Gordon Memorial College Trust Fund (GMCTF)

Author(s): Dr. Eluzai A Hakim, MB.Ch.B, FRCP Edin, FRCP, DTM&H

Member of Executive Committee of the GMCTF

International Adviser Royal College of Physicians London on South Sudan

www.southsudanmedicaljournal.com 

Grant awards for 2021/2022 at the Executive Committee meeting on 31/03/2021

  • Total number of applicants from Sudan and South Sudan is 122.
  • Five organizations applied for grants to support Sudanese and South Sudanese students studying in Sudanese Universities. There were 70 South Sudanese applicants of which 51 applied for studies in various medical specialties and 19 for studies in other fields.

The details of the 25 South Sudanese applicants shortlisted for grant awards are presented below:

Number

Area of study

Country of study

1

Clinical Radiology at Gondar University

Ethiopia

1

Neurosurgery at Addis Ababa.

Ethiopia

1

Psychiatry at St. Paul’s Millennium Medical College

Ethiopia

2

General Surgery at Arsi University.

Ethiopia

1

Internal Medicine at Hawassa University.

Ethiopia

1

Pediatrics at Mekelle University.

Ethiopia

2

Internal Medicine at Alexandria University

Egypt

1

Internal Medicine at Mbarara University

Uganda

1

Obstetrics & Gynaecology at Hawassa University

Ethiopia

1

Orthopaedics & Trauma Surgery at Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia

1

General Surgery at Jimma University

Ethiopia

1

Physiology at Addis Ababa

Ethiopia

1

General Surgery at Wolaita Sodo University

Ethiopia

1

Paediatrics at Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia

1

Dermatology & Venereology at Gondar University

Ethiopia

1

Internal Medicine at Mekelle University

Ethiopia

1

Orthopaedics at University of Alexandria

Egypt

1

Orthopaedics and Trauma at St. Paul’s Millennium College

Ethiopia

1

Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Makerere University

Uganda

1

Paediatrics and Child Health at Addis Ababa

Ethiopia

1

Obstetrics & Gynecology at Addis Ababa

Ethiopia

1

General Surgery at St. Paul’s Millennium College

Egypt

There are 19 postgraduate students in Ethiopia, 4 in Egypt and 2 in Uganda.