Background of Arua School of Nursing

Background and History of Arua School of Comprehensive Nursing and Midwifery

Arua School of Comprehensive Nursing is a Government founded health training institution. It is located 530 kilometers from Kampala in North Western Region (Nile) of Uganda, in Arua District within Arua Municipality Eastern side and adjacent to Arua Regional Referral Hospital. The School was established in 1972 to train 20 Enrolled Nurses and 20 midwives. In 2001, the course was converted to Enrolled Comprehensive Nursing Course for the award of a Certificate in comprehensive Nursing, and this has continued up to date. This was inline with the Government policy to train a holistic Nurse in the fulfillment of Primary Health Care goals. In 2009 the School also started to train Extension in Diploma comprehensive Nursing, General Nursing and Midwifery.

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Arua School of Comprehensive Nursing is a Uganda Government owned Health Training Institution under the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and sports.

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