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March 8, 2023, is International Women’s Day. As we celebrate and commemorate allow me to highlight and share some reflections on the theme, from: https://www.internationalwomensday.com/theme International Women’s Day (IWD) 2023 campaign theme: #EmbraceEquity embrace – verb – ɪmˈbreɪs – to willingly and enthusiastically accept, adopt, and espouse  Equity isn’t just a nice-to-have, it’s a must-have. A […]

Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) community is pleased to welcome students and staff from the College of Health Sciences at the University of Buea in Cameroon. A delegation of 40 students and staff arrived in Ugandan on Monday 20th February 2023 and they are hosted at MUST under the Pharmbiotrac project sponsored for […]

Research has become an increasingly important part of the core business of the Faculty of Medicine (FOM) at Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST). The creation and formalization of research groups in the Faculty is an important ingredient in the Faculty research strategy. Formalized research groups have a positive effect on the quality of […]

We have received funding under the First Mile Program implemented under the Capacity Building Grant in the Faculty of Medicine, Dean’s Office with opportunities of up to three seed grants of 5,000 USD dollars each to young researchers interested in areas of community health, clinical care, nursing, emergency medicine, intensive care, high-risk maternal care, oncology, […]

Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) and Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital (MRRH) joined forces to provide free gynecological surgeries for people in Mbarara and neighboring districts from February 20 to February 24, 2023. The camp was funded by MedLend, a non–profit organization based in San Francisco, USA, and was led by Dr. Musa Kayondo […]

Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) and the University of Illinois (UI) signed a Memorandum (MoU) of Understanding in 2020 with many potential areas of engagement. The first flagship program was to engage the UI medical students taking the Equity Medicine Innovation program in the innovation pathway of Consortium for Affordable Medical Technologies (CAMTech) […]

On 7th February 2023, Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) launched a 12-year project known as MUST- Institutional University Cooperation titled “University as a facilitator for community-based sustainable solutions to demographic challenges in southwestern Uganda (MUST IUC-UCoBS)”. The launch aimed at creating a deeper understanding of the project, synergizing ideas, set plans and strategies […]

Community Health Department with funding from the First Mile Community Health Program is announcing five (5) competitive Community Health Research Grants for Post Graduate (PG) trainees in the Faculty of Medicine (FoM), Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST). The award will be based on the following criteria: 1. The Lead/Principal Investigator (PI) must be […]