JUBA — The World Health Organization and the University of Juba’s College of Medicine have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to reinforce analysis and enhance the capability of well being professionals by internship packages.
Speaking through the signing ceremony on Tuesday, Prof. Robert Mayom Deng, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Juba, mentioned that the partnership will assist in producing proof, producing high quality analysis, and enhancing the capability of well being professionals.
He famous that the partnership won’t solely give attention to producing data but in addition on growing the talents of future well being professionals, fulfilling a imaginative and prescient for a more healthy South Sudan.
“If you look at it, both parties will collectively help to organize the need for cooperation towards the greater role of the academic community in health matters in South Sudan,” mentioned Deng.
Kenneth Lado Lino Sube, the Dean of the School of Medicine on the University of Juba, disclosed their first milestone with the World Health Organization was the introduction of the nationwide medical curriculum.
“This is now a legally documented relationship where we no longer go through the Ministry of Health but directly to the WHO. It will be a one-to-one relationship, and we will certainly do our best to dedicate our time and energy to ensure that whatever we are striving for is achieved,” mentioned Sube.
Humphrey Karamagi, the nation consultant for the World Health Organization, acknowledged that addressing well being challenges requires fixed information technology to supply the absolute best proof.
“The signing of this MOU is a very important step in the right direction for us. It represents a shared commitment to advancing health-related research, capacity building, and information sharing for data-driven evidence and decision-making,” mentioned Karamagi.
“It means that we can tap into resources both here at the university and also in the field and at the community level, allowing us to generate evidence and use that evidence to inform the direction we need to take for our people,” he added.
Karamagi highlighted important challenges dealing with the South Sudan well being sector, together with illness outbreaks, maternal and youngster well being points, and vitamin, amongst different facets.
“We need to understand what is happening so that the limited resources we have can be directed towards addressing these challenges. That is why we believe that a partnership with the University of Juba is quite natural,” he remarked.