The University of Namibia's School of Medicine and the prestigious Tufts School of Medicine in Boston, the United States of America, will collaborate under a memorandum of understanding signed recently between the two institutions.

Following the signing, the Founding Dean of the UNAM School of Medicine Prof Peter Nyarango, and Dr Steven Y. Hong of Tufts School of Medicine and Dr James Mukamba of the World Health Organization met at UNAM to identify common areas of interest as they sought to strengthen the capacities of the two schools.

"We are optimistic that this will strengthen our capacity to train doctors through staff exchange. Under this, senior faculty from Tufts will come to UNAM and teach students and provide clinical services at the teaching hospitals. Our staff will get an opportunity to go to Tufts to train in specialized areas of health care and teaching," Nyarango said.

He added that experts from both schools would undertake collaborative research on diseases of importance for Namibia with a view to preventing them or finding cost-effective treatment. Medical students from UNAM will spend up to six weeks at Tufts appreciating the practice of medicine in a developed economy and being prepared to perform such advanced treatment in Namibia.

The University of Namibia's School of Medicine and the prestigious Tufts School of Medicine in Boston, the United States of America, will collaborate under a memorandum of understanding signed recently between the two institutions.

Following the signing, the Founding Dean of the UNAM School of Medicine Prof Peter Nyarango, and Dr Steven Y. Hong of Tufts School of Medicine and Dr James Mukamba of the World Health Organization met at UNAM to identify common areas of interest as they sought to strengthen the capacities of the two schools.

"We are optimistic that this will strengthen our capacity to train doctors through staff exchange. Under this, senior faculty from Tufts will come to UNAM and teach students and provide clinical services at the teaching hospitals. Our staff will get an opportunity to go to Tufts to train in specialized areas of health care and teaching," Nyarango said.

He added that experts from both schools would undertake collaborative research on diseases of importance for Namibia with a view to preventing them or finding cost-effective treatment. Medical students from UNAM will spend up to six weeks at Tufts appreciating the practice of medicine in a developed economy and being prepared to perform such advanced treatment in Namibia.