.
Electives - Students can assist with ward work, in theatre, help supervise health centres and participate in case presentations and discussions.New Sight is an international charity working in the town of Ouesso in the Republic of Congo. The charity is registered in the U.K. and in Hong Kong. It previously established a non profit eye clinic based at Pioneer Christian Hospital in another part of the country and was invited by the local authorities to begin a new project in Ouesso. Ouesso is the regional capital of La Sangha region in Congo. It is a strategic location as it is accessible to the whole country as well as to neighbouring Cameroon and Central African Republic.
New Sight has its own plot of land in Ouesso and is preparing the construction of a purpose-built eye hospital. In the meantime, the charity runs an eye clinic in the town to help patients from across the region and country, treating around 200 patients per month. Alongside the clinic, the charity runs a nursing school where local people are trained to provide staffing for the clinic and future hospital. We are also passionate about community health education and screening. The pioneering New Sight team members come from different cultures and backgrounds, and work together to serve our community with roles from administration, engineering, medical to community outreach.
Social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram): @newsightcongo
YouTube: New Sight Eye Care
Medical elective opportunities offered Electives - Medical elective opportunities offered Electives - Elective opportunities offered for final year students. Can participate in outpatient and inpatient work, assisting in theatre and outreach programmes.
Fistula Foundation trains surgeons and funds operations to repair obstetric fistula, a devastating injury caused by difficult childbirth that renders the woman incontinent. Obstetric fistula affects the poorest women in the poorest parts of the developing world. More than 75 percent of women who suffer from fistula have endured labor that lasted three days or longer, usually with loss of the baby. Fistula can only be cured with surgery, and without proper treatment, women often find it difficult to reintegrate into their communities, including facing ostracism by their families.
Began in 1998 - marks its 18 years in 2016. The Main hospital is located along the scenic Rift -Valley escapement at Kijabe town four kilometers off Nairobi - Naivasha Road and Nairobi branch clinic is located in the Westlands Nairobi West Point building at the 4th floor, off parklands road Mpaka road.
The Hospital provides care for over 9400 children a year and performs over 4500 surgeries each year. It's the first of its kind in Kenya, the first hospital to specialize in one medical specialty in Kenya. AIC CURE International hospital uses mobile clinic model whereby it seeks to reduce number of days spend at the hospital by clucking patient on mobile clinic sites and on bringing patient to the main hospital for corrective surgeries and follow-up clinic.
AIC CURE International hospital in Kijabe aims to provide treatment at a world standard level with the latest technology and equipment.
The hospital has partnered with Kenai Spine Centre from USA, who bring spine specialists twice or thrice a year to do complex surgeries onsite. The hospital has also partnered with Michigan University where our doctors rotate for orthopedic experiences.
The hospital provides care for children suffering from conditions like clubfoot, cleft lip and cleft palate, curvature of the spine and disabilities stemming from polio, cerebral palsy, burn contractures and other congenital abnormalities. AIC CURE International hospital oversees the largest clubfoot programme in Eastern Africa and provide prosthesis & orthotics appliances beyond the Eastern Africa region. The hospital does Adult services which include Total knee replacement, Total Hip Replacement, Spine surgeries,pain management,sports Medicine,prosthesis and orthotics.
Medical elective opportunities available via Cure International Medical elective opportunities available via AIM International. Medical elective opportunities available via AIM International Placements of 6 weeks minimum with participation in ward work as well as opportunities to assist with surgery and deliveries. Can plan rotations on arrival.
Mission Africa partner with the Presbyterian Church in East Africa, Kikuyu Hospital. The general hospital has four main wards: male, female, paediatric, and maternity. In- patient numbers are usually around 100. Services also include: outpatients, maternal and child health, casualty (emergency room), a busy operating theatre, dental unit and an ART programme (dealing with HIV/AIDS). The hospital also has an Eye Unit, which provides highly specialised ophthalmic care throughout East Africa. An orthopaedic rehabilitation unit with an active surgical programme, is also on site.
For more information email: info@missionafrica.org.uk
We can offer medical elective placements from 4 weeks to 3 months via Mission Africa Electives - Medical elective opportunities offered via World Gospel Mission. Placements offered for final year students involving participation in activities such as ward rounds, outreach community in rural clinics, doctors' meetings, participating in presentation and discussion of cases.
