Mbarara University School of Medicine Collaborations

Collaborators
The faculty has collaborated both national and international level

National
o MESAU consortium (collaboration with all the medical schools in the country –Makerere ,Gulu.Bustema ,and Kampala International University)
o Presidential initiative on Banana Industrial Development (PIBID)(collaborating in the area of training)
o District (especially districts in the south and south –western namely;
o Mbarara, Bushenyi, Lyantonde, Mitoma ,sheema, Rubirizi, Kasese, Kiruhura ,Isingiro, Ibanda)
o Hospice Africa
o MJAP

International
o University of Calgary;
o Sisters of St Joseph`s Hospital
o University of British Columbia
o University of Dalhousie
o University of California Sans Francisco
o University of Californian San Fransisco-Bakerly
o Massachusetts General Hospital &Harvard
o University of Virginia
o Pennslavania state University
o Indian State University
o John Hopkins University
o University of California (Musa Kayondo)
o University of Oxford
o University of Hull
o University of Bristol
o University of Leeds
o University of Lund
o University of Gent
o University of Linnaeus
o University of Antward
o University of Kwazulu Natal
o The Nigerian Cooperation
o The Cuban cooperation .bethan Kids in Kenya
Challenges.
o Staffing is much below the establishment, operating at 20.6%. The attrition rate is high.
o Financing of community placement is very inadequate.
o Resources allocation for research is very low
o Infrastructure is inadequate and the available is not up-to-date.