Training clinical officers
Clinical officers play a key role in providing the health services of many African countries. They can perform 60-80% of doctors’ tasks but are faster and less expensive to train.
In Southern Sudan, there are less than 100 doctors to serve a population of approximately 10 million.
AMREF has trained 350 clinical officers.This number represents approximately 99 per cent of the clinical officers working in Southern Sudan.
AMREF opened Sudan’s Maridi National Health Training Institute at the height of the civil war in 1998; the first group of students graduated in 2001.
The three-year course in public health care, nursing care, and surgical procedure covers anatomy, orthopedics, pathology, pharmacology, psychology, and psychiatry. It produces skilled and well-rounded medical professionals who are able to diagnose and treat illness, perform surgery, and educate communities.
As a result of the war, many of the students have been unable to complete secondary school. Consequently, the course incorporates foundation courses in Math, English, and Biology.
Most of the students come from some of the most remote areas of Southern Sudan and are especially keen to put their new skills to use back in their home communities.
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