Offers a very broad experience of Paediatric Orthopaedics. Students will be expected to attend and participate in ward rounds, clinics and help assist in theatre.
Electives- students will be involved in a variety of activities such as ward rounds and mobile clinics. Placements of 6 weeks minimum, offer experience in all health services incluing dental care and surgery and have a special focus on community health.
Placements of 6 weeks minimum, with particular focus in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Paediatrics and surgery.
Via SIMHolley Memorial Hospital Ochadamu is owned and operated by the United Evangelical Church, a local Nigerian Church. The facility is located in Idah, Kogi State, in central Nigeria. It is a medium sized hospital providing specialist services in surgery, maternity and obstetrics, orthopaedics, ophthalmics and caring for an increasing number suffering from TB and HIV/AIDS. The hospital also caters for leprosy patients and the outpatients department cares for a growing population.
For more information email: info@missionafrica.org.uk
We can offer medical elective placements from 4 weeks to 3 months via Mission AfricaWe welcome interest from clinicians who would like to give a few hours of their time in the UK to make short teaching videos as much of our training is via e-learning.
Our mission is to use medicine to open doors for direct evangelism in areas where the Gospel is either unheard or corrupted with unbiblical doctrine ( traditional beliefs/prosperity gospel teaching etc).
Students can be involved in ward rounds and clinics as well as tropical medicine.
Via Mission Africa
Students can get involved with Outreach clinics, CBR, theatre, ward rounds, obstetrics, clinic Students can carry out ward work, outreach programmes and teaching Nursing students.
Opportunities for final year students to gain hospital and clinic experience.
Students have plenty of opportunities to get practically involved.
The Ophthalmology department is well known in the region and attracts patients from neighbouring countries. This unit facilitates the elective administration, yet students may rotate in the disciplines of their choice. The weekly student academic meeting focuses on the cultural context of Medicine. Hospital staff are from all denominations and students will experience faith in action in the practice of medicine. This is a friendly and caring hospital community, set in a malaria-free and safe area, where English is spoken.
Accommodation is either in the hospital or at a nearby farm. Opportunities for Christian outreach are extensive, as this also serves as a base for several Christian NGO's. Students may benefit from extra-curricular involvement in these NGO's: Development work, Women's projects, Agriculture and Orphan care. Students are invited to fellowship with Christian clinicians and families at the weekly evangelical bible study, in a home. For those not exploring the countryside on weekends, there's a large choice of churches to attend. With up to 5 Medical students at a time, both local (South African) and International, there is almost always good company!
Medical students of any clinical stage are welcome to apply for electives of at least 4 weeks, but senior students are given first option. Consideration is also given to senior Nursing and Para-Medical students. Pre-clinical students who are passionate about rural medicine may apply. Research or Audit projects are encouraged.
We will partner students with Tanzanian doctors for ward work, mobile clinics, assisting in major/minor theatre, etc. Students can experience a range of different areas including community health.
Students can participate in a variety of areas or be involved in a particular project e.g. post-natal weighing.
Students can take part in ward rounds, community outreach and assist in theatre. Students can take part in ward rounds, clinics, outreach programmes and home visits in a variety of areas.
Via Cure International
Students can experience holistic palliative care. There are also opportunities to attend training programmes and case conferences. Kisiizi runs the oldest community health insurance scheme in Uganda and currently has over 38,000 beneficiaries in over 200 community groups. Kisiizi is the only hospital in Uganda in the first wave of the WHO African Partnerships for Patient Safety. Unusually Kisiizi provides in-patient mental health services.
Placements of 6 weeks minimum - students can get involved in a wide range of specialities including community and outreach clinics and HIV counselling. see www.kisiizihospital.org.ug
Students can engage in ward rounds, community outreach programmes, theatre and also weekly medical education sessions.
Placements of 6 weeks minimum - students get the opportunity to rotate through different clinical specialities including community placement.
Students can participate in ward work, community outreach and assist in theatre.
Students can participate in a variety of activities including ward work, community outreach assisting in theatre.
Available via AIM Students can shadow surgeons during surgery, participate in ward rounds and assist in community outreach.
Via Salvation Army
Via SIM
Placements of 6 weeks minimum - Students can participate in ward rounds, HIV clinics and in theatre.
Placements of 8 weeks minimum -Students can participate in ward work, community outreach, theatre and labour room.
Via Salvation Army
Via Salvation Army
