Dean
Dr Fiona Makoni
Dean's statement
The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences produces high calibre, well grounded, competent, patriotic and professional medical doctors and practitioners to meet the healthcare needs of the people of Zimbabwe. It is home to teaching departments that offer a wide variety of educational, research and career options within the context of health care.
The path of the healthcare professional is not an easy one but it is enormously rewarding – from bringing new lives into the world, to rehabilitating accident victims and performing lifesaving surgery. It takes hard work and dedication to become a competent pharmacist, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, nurse, dentist, medical laboratory scientist, radiographer or doctor. As an institute of higher learning, the Faculty takes academic excellence as the hallmark of its existence by promotion and enhancement of science through relevant research.
Faculty Mandate
The Faculty shall be known for:
- Producing High Calibre Solid Clinicians
- Discovery and Production of Drugs
- Production and Maintenance of Medical equipment and Medical Supplies
- Provision of a strong and scientific base to delivery of Medicine and Health care
- Designing a Robust Public Health Care Delivery System for the Nation
Faculty Mission and Vision
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences shall lead through a culture of professionalism, ethics and integrity in the provision of evidence based medical practice, research, innovation and training of human resource for health using advanced, modern, state of art equipment, contributing to at least 30% improvement of health indices in ZimbabweTo be recognised as Zimbabwe’s Global Centre of Excellence in Medical Research, Innovation and production of Human Resource for the Health Sector by 2025.
Departments
- Biomedical Informatics and Biomedical Engineering
- Biomedical Sciences
- Child, Adolescent and Women’s Health
- Clinical Pharmacology and Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine
- Global, Public Health and Family Medicine
- Health Professions and Student Support
- Internal Medicine
- Laboratory Diagnostic and Investigative Sciences
- Mental Health
- Nursing Sciences
- Oncology, Medical Physics and Imaging Sciences
- Oral Health
- Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Rehabilitation Sciences
- Surgical Sciences
- Multi-Media Resources Centre
- Multi Teaching Laboratories
- Central African Journal of Medicine
- Services Unit