Elective Africa
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Elective Africa (EA) has been organising global health placements for pre-health and healthcare students for the last 16 years. We give medical students, nursing students, physician assistant students, midwifery students, dentistry students and public health students a chance to work in a unique hospital setting in Kenya and Tanzania. For the students in their pre-health training, the programs pro...
Elective Africa (EA) has been organising global health placements for pre-health and healthcare students for the last 16 years. We give medical students, nursing students, physician assistant students, midwifery students, dentistry students and public health students a chance to work in a unique hospital setting in Kenya and Tanzania. For the students in their pre-health training, the programs provide them with an opportunity to shadow different healthcare professions even as you gain exposure to medicine and different cultural setting.
Our programs give participants with a unique opportunity to get i) supervised hands-on learning ii) participate in Continuous Medical Education Sessions (CME’s) and Global Health Tutorials and iii) spend time with like-minded students from all over the ...
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Richard Njoroge Kariuki
Interviewed in 2019
StaffRichard is a qualified graduate in Health Services Management with over two years’ experience in working with the health systems in Kenya. He is charg...
The potential to make an impact on the lives of trainees in the health sector and also the capacity to build up the health systems in Kenya and Tanzania. We have a great team who is young and vibrant, which makes working here fun and adventurous.
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Jonathan La Crette
Participated in 2014
AlumniJonathan is 24 year old final year medical student at King's College London. His mother is from East Africa, so that is what attracted him to voluntee...
To see diseases that are uncommon in North-Western Europe. To see my ethnic homeland of East Africa.
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