Available Medical Research Grants for African Researchers

Leardal Foundation support research with grants  to promote innovative approaches to more efficient education and implementation and other collaborative health efforts. About 10 million USD was devoted for such effort between 2009-2015. Details here

International Society for Iinfectious Diseases(ISID) Research Grants support research to tune of $6,000 for research not limited to epidemiology, patho-physiology, diagnosis or treatment of infectious diseases, the epidemiology and control of hospital-acquired infections, and modeling of cost effective interventions. Deadline for application for each cycle is 1st April of each year. Full details here.

International Society for Infectious Diseases(ISID) 's Travel Grants to Healthcare Workers Attending CDC Ebola Safety Training Courses is currently available. The sum of $1000  would be made available to grantee who maybe any health workers worldwide to attend CDC Ebola Safety Training Course. Full detail here

IDRC a Canadian Crown corporation establish in 1970  supports research in developing countries. Aside from financial grant they provide peer, mentor, and adviser for your research. Full details here.

Funded Medical Phds in Europe

Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds, a public foundation funded PhD Fellowships for outstanding junior scientists to pursue basic biomedical research in European institution. Deadline for application are 1 February, 1 June, 1 October of each year. Details here

Signal Processing in Neuron (SPIN) an initiative of Innsbruck Medical University and Innsbruck Leopold-Franzens University plus support from FWF Austrian Science Fund have funded Phd . The entry requirement include  a degree in  human medicine, biological science disciplines, chemistry, pharmacy or psychology. It comes with clinical rotation in 12 institution in Austria and monthly salary.Instruction is in English. Details here

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10 top mobile apps recommended for doctors and other health workers

These are 10 top mobile app JOB FOR DOCTORS recommendations for doctors and other health workers. Interestingly 9 out of the 10 are free and you also have regular update with most of them. They are not arrange in any particular order.

❶ Skyscape

For IOS and Androids

Cost- Free

Functionality –  

1.                         Resourses on over 50 sub-specilities

2.                         Medical dictionary

3.                        Student Examination resourses

❷Up To Date 

For IOS and Androids

Cost-Free

Functions

1.                           Wide-range of current clinical information

2.                          Continuous Medical Education(CME) Contents

❸MedCalc

For IOS and Androids

Cost- $1.99

Functionality-

1.             Calculation of various medical formula.

❹Epocrates

For IOS and androids

Cost- Free

Functions

2.            Extensive clinical information

3.           Aid making clinical decision

❺ Medscape

For IOS and Androids

Cost

Functions

1.          Medical information

2.          Medical news

❻NEJM

For IOS and Androids

Cost- Free

Functionality

1.         Delivers New England Journal of Medicine(NEJM) to your devices

2.         Access to medical Journal with most impact factor in the world

❼VisualDx

For IOS and Androids

Cost- Free

Functionality

1.       Clinical decision support system

2.       Extensive Medical information for physicians

❽Johns Hopkins Guides

For IOS and Androids

Functionalities

1.       Official John Hopkins guide on various clinical disorders

2.       Clinical information

❾Medigram

For IOS and Androids

Cost- Free

Functions

1.          Help secure communication in hospital environment(i.e. send encrypted message and                 images to other  Medigram users

2.          Secure health care messaging application

❿Doximity

For IOS and Androids

Cost- Free

Function

       Physician directory that help to keep in touch with other physicians

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• AMA,AHA and ANA issue joint statement on Ebola threat (17th Oct 2014)

The American Medical Association, American Hospital Association and American Nurses Association issued a joint statement in face of the Ebola Virus disease threat to America. The press statement emphasizes multilateral approach to Ebola preparedness so as to effectively manage care of Ebola patients in the U.S and ensure safe care for patients, healthcare workers.
The press statement available on the American Medical Association stressed  the same goals hospitals, physicians, and nurses have  in addressing any Ebola case.
The current epidemics started off Guinea in December 2013 and then spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone. These three countries accounted for most of the cases so far in this present epidemics and have only affected only 3 American citizens.

• WHO declare Nigeria Ebola free.(20th Oct 2014)

World Health Organisation have declared Nigeria Ebola free on the 20th October 2014 after 42 days  free of Ebola transmission. The standard requirement for such declaration is 42 days free transmission, that is time two of the incubation period of the disease.
The first case into Nigeria came on 20th July when  a an infected Liberian man introduced the disease into Nigeria via Lagos.

• Procedures for Personal Protective Equipment by CDC(CDC Information for Health Care Workers )

Procedures for Personal Protective Equipment | Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever | CDCInformation for Health Care Workers | Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever | CDC

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Top medical online/distant learning Master degree programs(1)

 These are list of Top medical online/distant learning Master degree programs in medical fields which you can do  without leaving your home country.Those list below are those available from United Kingdom. The fact they are distant or online allow you advance your career  while holding your current job.

