SPECIAL EFFORTS

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SPECIAL EFFORTS

1. SOCIALLY ACCOUNTABLE AND SPONSORED PROGRAMMES,
PROJECTS AND WORK TEAMS

      1.1   Dabat Rural Health Surveillance:
              This project covers an area of about 128 sq. km with topography of low as well as
              high land ranging from 1000 to 2500 Mts. above sea level.
              This project has laid a mature ground and infrastructure for community based
                research projects.
      1.2   Team Training Advancement Unit
      1.3    Chronic Illnesses follow-up strategic study:
      1.4 Strategic approach for the control of blindness in the elderly
      1.5 Epidemic disease study and control force
      1.6 Advanced Training on District Health System

2. RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER INSTITUTES

The Gondar College of Medical sciences has established a very good working relationship with the Jimma Institute of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University Medical faculty and Dilla University College. Further more it has a stable link with the Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET) and Bolton Hospital of the United Kingdom, Leicester University, The Health Bureau of the Amhara Regional State, Ministry of Health, Helpage International, World Health Organization.

3. AWARD GIVEN
     SASAKAWA GLOBAL HEALTH PRIZE (1998)
       The college was awarded the 1998 Global Sasakawo Health Prize during the 50^th General      Assembly of WHO, Geneva, Switzerland. Three of its programmes were nominated for this international award.
       These are:
           1. Training of health professionals in a team
           2. Strategic approach for chronic illnesses follow-up
           3. Dabat rural health surveillance project
   Click here to see the award given to GCMS