Kampala International University KRIC 2019
EVENT DESCRIPTION
Kampala International University Western Campus (KIU-WC) is organising a 3-day Research Dissemination and Innovation Conference (KRIC 2019) tagged – Multi-Sectoral Collaboration Towards The Prevention And Management Of Non-Communicable Diseases, for Staff and Students in Higher Education Institutions as well as the entire public. The event has been scheduled to take place from 11th to 13th September 2019, at New Biomedical Block, 3rd Floor, KIU Western Campus in Ishaka-Bushenyi, Uganda.
KRIC 2019
KRIC 2019, seek to avail a multidisciplinary platform for knowledge dissemination on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) to around 20,000 students in various universities within and outside Uganda with the following mission and objectives:
Mission of KRIC 2019
Dissemination of research knowledge and presentation of innovations with the aim of providing a platform that promotes innovations by turning innovations into products that can benefit the community.
KRIC-2019 Objectives
- To provide a platform for your researchers to share the outputs of their research
- To provide a platform that will stimulate young scientist to develop new interventions to manage non-communicable diseases
- To create a platform that avails local medical students opportunities in development and progressive education in research and innovations through the launching of the KIU-WC Innovation’s Hub.
- To create an awareness on non-communicable diseases that will in turn promote healthy lifestyles that are essential towards the fight against these diseases
- To increase the investment in research and development through public funding and encouraging the investments of the business sector in research and innovation in non-communicable diseases
- Advocate for the inclusion of health promotion and public health approaches to the global burden of non-communicable diseases in health science school curricula.