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The Minister of Education and Sports, Hon. Janet Kataaha Museveni appointed Associate Prof. Annabella Habinka Basaza Ejiri as a Government Representative to Busitema University Senate. She was appointed alongside Prof. Maria G.N Musoke and Prof. John Robert Tabuti. The three newly appointed Government representatives will serve on Busitema Senate for three years but are eligible […]

Background The MUST-IUC Partnership titled “University as a Facilitator for Community-Based Sustainable Solutions to Demographic Challenges in South-Western Uganda”  hereafter referred to as UCoBS is a 10-year (2022-2032) collaborative partnership project between Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium) and other Flemish Higher Education Institutions funded by the Flemish Interuniversity Council […]

A MUST/MRRH team lead by Dr. Musa Kayondo (PhD) carried out a 5 day medical camp in Nakaseke General Hospital (NGH) to address urogynecology challenges in Nakaseke District and Surrounding areas. The team comprised of Dr.  Musa Kayondo, Head of the team and HoD Obstetrics and Gynecology, urogynecology fellows; Dr. Rodgers Kaijabwangu and Dr. Brenda […]

on 17th August, LASEC INTERNATIONAL made a courtesy visit to the Department of Laboratory Science at Mbarara University of Science and Technology. LASEC INTERNATIONAL is a South Africa equipment company who for the past five years have supplied equipment to the MUST Clinical and Research Laboratories. LASEC INTERNATIONAL visiting team included Eng. Stephen Smith (Head, […]

Dr. Musa Kayondo (PhD) together with a team of 9 medical persons organized a one-week medical camp in Lira Regional Referral Hospital for to address urogynecology challenges. This included fistula, Pelvic organ prolapse and other advanced gynecological disorders. The team comprised of several medical personels from different departments as follows; Dr. Onesimus Byamukama and Dr. […]

Dr. Edwin Nuwagira (MMED) received a 2021 American Thoracic Society (ATS) Community Diversity Grant for his project “Improving Pulmonary Function After Tuberculosis in Uganda (IMPACT-U).” IMPACT-U is an implementation research study whose primary goal is to improve lung (pulmonary) function and health-related quality of life lived by TB survivors in Uganda. As a result of […]

Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine participated in the East African medical quiz competition and games held in Kisumu City Kenya. This took place from 21/07/2022- 24/07/2022. The comptetion was hosted by the Medical Students Association of Kenya (MSAKE) under the theme: “MEDICAL EDUCATION AS A TRANSLATIONAL TOOL IN REDUCING THE BURDEN […]

This year, Mbarara University is blessed to have two of her alumni selected for the Mandela Washington Fellowship and Alumni Enrichment Institute (AEI) Programs 2022 and these include Mr. Ronard Tushabe and Ms. Joana Ankunda. Mr. Ronard Tushabe is among 25 Mandela Washington Fellows from 17 African countries hosted at University of Notre Dame in […]