The Role of Alumni Associations in Strengthening Private Medical Training Institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Written By Cate Urban

This paper explores the benefits to private medical training institutions in sub-Saharan Africa of creating alumni associations. It also provides practical learning from SHOPS’s work in assisting Hubert Kairuki Memorial University (HKMU) in Tanzania to establish an alumni association. The HKMU alumni association was established in 2012 as part of a SHOPS initiative to assist private medical institutions to enhance their income generating activities and strengthen operations. SHOPS worked with HKMU alumni and the university to establish the association, develop an alumni database and operational guidelines, and recruit alumni members. The process and lessons learned from the experience of creating the HKMU alumni association are presented below. Annex A provides steps for creating an alumni association along with links to additional resources.

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The Role of Alumni Associations in Strengthening Private Medical Training Institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Cate Urban

I founded Urban Web Renovations after 11 years of leading global marketing strategies for nonprofit organizations in Washington, DC. In each position I held, one thing remained the same – my passion for managing web sites and social media accounts for both organizations and major thought leaders.

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