Uganda
Known as the breadbasket of East Africa, Uganda is visually stunning in lush blue and green. Among countless popular attractions is the source of the Nile River in Jinja, gorilla trekking in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, safaris at Elizabeth Park and Murchison Falls, cultural dance performances, and temples representing a diversity of religious faiths.
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Click here for some tips regarding our Uganda site from some of our former students
About the Leadership
The leadership is strong, curriculum comprehensive, and support systems strong in each of our several sites in Uganda. Among many leaders is Charles Ibingyria, Provost of MakCHS; Dr. Robert Kalyesubula, Founder of ACCESS in Nakaseke; Sister Jane Francis and Dr. Simon Otim, Director and Medical Director of Naggalama Hospital; and Catherine Nakibuule, Director of the Global Health Program at Saint Stephen’s Hospital.
About the Institution
We have several partner institutions in Uganda, including Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS), the most prestigious university on the east coast of Africa; Saint Stephen’s Hospital, a community facility close to Makerere University; the African Community Center for Social Sustainability (ACCESS) in rural nakaseke; and St. Francis Naggalama Hospital in rural Naggalama. Participants are often assigned to the rural sites unless they are interested in Ob/Gyn, in which case they rotate through Mulago Hospital in Kampala, where they are housed via the homestay model in safe, modern living quarters close to their respective hospitals in the rural sites. With English the official language of learning, medical students, residents, and faculty are all fluent English speakers.
About the Clinical Experience
Students see common and more rare infectious diseases including HIV, tuberculosis, sleeping sickness, malaria, schistosomiasis, elephantiasis, and opportunistic infections of advanced HIV. Students in all of our international partner sites in Uganda undergo one to three days of vigorous orientation upon arrival.
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Checkout our “Homestay Model” video here.
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View and download the Kasansero, Uganda photography booklet here.
ACCESS
About the Program
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The Global Health partnership between the African Community Center for Social Sustainability (ACCESS) and Nuvance Health / University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine (NH/UVMLCOM) and was founded in 2014 with the aim of establishing a mutually beneficial and sustainable relationship...
MakCHS
About the Program
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The Global Health partnership between the Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS) and Nuvance Health / University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine (NH/UVMLCOM) and was founded in 2012 with the aim of establishing a mutually beneficial and sustainable relationship between NH/UVMLCOM...
St. Francis Hospital
About the Program
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St. Francis Naggalama Hospital, a 100-bed rural hospital in Uganda, is one of the newest members of Nuvance Health / Larner College of Medicine Global Health Program. Serving a population of 300,000, Naggalama has been a teaching hospital to medical students from all over the world. The faculty includes Ugandan physicians with specialties in Ob/Gyn, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine...
