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- Innovative reproductive, maternal and neonatal health through integrated approach at community level with focus on youth reproductive health, health service delivery and neonatal health
- Kola shelle project proposal on malaria prevention (by student) with focus on multiple prevention in the form of Insecticide treated mosquito nets and tarpaulins and Insecticide Residual Spraying, improved case management of malaria and information Education Communication/ Behavior Communication Change (IEC/BCC) and community mobilization.
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Health Science Education Development Centre (HSEDC) of College of Medicine and Health Sciences has conducted three-day workshop on Standard-based Management and Recognition (SBM-R) for its employees at Video Conference Hall, Nechsar Campus. It began on 30th Jan and concluded on 2nd February, 2015.
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The College of Medicine and Health Sciences that came into being in 2008 (2000EC) is situated at Nechsar Campus. From its inception, it has been focusing towards core agenda of running the programs which earnestly complement and supplement the healthcare needs of the nation.
In the yesteryear, Ethiopian Human Resource for Health (HRH) had had acute shortage of trained healthcare professionals. Therefore, having identified the cause, the strategic planning primarily focusing at producing skilled medical professionals in the stipulated timeframe was duly formulated.
To address this issue, forthwith, Arba Minch University after attaining the full-scale status of university, launched the then ‘Faculty’ now called College of Medicine and Health Sciences. The College then had hosted 150 undergraduate students in the fields of Public Health, Nursing and Medical Laboratory sciences.
Subsequently in 2009 and 2010, School of Medicine was opened along with the department of Midwifery. To compensate the increasing demand of trained healthcare personnel, in 2014 specialized streams i.e. Anesthesia and Medical Radiology Technology were introduced taking the tally of overall departments in the college to seven.
Same year, the College has successfully got the School of Medicine recognized as the full-fledged School formally endorsed by AMU’s Administrative Board. And in the brief span of three years, three Post-Graduate programs were also launched that have made its position strategic and immensely unique in this region.
Apart from strengthening academic arena; the College with its research and community service coordination units has been proactively conducting slew of multi-disciplinary and health-centric research activities to serve the surrounding community. As of now collaborative research i.e. Arba Minch Demographic and Health Development Program is underway.
Currently it’s developing a research and training centre on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) to address the key issues like training, research and gap-analysis. The Federal Ministry of Health has duly approved the initiative and soon College will launch a national workshop in this connection. This major clinical initiative stand to play broader role in catering the healthcare needs of the people.
Commencement of AMU’s referral-cum-teaching hospital’s construction, is an achievement in itself; a milestone. This hospital will offer specialty medical services to the surrounding communities.
Academic Supporting Offices led by campus-level coordinators as follow.
- College Research Coordination Office
- Community Service Coordinator Institutional Quality Enhancement
- Gender Affairs Coordinator Office
CONTACT US:
College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Nechsar Campus
Arba Minch University, Post Box No. 21,
Office Tele: +251-468812030
Mobile: 0911704767
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So far the college has conducted short term trainings on HIV Mainstreaming, full packages for research work on two term, SBRM, PMTCT- new diagnostic and management approach of mother-to-child prevention and orientation on Arba Minch University and religious leader Forum to curb HIV/AIDS.
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Anatomy, one of the basic pillars of all medical fields of study for a strong foundation in human biology is quintessential to understand human diseases in its entirety. And teaching in Human Anatomy at College of Medicine and Health Sciences started since 2008.
In the beginning, due to lack of specialized staff teaching was done on a theoretical basis, but soon School of Medicine temporarily had a room at Main Campus where dissection of cadaver was first introduced in 2010 and later, it was shifted to Nech Sar Campus along with the College.
Teaching courses such as gross, neuro, microscopic and developmental Anatomy continues and by 2015, there was Anatomy unit that was managing everything. In 2017, it introduced Master program in Clinical Anatomy and a year later it got metamorphosed into Department of Anatomy.
VISION
The department aspires to be the best in imparting Master program thus producing potential professionals across Ethiopia.
MISSION
Department aspires to excel in teaching, research and community service activities al all levels
OBJECTIVES
Ø To offer courses in gross, microscopic and developmental anatomy to UG, paramedical students and to PG students in Clinical Anatomy and other programs.
Ø To carry out basic, applied and interdisciplinary biomedical researches
GOAL
Ø To advance existing curriculum to create next generation of innovative clinical anatomy education and research for health sciences practice
Ø To promote development of new curriculum in mortuary science
Ø To open up an embalming center to serve community and generate an income
Students’ statistics
The department currently teaches over 11 students in Master program. The first batch of students are hoped to be graduated at the end of 2018 academic year.
Academic Programs
Under-graduate:
Ø Gross Anatomy
Ø Histology
Ø Embryology
Master (MSc)
Ø Clinical Anatomy
Departmental Units
Ø Gross Anatomy
Ø Histology & Embryology
Staff Profile
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CONTACT US
Department Head, Mr Abinet Gebremickael
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Telephone: +251925924290/+251941235750
PO Box: 21
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Collaborative projects
- Arba Minch Demographic and Health Development Program: With financial aid from CDC along with technical support from Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA) the program was launched in 2009. Its prime objective is to collect longitudinal data on birth, death, and migration and AIDS mortality survey in nine rural kebeles in Arba Minch Zuria Woreda. It’s a well organized centre with data base for PG or PhD projects.
- Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) Project: This project got successfully implemented in 32 kebeles of Arba Minch Zuria Woreda in 2012/13 in collaboration with Addis Institute of Public Health, a private higher education institution in Addis Ababa.
- Ethiopian Meningitis Carriage Clearance study: This six-month study was carried out conducted in association with Armaur Hanson’s Research Institute (AHRI) of Ethiopia and Norwegian Institute of Public Health.
Collaborative partners
- United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA)
- Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynecology and Obstetrics (Jhpiego)
- International Credential Advantage Package (ICAP)
- Armaur Hanson’s Research Institute (AHRI)
- Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA)
- African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF)
- CDC and ACIP
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- The first ever batch of 35 students graduated in Medical Science
- Health Science Education and Development Center established, working effectively
- Capacity-building training i.e. full package of statistical software, endnote, SBM-R held
- Collaborative Research and Training Center strategic document on Neglected Tropical Disease developed; national workshop in May 2015
- Arba Minch Demographic and Health Development Program running its data update
- Meningitis carriage study, a successful collaborative research completed