KMU and Save the Children sign MoU for two masters programmes in public health. PHOTO: FILE
Selected candidates from Malakand Division and South Waziristan, Orakzai, Bajaur and Mohmand agencies will receive fully-funded advanced public heath training after the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Khyber Medical University (KMU) and Save the Children, an NGO.
The project is part of a USAID-funded health programme for Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata).
Two-year courses of Masters of Public Health and Masters of Science in Epidemiology and Biostatistics will begin this month at KMU’s Institute of Public Health and Social Sciences and will address critical capacity gaps in these areas.
According to a press release issued by the university, the MoU signing was held at KMU’s Institute of Basic Medical Sciences in Hayatabad which was attended by Save the Children’s country director David Skinner as the chief guest among others, including government officials, NGO representatives and university professors.
Speaking on the occasion, KMU Vice Chancellor Dr Mohammad Hafizullah said the institute provides advanced training in public health and lauded efforts of K-P and Fata health departments for enhancing public health capacity of the selected regions.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 9th, 2014.
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