‘Doctor this, Doctor that…Professor this, Professor that. Antenatal, Stethoscope, Streptococcus’…This is just a single fragment of words that topped the most spoken words list at College of Medicine on the 7th and 8th of November 2019.
The Country’s ‘Silicon Valley’ of Medicine partnered with Malawi-Liverpool Welcome Trust to host the 23rd edition of the Research Dissemination Conference (RDC). Over 500 delegates from Malawi and abroad converged at the scenery west of Blantyre.
Since the early 1700s, medical research has been very essential in building knowledge and facilitating learning, understanding various issues thereby increasing public awareness as well as contributing to implementation of favourable and uplifting policies. From Joseph Priestley’s development of modern Anaesthesia, Alexander Fleming’s discovery of antibiotics such as penicillin to an ideal way of storage that drives away pathogens, Pasteurization, developed by French great Louis Pasteur, the years have seen new and captivating discoveries in the world of health research.
The present day has seen a number of countries dipping deep in their pockets to fund research. For instance, in 2011, research in the United States, Europe, Canada, and Australia cost a high $265 billion. Malawi and the entire sub-Saharan region have not fallen behind. This is why for 23 years, the College of Medicine have brought together different medical practitioners from within the country, Africa and overseas in an event called the Research Dissemination Conference. The initiative aims to reflect on sustainable development and showcase quality structures that can help policy makers come up with new innovations.
Organized by Warthogs Inc., the event among others involved different sessions consisting of different topics, a segment called ‘Science Café’ which involved a panel of discussion covering multiple innovations as well as poster presentations where representatives from multiple medical organizations showcased their breakthroughs. The event concluded with a research competition where students displayed their research prowess followed by handing of trophies to victors.
‘…. Glomerulonephritis, Haemophilia, Glaucoma, Sepsis’…. these words and others tormented the layman. However, one thing that was for sure was the conference uncovered how as practitioners of different professions we can help in developing our nation if we come together for something of common good regardless of differences in objectives, beliefs and organizations we serve. It was evident in the poster presentations that these medical practitioners put rivalries aside to focus on learning from each other.
This was the first time Warthogs Inc. hosted the Research Dissemination Conference, but it was one of many conferences the Marketing and Communications firm has hosted since its inception on the scene in 2008.
‘We build conferences that combine high level of value and a smooth experience. We avoid stress for both owners and delegates”, says Dumisani Ngulube ACIM, the Team Leader.
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