Medicine
University : University of Edinburgh
Country: UK
Course: Msc Internal Medicine
Fee(International Student): See here
Scholarship: Yes
Method:  (Online Distance Learning)
Other  available awards: PgCert, PgDip
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Medical Education
University : University of Cardiff
Country: UK
Course: Msc Medical Education
Fee(International Student): See here
Method:  (Online Distance Learning)
Other  Available Awards: PgCert, PgDip
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Dentistry 
University : King's College, London
Country: UK
Course: MSc Advanced Minimum Intervention Dentistry
Fee(International Student): See here
Method:  (Online Distance Learning)
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University : King's College, London
Country: UK
Course: MSc Aesthetic Dentistry
Fee(International Student): See here
Method:  (Online Distance Learning)
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Surgery
University : University of Edinburgh
Country: UK
Course: Msc Surgical Sciences
Fee(International Student): See here
Method:  (Online Distance Learning)
Other  Available Awards: PgCert, PgDip
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4 Topmost African General Medical Journals

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South African Medical Journal

Publisher: Health & Medical Publishing Group 

Language: English

ISI  Impact Factor: 1.702

Circulation: FREE, monthly,Open Access

Country of Publication: South Africa

Website: http://www.samj.org.za/

Year first published: 1884 

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Libyan Journal of Medicine

Publisher: Co Action Publishing

Impact Factor: 1.333

Language: English

Circulation: FREE, Online

Country of Publication: Libya

Year of first publication: 2006

Website : http://www.libyanjournalofmedicine.net/

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African Health Sciences

Publisher: Makerere University Medical School

Impact Factor: 0.666

Language: English

Circulation: Quarterly, Open Access, Free Online

Country of Publication: Uganda

Year of first publication: 2001

Website : http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ahs

❹

Malawi Medical Journal

Publisher: College of Medicine, University of Malawi and Medical Association of Malawi.

Impact Factor: 0.273

Circulation: FREE, Open access,

Country of Publication: Malawi

Website : http://www.medcol.mw/mmj/

Year first published: 2001

First Heart Transplantation by Dr Christiaan Neethling Barnard and his team(including his brother-Dr Marius Barnard).  Dr  Barnard (8 November 1922 – 2 September 2001)is a South African Cardio-thoracic Surgeon.

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7 topmost General Medical Journals in the World

New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)

Coverpage of the January 1, 1814 of the NEJM

Year of first Published: 1812, renamed  the New England Journal of Medicine in 1928

Publisher: Massachusetts Medical Society

Country: USA

Impact factor: 54.420 (2013)
Citation Count: 1,494,851 (Microsoft Academic Search)

Website http://www.nejm.org/

Circulation: 600, 000 people/week in 177 countries read it each. There is print and online version. Free  online access is available in nearly 120 lower-income countries.

Citation: Most cited medical journal in the world.

Lancet     

Year of first Published:  1823 by Thomas Wakley

Cover of the first issue of The Lancet-1823

Publisher: Currently owned by Elsevier since 1991

Country: The Netherlands

Impact factor: 39.207(2013)

Website: http://www.thelancet.com
Citation Count:1,402,807 (Microsoft Academic Search)

Circulation: Weekly Print and Online

British Medical Journal(BMJ)

Year first published: 3 October 1840

Publisher:British Medical Association

Country: United Kingdom

Impact factor: 16.378(2013)

Circulation: Weekly, print & online
Open Access: Yes
Citation Count:  544,688  (Microsoft Academic Search)

Website: http://www.bmj.com   

PLoS Medicine
Year first Published: 2004

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Publisher: Public Library of Science
Country: USA
Impact factor: 14.0 (2013)
Circulation: Weekly, Online only
Open Access: Yes
Citation Count: (Microsoft Academic Search)

Website:   http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine






Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)

Published year: 1883, with Nathan Smith Davis as the founding editor

Publisher: American Medical Association

Country: USA

Impact factor: 30.387(2013)

Circulation: Weekly, print & online
Citation Count: 788,916 (Microsoft Academic Search)

Website: http://jamanetwork.com      

  

Journal of Experimental Medicine

 Year of first Published:  Established in 1896 at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine by William H. Welch,US

Publisher: Rockefeller University Press

 Portrait of William H. Welch

Country of publication: USA

Impact factor: 13.912(2013)
Citation Count: 774,868 (Microsoft Academic Search)

Website: http://jem.rupress.org/

Circulation: Monthly, Open Access

               

Journal of Clinical Investigation      

Year of first Published:  1924

Publisher: American Society for Clinical Investigation

Country: United States

Impact factor: 13.765(2013)

Website: http://www.jci.org/

Circulation: Weekly

Open Access: Yes

Circulation: Bimonthly , free access

               

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