Developing a Pipeline of African Global Surgery Scholars.

Global surgery is developing as new discipline in many countries. Global surgery primarily aims to improve access to quality surgery in low-and-middle Income countries (LMICs). Thus, ensuring appropriate LMIC representation and leadership in global surgery research, projects, and innovations, is essential. There is a paucity of pathways for students and young clinicians in LMICs to attain training in and exposure to global surgery research and projects. If equity in global surgery leadership and scholarship is truly desired, steps need to be taken to ensure that more students and young clinicians in LMICs are exposed to global surgery as an academic discipline and are offered pathways to practice and leadership. This paper explores ways of ensuring this through increased exposure, increased training and increased funding.

Knowledge; attitudes and behavioural response to HIV/AIDS among female University students in the background of the educational campaign that have been taking place in the country at large and at Makerere University in particular

The objective was to determine the knowledge and attitudes of female University students towards the present AIDS prevention campaigns. A survey consisting of 600 self administered questionnaires was carried out among the 3 female halls of residence. The participants were all randomly selected. Information on the risks involved in risky sexual behaviour was sought and why they chose to ignore the risks. Opinion of the females on the present AIDS prevention campaigns was also asked; whether effective or not. Almost all the participants (98.2 per cent) were aware of the risks involved in unprotected sex. Over 400 (66.6 per cent) female participants confirmed that the campaigns were few and lacking as far as women were concerned. The current AIDS prevention materials ignore cultural norms and assumes female and males have similar views on safer sex

Knowledge; attitudes and behavioural response to HIV/AIDS among female University students in the background of the educational campaign that have been taking place in the country at large and at Makerere University in particular

The objective was to determine the knowledge and attitudes of female University students towards the present AIDS prevention campaigns. A survey consiting of 600 self administered questionnaires was carried out among the 3 female halls of residence. The participants were all randomly selected. Information on the risks involved in risky sexual behaviour was sought and why they chose to ignore the risks. Opinion of the females on the present AIDS prevention campaigns was also asked; whether effective or not. Almost all the participants (98.2) were aware of the risks involved in unprotected sex. Over 400(66.6) female participants confirmed that the campaigns were few and lacking as far as women were concerned. The current AIDS prevention materials ignore cultural norms and assumes female and males have similar views on safer sex